Start Date: Apr 22, 2009
End Date: Jul 15, 2009

CWC invites fiction entries from new and established writers for its inaugural competition. The top three entries will receive the cash awards listed below. In addition, the top five entries will receive copies of What the Shadow Told Me, the award-winning novel of our judge, Kurtis Davidson. The first place winner will also receive a detailed review of his/her work from Kurtis Davidson.

Awards:
1st Place: $500
2nd Place: $250
3rd Place: $100

Judge: Kurtis Davidson. Kurtis Davidson, a pseudonym for the collaborative team of Kurt Ayau and David Rachels, first appeared in print in the Summer 2003 issue of The Portland Review with the literary satire “Great Forgotten American Poets of the 20th Century.” Since then, the two-headed Davidson’s shorter work has appeared in The North American Review, Ink Pot, The Southeast Review, The Yalobusha Review, and The Backwards City Review.

Davidson’s debut novel, What the Shadow Told Me, won the Gold Medal for Best Novel from the Pirate’s Alley William Faulkner Society. Julia Glass was the judge. It was published in April 2005 by Eastern Washington University Press.

To Enter: www.creativewritingcorner.com