For the first time in its ten-year history, Irreantum magazine has nominated work to be considered for a Pushcart Prize. This year’s nominees are: Fiction: Cara Diaconoff, “I’ll Be a Stranger to You,” Vol. 10 No. 2 Orson Scott Card, “The Elephants of Poznan,” Vol. 11 Nos. 1 & 2 Darin Cozzens, “The Treading of [...]
The following letter will be sent to all past Irreantum subscribers. Of course, the incentives described below will apply to anybody who chooses to subscribe. So don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Subscribe!! Dear Friends of Irreantum, Irreantum’s Spring/Fall 2009 Anniversary Double Issue will soon be released. As we celebrate Irreantum’s tenth year, we’re [...]
Musings by Lisa Torcasso Downing From the October 6, 2009 New York Times (by way of the AML-list): In an ingenious spin on the co-author strategy, Stephenie Meyer, who wrote the Twilight novels, said that her vampire hero appeared in a dream and then dictated the first book as fast as she could type. He [...]
Irreantum Fiction Contest Winners The Association for Mormon Letters is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Irreantum fiction contest. A committee of judges considered 71 entries and awarded three cash prizes. First place ($250): “A Confession,” by Lisa Rubilar of Niskayuna, New York Second place ($175): “Abominations,” by Heather Halcrow of Orem, Utah [...]
A few weeks ago my summer fiction issue of The New Yorker came in the mail, and among all the (ahem) “New Yorker Style Stories,” I found Louis Menard’s essay “Show or Tell,” an extended rumination on American creative writing programs and a review of Marc McGurl’s new book, The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and [...]
The newest issue of Irreantum–editor Scott Hatch’s final issue–is now at the printer. If you haven’t already done so, subscribe to Irreantum today and don’t miss the following great content: Fiction Angela Hallstrom: Faithful Cara Diaconoff: I’ll Be a Stranger to You Heidi Tighe: The Memo Box Russ Beck: Two Things Shawn P. Bailey: Outside [...]
The deadline for Irreantum’s ficiton contest and the Charlotte and Eugene England creative nonfiction contest is this Sunday, May 31. We’d originally published a deadline of May 30, trying to avoid that pesky “last-minute editing and sending out essays and stories on Sunday” thing–but then a deadline of May 31st was inadvertently published in a [...]
True admission: the amount of money I’ve made as a writer over the last decade is probably enough to buy a couch and a love seat. Or maybe one of those cool Rainbow swing sets. (But not one of the SUPER cool ones. One of the medium cool ones.) Just last night my husband and [...]
The following email was recently sent to the AML-list and will be sent to former and current Irreantum subscribers. Dear Irreantum Subscribers (and soon-to-be Irreantum subscribers): There are some changes taking place at Irreantum that we wanted you to be aware of. But first, the Spring 2009 issue of Irreantum is due to ship soon. [...]
I did it, Stephen. I bought Robert McKee’s Story. In hardback, even! This shows how much I trust you. So far I think it’s great. Even though the book’s about screenwriting, it applies marvelously well to fiction of all kinds. One of the sections I found particularly lucid and well-said was a short, three page [...]
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