Competitions:

THE ELIZABETH MCCORMACK/INKWELL
MAW STUDENT AND ALUMNI 2012 CONTEST
Contests in Poetry & Fiction
COMPETITION JUDGE: REA NOLAN MARTIN

 

 

THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORT FICTION CONTEST

$1500 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL
Competition Judge: Esther Cohen


 

THE 15TH ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
$1000 GRAND PRIZE & PUBLICATION IN INKWELL
Competition Judge: Matthew Dickman

 


ALL COMPETITIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

**NOTE: Esther Cohen has stepped in as this year's Fiction Competition Judge, replacing Michael Thomas. She is a writer, teacher, social activist, novelist, poet, and menupoemer at Alimentum, where some of her own poetry has been featured. She has published 5 books, one of them being Book Doctor, and has written many, many more.



 

Manhattanville College Launches First Inkwell Journal HS Poetry Scholarship Award

The HS Poetry Scholarship reading period is now closed.
For more information, call (914) 323-7239.


 

2011 Competition Winners:

INKWELL and he Manhattanville College Master of Arts in Writing Program are proud to announce the 2011 winners of our annual competitions.

 

The 13th Annual Short Fiction Contest


Grand Prize:  

$1500 & Publication In Inkwell

     Competition Judge:  

Catherine Lewis

     Winner:  

Jesus Permit by Janet Hilliard-Osborn

     Notable Finalist:  

Schrodinger’s Cat for Inmates and Barristas by Gregg Cusick

 

 

The 14th Annual Poetry Contest


    Grand Prize:  
 $1000 & Publication in Inkwell
     Competition Judge:  

Mark Doty

     Winner:  

My Father Was a Detective by Jeanne Wagner

     Notable Finalist:  

Sustenance by Sharon Klander

In This House Burned by the Breath of God by Sharon Klander

Trompe l’ eoil: A Portrait of My Kidnapper by Tara Taylor

Filling the Egg Carton by Leslie St. John

 

 

THE ELIZABETH MCCORMACK/INKWELL
MAW STUDENT & ALUMNI Contests in Poetry & Fiction
(2011)

 

Poetry Winner:  

Shane Cashman

Fiction Winner:  

Todd Bowes

 

 

Our sincere thanks to our judges Catherine Lewis (fiction) and Mark Doty (poetry), and to all who submitted their work this year. We'd also like to thank our MAW Inkwell Fiction and Poetry Competition judge, Melissa Lugo.

Tanya M. Beltram
Editor-in-chief


Inkwell is produced in affiliation with the Master of Arts in Writing Program at Manhattanville College. The program offers a highly flexible schedule of day and evening courses taught by distinguished authors and editors. Our Summer Writers’ Week, held each June, is open to writers and aspiring writers.

For information on the Master of Arts in Writing program, please visit www.mville.edu/writing or call (914) 323-5239.