Kenny Cox Elegy in Eugene Weekly

I have an elegy to the life of Kenny Cox in this week's Eugene Weekly called "Hungry for Eden":

http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2009/09/24/news1.html

"I Can't Answer" reviewed on Takepart.com

Toby Shuster, on takepart.com, reviews The Best Creative Nonfiction, vol. III, and notes that "the catastrophic I Can’t Answer, from Salon... tells of a teacher’s resentment toward his inner city student’s merry life..."

TBCN III hits bookstores soon!

http://www.takepart.com/blog/2009/08/26/the-best-creative-nonfiction-vol-3/#comment-197489

Shortlist, Sean O'Faolain Prize

This is a big honor. Now, I hope I get something nice for still being up for the international award...


THE SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN SHORT
STORY COMPETITION

2009 Shortlist and Commendation

(alphabetical order)

"Snow" by Elaine Barnard, California, USA

"Cold Cut" by Alexa Beattie, CT, USA

"Harm" by Michael Copperman, Oregon, USA

"Southern Hospitality" Alyn Fenn, Co.Cork, Ireland

"My Friend Joe" by David Mohan, Co. Dublin, Ireland

"The Mason's Tale" by Alec Solomita, MA, USA

"Holding On" Sheena Wilkinson, Co. Down, N. Ireland



Commendations

(In order of entry)

“The Shaman Can’t Call the Spirit Home” Benjamin Arda Doty, Mn, USA
“Scattered Teeth” Tabitha Roemish, Seattle, USA
“The Statistician” Richard Scarsbrook,Toronto, Canada
“The Fallen Cone” Sasha Margolis, Ohio, USA
“Nel Mezzo del Camin” James Moynihan, Cork, Ireland
“The Sky at Night” Robert Keaton Mac Donald, California, USA
“Giving Up” Gerry McCullough, Northern Ireland
“The Girl in the Window” Brian Kirk, Dublin, Ireland
“Island Shaman” René J. Navarro, Pennsylvania, USA
“The Girl at the Fair” Howard Petote, North Carolina, USA
“ Italian Lesson” Grace French, Dublin, Ireland
“The Grind” Dónal Moloney, Waterford, Ireland
“Waiting for the Bullet” Madeleine D’Arcy, Cork, Ireland
“The Boys” Emily Firetog, Dublin, Ireland
“Dancers” Andrew Fox, Dublin, Ireland
“Losing Amanda” Andrew Rogers, North Carolina, USA
“Never, Ever bring this Up Again” Luke Woods, New York, USA
“A Smudge of Color” Chris Nicholson, New York, USA
“The Cost of Fuel” Kathryn Hively, New Jersey, USA
"Dilation" Beverly Parayno, California, USA
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The 7th Annual Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Competition 2009


Seán Ó Faoláin Short Story Award Winner 2008 Julia van Middlesworth and Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2008 Winner Jhumpa Lahiri.Photo ©2009 John Minihan.