Submit to the DISQUIET Prize, Deadline 2/15

Don't forget, the DISQUIET International Literary Program is holding their annual literary contest right now! Deadline to submit work is February 15.  The contest is open to poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The winner in each genre will be published: the fiction winner in Guernica; the nonfiction winner in Ninthletter.com; and the poetry winner in The Collagist. In addition, a grand prize winner, to be selected by an outside judge, will receive airfare, accommodations, and tuition to the DISQUIET program in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014. For more info and submission guidelines, visit the DISQUIET website.

New Featured artist at ninthletter.com: caraballo-farman

New on our site: a text performance by collaborative art team caraballo-farman, "That's What the Tumor Says"

Pushcart Prize nominations

Ninth Letter is pleased to announce our 2013 nominations for the Pushcart Prize!

From Vol. 10, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2013:
Anne Valente, "A Field Guide to Female Anatomy" (fiction)
Daniel Story, "In Need of Assistance" (nonfiction)
Geri Doran, "The Observable World" (poetry)

From Vol. 10, no. 2, Fall/Winter 2013 (forthcoming this month):
Jessamyn Schnackenberg, "A Scatology" (poetry)
Nalini Jones, "You Are Looking Almost Good" (nonfiction)
Robyn Joy Leff, "The Dilemma Olympics" (fiction)

Congratulations, and good luck!

Mark Yakich on "What Is a Poem?"

Contributor Mark Yakich (vol. 5 no 1) has a terrific piece featured in The Atlantic's Object Lessons series, "What Is a Poem?"