Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
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Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize
Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize
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WHAT IS HUNGER MOUNTAIN ?
Hunger Mountain , The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters, is a non-profit literary journal published by Union Institute & University, Vermont College in April and October of each year. Hunger Mountain is dedicated to bringing readers high-quality artwork, poetry and prose, including short fiction, novel and memoir excerpts, creative nonfiction, interviews, translations and artist’s statements.
Each issue’s contents are primarily chosen by its Guest Editors, faculty from the esteemed Union Institute & University, Vermont College Master of Fine Arts Program who rotate the positions four at a time. Working cooperatively by email, letter and phone, they connect from all over the world to put together their issue. This rotation allows for a fresh viewpoint and a wide variety of contributors, both established and emerging, in each new issue. Hunger Mountain also includes Vermont-interest features and Vermont College graduates in many issues.
Hunger Mountain hosts three annual writing prizes, two of which honor treasured writers from Vermont: the Howard Frank Mosher Short Fiction Prize (annual deadline May 10th), the Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction Prize (annual deadline Sept. 10th), and the Ruth Stone Prize in Poetry (annual deadline December 10th). A prominent writer is chosen as the judge, announced several months before the deadline each time; each prize awards $1,000 and publication. Each issue of Hunger Mountain includes the most recent prizewinners.
Hunger Mountain welcomes submissions of creative writing from anyone. Submission guidelines, as well as guidelines for both prizes, are available at www.hungermtn.org.
Perfectly bound and oversized for reading comfort, each 200 page issue of Hunger Mountain is a book you’ll want to enjoy over time, including stunning covers, glossy pages of color artwork, and dozens of previously unpublished poems and stories. Hunger Mountain strives to be both a forum for contemporary art and literature and to itself be a work of art to enjoy.
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Hunger Mountain is bright and bold, with a wonderfully readable format displaying real talent, young and old . —Maxine Kumin
Hunger Mountain , at 3,620 feet, is the highest peak in north-central Vermont 's Worcester Range . The vigorous hike to its bald crown brings magnificent views of Stowe and the Green Mountains , the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the peaks of the Northeast Kingdom . Hunger Mountain is also the name of the Vermont College 's Journal of Arts & Letters, which premiered last autumn, a noteworthy accomplishment for the 21-year-old Masters of Arts in Writing Program. — Vermont Life , Spring 2003
It’s thrilling to me. [ Vermont College ] is the place that launched me. I come back on a fairly frequent basis to renew myself and remind myself what it’s all about. To be featured in a magazine that came out of this writing program is really an honor. I feel like I’m in very good company with the other writers . — Wally Lamb in The Times-Argus, October 7, 2002
Hunger Mountain takes itself seriously. Sophisticated and weighty, it has the appearance and feel of an older, more established journal, something it has managed to accomplish in a mere three issues. —NewPages on Hunger Mountain ’s Fall 2003 Issue
Hunger Mountain is so lovely… oh so lovely. Congratulations. You must be so pleased. I read 20 pages standing in my kitchen still wearing my coat and scarf and can't wait to take it to bed with me tonight. —Monica Berlin
With new editors each time, Hunger Mountain can be vastly different from issue to issue, and that, unpredictability, can be exciting . —NewPages on Hunger Mountain ’s Spring 2004 Issue
Hunger Mountain is hip but not slick, cool but not corny—yes, like Kerouac's subterraneans. Its range is wide, and it reads as if the writing in it was chosen by grownups. — Marvin Bell
A truly beautiful journal featuring poems so plump and fiction so filling the only thing you'll hunger for is more. So sign up and get ready to take this hill. —Web del Sol, Spring 2003
Hunger Mountain makes a hungry reader feel well-fed, and lucky. —Naomi Shihab Nye
Hunger Mountain is a fresh voice—smart and interesting. What more does a reader need? —Alice Hoffman