The Summer 1949 issue featured an essay by Donald Gallup containing his wartime correspondence with Gertrude Stein. The photograph of Stein was taken by Carl Van Vechten on the terrace of her summer home of Bilignin on June 13, 1934.

 

David Nathan Meyerson Fiction Prize

The winner of the 2009 David Nathan Meyerson Fiction Prize is Carol Roh Spaulding. Her winning short story, "A Former Citizen," will appear in Southwest Review Volume 94, No. 4.
 

Meyerson Fiction Prize Finalists were:

Nancy J. Allen
"Camouflage"

Judith Dancoff
"The Root System of Trees"

Elizabeth Edelglass
"A New Year"

Shawn Fawson
"Belongings Of"

Samuel Jacoff
"Andrew"

Patricia Grace King
"Dogs In Guatemala"

Rebecca Lawton
"The Road to Bonanza"

Tehila Lieberman
"Venus in the Afternoon"

Kay Miller
"Handling It"

Matthew Pitt
"These Are Our Demands"

Megan Williams
"Horse Graveyards"

Margaret Zamos-Monteith
"Borders"

This year's judge was Alice Hoffman. Congratulations to Carol Roh Spaulding and all of the finalists. It was an honor to read your work.

To submit your story for the 2012 Meyerson Fiction contest, click here.

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