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Announcing the Winner of the Fourteenth Annual Short-Story Contest

We are pleased to announce that the winner of Boston Review's fourteenth annual short-story contest is Padma Viswanathan. Her story, "Transitory Cities," appeared in the May/June issue 2007. We are grateful for the many fine entries we received.

Fifteenth Annual Short-Story Contest
Deadline: October 1, 2007
Judge: Chris Abani
First Prize: $1,500

Complete guidelines:
The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the May/June 2008 issue of Boston Review. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Manuscripts should be submitted with a cover note listing the author's name, address, and phone number; names should not appear on the stories themselves. Note that simultaneous submissions are not eligible. A $20 entry fee ($30 for international submissions), payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order, must accompany each story entered. Entrants will receive a one-year print subscription to the Review beginning with the May/June 2008 issue. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2007. Manuscripts will not be returned. The winner will be announced no later than May 1, 2008, on the Boston Review Web site. Send submissions to:

Short-Story Contest, Boston Review, 35 Medford St., Suite 302, Somerville, MA 02143

Read winning stories from past years:
Tiphanie Yanique's "How to Escape from a Leper Colony" (2005)
Lisa Chipongian's "Intramuros" (2004)
D.S. Sulaitis's "If It's Anywhere, It's Behind Us" (2003)
Gale Renee Walden's "Men I Don’t Talk to Anymore" (2002)
Manini Nayar’s "Home Fires" (2001)
Kate Small’s "One Night a Year" (2000)
Girija Tropp’s "The Pretty Ones Have Their Uses" (2000)
Pauls Toutonghi’s "Regeneration" (1999)
Jacob M. Appel’s "Shell Game with Organs" (1998)
Kris Saknussemm’s "Unpracticed Fingers Bungle Sadly Over Tiny Feathered Bodies" (1997)
Kiki Delancey’s "Jules Jr Michael Jules Jr" (1996)
Mary Ann Jannazo’s "No Runs, No Hits, No One Left on Base" (1995)
Tom Paine’s "The Milkman & I" (1994)
Michael Dorris’s "Layaway" (1993)

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