Narrative Magazine

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NARRATIVE MAGAZINE

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congratulates

the 2006 Narrative Prize winners

Mermer Blakeslee for her story “Leenie”

and

Ned Parker for his reportage “On to Baghdad” and “After Saddam”

The Narrative Prize is awarded annually for the best short story, novel excerpt, or work of literary nonfiction published by a new or emerging writer in Narrative.

To read the winning stories log on
at WWW.NARRATIVEMAGAZINE.COM

The Obsidian Prize for Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction

Through a national literary prize, High Desert Journal aims to explore the words of poet Jarold Ramsey: “I believe in an ecology of story, memory and imagination as much as an ecology of land, air and water.” As an organization focused on a specific place, we at High Desert Journal have discovered a deep hunger in readers, writers and artists for place-based arts and literature. We believe that every place has an ecology of story, memory and imagination that can connect us to it and one another. We want to offer the best of this “ecology” through the Obsidian Prize.

Submit up to 5000 words of prose or up to five poems. Experimental work will be given particular attention. Please include a cover page that lists your name, title(s) of your work and your contact information. Enclose an SASE for reply only. We will recycle manuscripts after the contest winners have been announced. Send submissions to 2630 NE Daggett Lane, Bend, Oregon, 97701.

The deadline for the Obsidian Prize is December 15, 2006. We will announce the winners by May 31st, 2007. Awards will be given in each category — poetry, fiction and nonfiction with the winner receiving $500 and two finalists in each category receiving $100. The reading fee is $15.00 and includes a one-year subscription to High Desert Journal. All submissions can be done electronically, but will not be processed until a check for entry is received. All submissions will be considered for publication in High Desert Journal.

Email submissions to obsidian@highdesert journal.com
Review High Desert Journal online at www.highdesertjourn al.com.

Back On Line

A special thanks to Pete Cherrick for getting through our off line problems. We appreciate the patients of our readership as well.

A few things we are projecting in the next few months are listed here.

1) New magazine format. Look for a new format for the fall issue. We will have the same quality and diversity in art and literature, but more pleasing to read.

2) Miranda A/V. We are going to start with an audio selection for some our writers. We believe that some writing needs to be heard and from the voices of our writers we will offer some content to you. We would also like to offer visual offerings in the way of sounds and video or picture montage. If anyone is interested in this kind of work they should submit to the art director. If you are interested in reading some work for our audio selection please emails through the regular submission email.

3) anthology. We are really excited to offer a annual anthology which will be available in the late spring. We would like to get it out earlier, but we will still have to acquire work from the winter edition which will take us into the April 15th issue, so we want to get all the work in. We are still putting our ideas together, but we would also like to include a few surprises and new things.

4) Issue Announcement Cards. We are planning post card to announce each issue. We currently have a summer issue card out and are designing our fall card now. If you would like one and have yet to get one, please send an email to any editor or through the submissions page and we will put you on the list. They are fun to collect.