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Spring 2013: mid-March release

Esoteric Awards edition. New stories from Dan Powell, Jessica Barksdale, Karen Celestan.

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es•o•ter•ic

(adj) of special, rare or unusual interest.

The Esoteric Awards is Carve Magazine's newest contest. Each year the theme changes to reflect an esoteric topic.

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Newly fired and pregnant, former aspiring artist Liz sees an unsatisfying future ahead for herself—a life imprisonment—as a too-young wife and mother.

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Contests: Raymond Carver | Esoteric Awards


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2013 CONTEST WINNERS

We’re pleased to announce the winners of our 2013 Esoteric Awards contest (theme: Natural Disaster). They are listed in no particular order.


Prizewinners

“Higher Ground” by Karen Celestan, New Orleans, LA

“The Possibility of Fire” by Jessica Barksdale, Oakland, CA

“Storm in a Teacup” by Dan Powell, United Kingdom.

 

Honorable Mentions:

“Before the Earth Shook” by Victoria Large, Cambridge, MA

“A Chance to Get Involved” by Jeff Moscaritolo, Lincoln, NE.

 

Thank you to everyone who entered! The three prizewinners will be awarded $1000 each and published in our spring 2013 issue on March 15. It will be our first nationally distributed Premium Edition, so ask your local bookstore to stock up on Carve — and make sure to clarify you mean the short story magazine, not the British surfing magazine of the same name.

Our 2014 Esoteric Awards theme will be announced soon, so stay tuned…

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