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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Top Ten Page Views for February 2009
I waited a while to post stats, both because this has been a very busy month, but more because I wanted Bob's Howl to stay atop the page as long as possible. With a new issue coming out today, though, it's time to catch up a bit. February was another big month of StumbleUpon hits, as several people there really liked Kinsella's latest offering and sent a lot of traffic our way.1. (2) Phoenix by W.P. Kinsella (12/15/08)
2. (7) Ten Very Short Stories by John Leary (3/15/07)
3. (5) Ants by David Aichenbaum (12/15/08)
4. (NR) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
5. (8) The World Before This One by Jon Chopan (12/15/08)
6. (NR) Potatoes by Spencer Wise (12/15/08)
7. (9) Earthrise by Christopher Bundy (12/15/08)
8. (NR) She Doesn't Ask Where He Goes by Stefanie Freele (12/15/08)
9. (10) Ghost Bike by Thomas Cooper (12/15/08)
10. (NR) Shadows by Sherrie Flick (12/15/08)
Labels: Christopher Bundy, David Aichenbaum, John Leary, Jon Chopan, Sherrie Flick, Spencer Wise, Stefanie Freele, Top Ten, W.P. Kinsella
posted by Dave Clapper at 5:08 PM 0 commentsTuesday, January 20, 2009
Tara Laskowski Is 2009 Fish Fellow
This year, we received and read 97 applications for the Kathy Fish Fellowship. After long hours reading and discussing the merits of the applicants, we're hugely excited to announce that Tara Laskowski is our 2009 Fish Fellow. We'd also like to recognize the outstanding work of the other writers on our shortlist. As we did last year, I'll post their #'s here as well, as that's how we knew the applicants during the reading process (all names were stripped from the materials before staff members could read them).
Winner
55: Tara Laskowski
Shortlist
3: Sara Levine
16: Megan Mayhew Bergman
23: Douglas Bruton
29: Foust
Many other applications were excellent as well. The five above represented those who completely blew us away.
We can't wait to begin working with Tara. Here's a little more information about her:
Tara Laskowski earned an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University and recently completed a manuscript of her first novel, set in her hometown in Pennsylvania. Her fiction and nonfiction have been published in several places, most recently The Rambler and Phoebe: A Journal of Literature and Art. Her short story "They" was published in Pindledyboz and was a storySouth Million Writers Award notable online story in 2004. Another story, "Hole to China," was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Tara lives and works in a suburb of Washington, D.C., and is learning how to play the piano.
Tara is the third Fish Fellow, following Beth Thomas in 2007 and Stefanie Freele in 2008.
Labels: Beth Thomas, Fish Fellowship, Kathy Fish, Stefanie Freele, Tara Laskowski
posted by Dave Clapper at 3:16 PM 3 commentsMonday, January 05, 2009
Keyhole Press announces fiction chapbook finalists
Another incredible group. Looking forward to hearing who the winner is, as judged by Michael Martone. Here are the finalists:
Jason Stout - Out Into Nothing
Thomas Cooper - Phantasmagoria
Randall Brown - Future Perfect Tense
Chauna Craig - Children, Gamblers, Drunks, and Saints
Adam Peterson - The Flasher
Stefanie Freele - Breathing Oysters
Matt Bell - The Collectors
Aaron Burch - How to Predict the Weather
Laura Loomis - Lost In Translation
Kathy Fish - It's Possible I'm Not Even Here
Congratulations to all. Keyhole's official announcement is here. Also, check out Keyhole's latest issue, their special handwritten issue. One of the coolest issues of a lit mag I've ever seen.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Adam Peterson, Jason Stout, Kathy Fish, Keyhole Magazine, Matt Bell, Michael Martone, Randall Brown, Stefanie Freele, Thomas Cooper
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:56 PM 0 commentsSean Lovelace wins Rose Metal Press Chapbook contest
This is an impressive list, to be sure. Many congratulations to the winner, Sean Lovelace, and all those short-listed, as chosen by judge Sherrie Flick.
Winner
Sean Lovelace for How Some People Like Their Eggs
Finalists
Aaron Burch for Birthmarks
Stefanie Freele for Breathing Oysters
Molly Gaudry for Come See the Monkey & Other Stories
Jac Jemc for This Stranger She'd Invited In
Erika Mikkalo for 26 Letters
Semi-Finalists
Lisa Buchanan for Artifacts from the American Century
Dawn Corrigan for Under the Power Lines
Roseanne Griffeth for Getting There Eventually
Tiff Holland for Straight Out of the Can
Kate McCorkle for The Last Parakeet and Other Stories
Full story, as announced by Rose Metal Press, is here. Again, congratulations to all of these excellent writers.
Labels: Aaron Burch, Dawn Corrigan, Erika Mikkalo, Jac Jemc, Kate McCorkle, Lisa K. Buchanan, Molly Gaudry, Rosanne Griffeth, Rose Metal Press, Sean Lovelace, Sherrie Flick, Stefanie Freele, Tiff Holland
posted by Dave Clapper at 2:43 PM 0 commentsThursday, November 20, 2008
2009 Fish Fellowship applications now being accepted
Applications for the 2009 Kathy Fish Fellowship ($500) are now being accepted. For more details, please see the announcement.
Labels: Beth Thomas, Fish Fellowship, Kathy Fish, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stefanie Freele
posted by Dave Clapper at 4:10 PM 0 commentsTuesday, November 04, 2008
Top Ten Page Views for October 2008
October's Top Ten was absolutely dominated by content from the new issue. Almond and Bell were the only repeats from last month. And, if we look beyond the top ten, the next eight in page views were all from the October issue as well. Talk about a strong issue.1. (NR) Two Minute Silence by Sarah Hilary (10/2/08)
2. (3) Pornography by Steve Almond (6/15/05)
3. (1) The Folk Singer Dreams of Time Machines by Matt Bell (6/15/08)
4. (NR) Innocence, Briefly by Jenny Arnold (10/2/08)
5. (NR) How Anything Got Done by Paul Elwork (10/2/08)
6. (NR) Asian Girl by W.P. Kinsella (10/2/08)
7. (NR) Tapioca O's by Natalie DeClerck (10/2/08)
8. (NR) Tenderoni by Kathy Fish (10/2/08)
9. (NR) Breathing Oysters by Stefanie Freele (10/2/08)
10. (NR) Campfire by Donna D. Vitucci (10/2/08)
Total page views for the month was... get this... 111,740! I'll be interested to see if the page views stay over 100,000 in months without a new issue going live. Here's hoping.
Labels: Donna D. Vitucci, Jenny Arnold, Matt Bell, Natalie DeClerck, Paul Elwork, Sarah Hilary, SmokeLong Quarterly, Stefanie Freele, Steve Almond, Top Ten, W.P. Kinsella
posted by Dave Clapper at 3:00 PM 0 commentsTuesday, January 15, 2008
Stefanie Freele Is 2008 Fish Fellow
After poring over 90 applications, the editors of SmokeLong are ecstatic to announce that Stefanie Freele will be our Fish Fellowship "writer in residence" for 2008. This was not an easy choice—the quality of the applications we received was outstanding. Our final eight were as follows:Winner:
22: Stefanie Freele
Honorable Mention:
52: Michelle Tandoc-Pichereau
72: Elizabeth Oliver
74: Glenn Shaheen
Short List:
13: Stephanie Harrison
55: Kate Hill Cantrill
59: S. J. Powers
86: Sophie Rosenblum
The numbers, incidentally, were the names by which we knew the writers until after we'd reached our decision. They reflect the order in which their applications arrived. We're only just now getting used to thinking of Stefanie as "Stefanie," rather than as "#22."
There were many, many writers who brought outstanding work to their applications who didn't make the short list. In all, 21 writers received at least one strong yes vote from a member of the staff, and several others just missed that threshold. It was truly an impressive group.
We can't wait to start working with Stefanie, and we think you'll love her writing, which will first appear in our March 15 issue. For those wanting to know a bit more about Stefanie (as we did), we googled a bit and found this bio from the January '08issue of Flash Fiction Online:
Stefanie Freele was born and raised in Wisconsin and currently lives on a river on the west coast. Her recent fiction credits include American Literary Review, South Dakota Review, Permafrost, Westview, Hobart, and Contrary. She will have forthcoming work in Talking River, Etchings, and in a speculative fiction anthology titled Futuristic Motherhood. She has completed a novel and is working on her MFA thesis with the Whidbey Writers Workshop in Washington.
Labels: Elizabeth Oliver, Fish Fellowship, Glenn Shaheen, Kate Hill Cantrill, Michelle Tandoc-Pechereau, S. J. Powers, Sophie Rosenblum, Stefanie Freele, Stephanie Harrison
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