A little bit about our contest judges.

Tom Williams

Fiction

Tom Williams is the author of The Mimic’s Own Voice, a novella published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company, in 2011. His short fiction, essays, and reviews have appeared in such journals as Barrelhouse, Bellingham Review, The Collagist, RE: AL, and Smalldoggies. The Chair of English at Morehead State University, he is also an associate editor of American Book Review. In 2013, Curbside Splendor will publish his first novel.

Rebecca Hazelton

Poetry

Rebecca Hazelton is the author of Fair Copy (Ohio State University Press, 2012), winner of the 2011 Ohio State University Press / The Journal Award in Poetry, and Vow, from Cleveland State University Press. She was the 2010-11 Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison Creative Writing Institute and winner of the “Discovery” / Boston Review 2012 Poetry Contest. Her poems have appeared in AGNI, The Southern Review, Boston Review, and Best New Poets 2011.

JUST A REMINDER:

Winner’s will receive a $1,000 prize and featured publication in our Spring 2013 issue.

Prize submissions must be typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced), and include the author’s name and address.  Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as cream city review is notified in the event the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

All submissions must received by December 31, 2012.

Send your submission along with a $15 (per story/3-5 poems) check or money order to:

cream city review
c/o UWM Department of English
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Please email any questions to [email protected]

Best of luck, everyone!

Fall Reading Period Now Closed

Hi CCR Family,

As our Fall reading period comes to a close, we would like to extend a big thank you to everyone who has submitted their work for our Fall 2013 theme issue. Submissions will re-open on January 1.

Although we are no longer accepting general submissions, don’t forget about our annual Spring Poetry and Fiction contests! Send your submission along with a $15 (per story/3-5 poems) check or money order to:

cream city review
c/o UWM Department of English
PO Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201

Winner’s will receive a $1,000 prize and featured publication in our Spring 2013 issue. All contestants will receive a copy of the contest issue.

Prize submissions must be typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced), and include the author’s name and address.  Simultaneous submissions are acceptable as long as cream city review is notified in the event the manuscript is accepted elsewhere.

All submissions must received by December 31, 2012.

Please email any questions to [email protected]

Good luck!

David B. Saunders Non-Fiction Contest Closed

Dear CCR fans, friends and submitters,

Sadly, for reasons beyond our control, we will be closing our David B. Saunders Non-Fiction Contest.  All submissions received before today will still be considered for publication and all entry fees will be returned.  Please do not send any further submissions to the contest—we’ll be sad and will return them unread.

If you have any questions, please email us at info[at]creamcityreview.org.

Submissions now open!

The folks here at CCR will begin reading submissions a whole month early!  Maybe we’re looking for an excuse to beat the heat or maybe we’re just excited to get the ball rolling.  Either way, general submissions are now open!  Our new theme for the upcoming issue is  CONSTRAINTS, so send away.

Remember, you can apply the idea of constraints to the content or the form of your work: constrain your characters, constrain yourself, write a story about being limited by your body, by finances, by unbreachable borders. Or write a poem in which every line MUST begin with “I can not…” Tie your hands together as you write, limit by number of words or number of syllables. There are no constraints on how to interpret “constraints…”