Thomas McNeely Wins Gival Press Novel Award

Congrats to Thomas McNeely, whose novel Ghost Horse has been awarded the 9th Annual Gival Press Award and will be published in 2014. His essay "The Burning Bed" appears in our most recent issue, vol. 10 no. 1.

Douglas Glover's New Book Is Out!

9L contributor Douglas Glover's new collection of stories, Savage Love is now available in Canada. The National Post calls it "one of the best books you will read this year." How can you pass that up?! U.S. readers can order from amazon.ca or directly from Goose Lane Editions.

Bryan Furuness Interview on Fiction Writers Review

9L editor Philip Graham has a fascinating discussion with 9L contributor and long-time good buddy Bryan Furuness over at Fiction Writers Review. If you haven't read Bryan's debut novel The Lost Episodes of Revie Bryson, you need to do so ASAP!

2013 Award Winners Announced!

Ninth Letter is proud to announce the winners of our 2013 Literary Awards!

Poetry winner: R. A. Villanueva, for his poems "Aftermaths" and "Sacrum"

Fiction winner: Caitlin O'Neill, for her story "The Change Over Day"

Creative Nonfiction winner: Jessica Wilbanks, for her essay "On the Far Side of the Fire"

Literature in Translation: Eleanor Goodman, for her translation of excerpts from Shen Wei's A Dictionary of Xinjiang

Other honors accorded by our judges include:

G. C. Waldrep selected "Three Expressions of El Tio" and "Five Characteristics of the Genus Tragelaphus" by Zoey Farber as the Runner Up entry in poetry

Alexis Levitin selected Olga Nikolova's translations of "A Birthday Between Two Seas," "A Formula for Infinity," and "Toast" by Krasimira Zafirova's as the Runner Up entry up in translation

Margot Livesey named "Pinprick" by Christie Heinrichs, "Charcoal" by Rachel Unkefer, and "Here Where the World Is Greening" by Rachel May as Honorable Mentions in fiction.

Many thanks to our judges G. C. Waldrep, Lia Purpura, Alexis Levitin, and Margot Livesey, and to all the terrific authors who submitted work.