Stories by MFA Alums Rion Scott and Ryan Call

Based on this week's update from Dueotrope's Digest, MFA alums Rion Scott and Ryan Call each recently had short fiction accepted for publication -- Rion in Bewildering Stories and Emprise Review; Ryan in NANO Fiction. Congratulations, guys.

Gulf Coast Fiction Contest:

Gulf Coast magazine is now accepting fiction submissions of up to 7,000 words for their 2010 fiction contest. The entry fee is $20. The contest is open to postal submissions immediately and online submissions after January 1. Deadline is March 1st.

Postcard Publishing

Thought I'd share a neat contest I just came across:


Geist Magazine is holding a flash fiction postcard contest. 500 words or less, deadline is January 15th. Check out all the details here.

Caketrain Issue 07

If you haven’t already, go order a copy of Caketrain issue 07. Among many others, the issue features fiction by GMU MFAer Eugenia Tsutsumi and Baltimorean Joseph Young as well as cover art by DC artist (and Eugenia’s husband) Matthew Curry. See a preview by going here and clicking on the cover. Congrats, all!