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 Written by Jazzy Danziger on June 1st, 2010Issue 25 is here, featuring our 2010 Editors’ Prize Winners and an interview with poet Temple Cone, in addition to some excellent (and gutsy) new fiction and poetry. We hope you’ll order the issue or consider a subscription. In addition, our new editors have been selected for next year. Hannah Holtzman will take over as Editor [...] Written by Meridian on May 6th, 2010Due to a large backlog, Meridian is now closed to fiction submissions through our online submission system, at least through July. We’ll update you as soon as that changes. We will continue to accept poetry submissions through ManuscriptHub. (As a reminder, we can’t accept paper submissions of any kind between April 15 and September 15.) Written by Jazzy Danziger on March 16th, 2010Thank you to everyone who entered the contest. It was a strong year for poetry and fiction. We hope you’ll submit again in the fall. POETRY FICTION Both winners will receive a $1,000 prize, and their pieces will be published in our May 2010 issue. Category: Contests, Fiction, Meridian News, Poetry | Tags: contest, editors' prize, meridian, winners |  2 comments | Share:
Written by Jazzy Danziger on January 11th, 2010The launch of the newest issue of Meridian will be feted with a reading during which contributors from across the nation will converge at the Bridge PAI for an evening of poetry, fiction, a dramatic interpretation of a creative non-fiction by Lisa K. Buchanan and previously unpublished poems by Breece D’J Pancake. The slate of readers [...] Category: Fiction, Meridian News, Nonfiction, Poetry, Publishing, Readings | Tags: issue 24, launch party, meridian | 4 comments | Share:
Written by Jeb Livingood on November 20th, 2009Well, we had a really nice week with Claire Messud. She was our 2009 Rea Visiting Writer in Fiction and gave a craft talk, held individual conferences with our fiction students, and gave a public reading. Here’s a video snippet from that reading over at the Harrison Institute/Small Special Collections Library. Her text is her [...] Category: Fiction, MFA, Meridian News, Readings, UVA MFA News, Video, Visiting Writer Readings | Tags: claire messud, Fiction, reading | Leave a comment | Share:
Written by Jeb Livingood on November 6th, 2009Last year’s Meridian fiction and poetry editors, Aja Gabel, George David Clark, and Paul Legault, have made their Pushcart nominations for the forthcoming edition. Of course, hundreds of other literary magazines are doing the same thing … but we wish our authors good luck in making the final cut: Poetry Nominations: Alice Notley, “Diary Entry,” Issue 23 Written by Jazzy Danziger on October 20th, 2009We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting entries for the 2010 Editors’ Prize Contests in Fiction and Poetry. Deadline December 15, 2009. For a $16 entry fee, you receive a chance at a $1,000 prize and a one-year subscription to Meridian (entries from outside the U.S. will receive only the prize issue due [...] Category: Contests, Fiction, Meridian News, Poetry | Tags: contest, editors' prize, meridian, submissions | 1 comment | Share:
Written by Jazzy Danziger on September 14th, 2009Meridian is currently looking for exceptional nonfiction pieces. From our nonfiction editor, Hannah Holtzman: “For non-fiction, we are particularly interested in essays that go beyond memoir to engage the larger world.” So hold on to that essay about the time your Aunt Sally took you on the tea cup ride at Disney World. Or the time [...] Category: Meridian News, Nonfiction | Tags: meridian, Nonfiction, submissions | Leave a comment | Share:
Written by Jazzy Danziger on August 17th, 2009Welcome to the Meridian blog. If you’re here, you probably know that Meridian is a semiannual literary journal produced at the University of Virginia in conjunction with the university’s MFA Program. This blog, written by several of UVA’s current MFA students, will serve several functions: It will keep you posted on upcoming contests, issues, events and [...] |
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