Hunger Mountain

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Hunger Mountain , The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters,
is pleased to announce the third annual

HOWARD FRANK MOSHER SHORT FICTION PRIZE

Judge: Katherine Vaz, author of Mariana and Fado and Other Stories.

DEADLINE: Extended to June 15, 2008

One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Fall 2008 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each.

GUIDELINES

-$15 entry fee, payable to "Hunger Mountain" — includes a copy of the Fall 2008 Issue of HUNGER MOUNTAIN.
-Submit one short story, not to exceed 10,000 words.
-Name or address should not appear anywhere on the story.
-Story must be original, written in English, and previously unpublished.
-Entries must be typed, one-side-only.
-Use a paper clip or send unbound—no staples or binding.
-Enclose a standard index card with short story title, name, address, phone number, and email address.
-Enclose a SASE for notification of winners.
-Enclose a postage-paid postcard for acknowledgement of entry (optional).
-Entries must be postmarked by ~~June 1, 2008~~ DEADLINE EXTENDED through June 15, 2008.
-Multiple entries allowed—each entry must be sent separately and include a separate entry fee.
-No simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations.
-Once submitted, entries cannot be altered.
-Electronic or faxed entries will not be accepted.
-Late entries will be returned unread.
-No entries will be returned.
-All entries will be considered for publication.
-Email hungermtn@tui.edu if questions arise.

MAIL TO:

HFMSFP
Hunger Mountain
Vermont College/UI&U
36 College Street
Montpelier VT , 05602

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: October 2008

2007 AWARD

Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters, is pleased to award the fourth annual Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize to Andrew McCuaig for his story "A Soldier's Story." The prize is one thousand dollars and publication. Honorable mentions, who each receive one hundred dollars, have been awarded to Matt Siegel for his story "The Future of Potatoes" and Lisa de Rubilar for her story "My Mother's Kitchen." The Fall 2007 Issue (#11) features Andrew McCuaig's prizewinning story. Winners were selected by judge Wally Lamb. Hunger Mountain would like to thank all prize entrants for your continued support.

2006 AWARD

Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters, is pleased to award the third annual Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize to Anne de Marcken for her story "Three Keys." The prize is one thousand dollars and publication.

Honorable mentions, who each receive one hundred dollars, have been awarded to Naomi Benaron for her story "A Thousand Dances" and Aurthur Bergida Binder for his story "Awakening." The Spring 2007 Issue (#9) features Anne de Marcken's prizewinning story. Winners were selected by judge Larry Sutin. Hunger Mountain would like to thank all prize entrants for your continued support.

2005 AWARD:

Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters, is pleased to award the second annual Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize to Susan Williams for her story "Questions for Comprehension." Williams lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The prize is one thousand dollars and publication in the Fall 2005 Issue of Hunger Mountain.

Honorable mentions, who each receive one hundred dollars, have been awarded to Marianne Herrmann of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, for her story "Signaling for Rescue" and Laren Stover of New York, New York, for her story "Laundry." Winners were chosen by David Jauss, author of Black Maps.

2004 AWARD :

Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters , is pleased to award the first annual Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize to Josh Wilker for his story "house of if you lose."

Wilker lives in Chicago, Illinois, and received his MFA from Vermont College. The prize is one thousand dollars and publication in the Fall 2004 Issue of Hunger Mountain. Honorable mentions, who each receive one hundred dollars, have been awarded to Emily Doak of Greencastle, Indiana, for her story "Part of Our World Tonight" and Jeanne Leiby of Orlando, Florida, for her story "Docks.” Winners were chosen by Robin Hemley, author of Invented Eden and Nola.

Howard Frank Mosher has been described by the Los Angeles Times as “a combination of Ernest Hemingway, Henry David Thoreau, and Jim Harrison.” He is a contemporary author of nine books: eight fiction and one non-fiction. Much of his fiction takes place in the mid-20th century and all of it is set in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, a region loosely defined by the three counties in the northeastern corner of the state (Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia).

His books, in order of publication, are: Disappearances, Where the Rivers Flow North, Marie Blythe, A Stranger in the Kingdom, Northern Borders , North Country (a nonfiction travel memoir), The Fall of the Year, The True Account, and Waiting for Teddy Williams. His characters are often quirky, reflecting the distinctive peculiarities of the region's taciturn residents.

Mosher recently received the 2005 GOVERNOR'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS from the Vermont Arts Council. He has also received a Guggenheim fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the American Civil Liberties Union Award for Excellence in the Arts, and the New England Book Award. The True Account, an excerpt of which appeared in the Spring 2003 Issue of Hunger Mountain, was a Book Sense Top Ten pick.

Three of Mosher’s novels have been made into feature films by director Jay Craven: A Stranger in the Kingdom, staring Martin Sheen and Ernie Hudson; Disappearances, staring Kris Kristofferson and Billy Connolly; and Where the Rivers Flow North, staring Rip Torn and Michael J. Fox. For more information, visit the Kingdom County Productions website at www.kingdomcounty.com.

Born in upstate New York, Howard Frank Mosher is a longtime resident of Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, where he lives with Phillis, his wife of nearly four decades—the inspiration for Yellow Sage Flower Who Tells Wise Stories in The True Account. They have two children.

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