Editor's Prize 2008 Winners/Finalists Announced!

Fiction:
Winner - Maryse Meijer, "We are Leaving Here Forever"
Finalist - Pierre Beauregard, "Autumn"

Poetry:
Winner - Sam Witt, "Imperfect Griever"
Finalist - Laura Paul, "Florida"

Congratulations to both winners and finalists, and thanks to everyone who entered the contest. The winning entries (and runners-up) will appear in the May 2008 issue of Meridian. Authors whose work has been accepted for standard publication in Meridian have been contacted individually. Contest entrants will receive their copies when the issue ships in late May.

Entrants: Please ensure that your email and mailing address information on ManuscriptHub.com stays up to date, as we will mail your subscription issues to you at the address listed there.

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Meridian Issue 20 (January 2008) is now available!

	Featuring poetry by: Paula Brady John T. Casteen, IV Elisa Gabbert Stephanie Gehring Jenny Gillespie Nicole Hardy Peter Kline Kathleen McGookey JoLee G. Passerini Christa Romanosky Alexandra van de Kamp Laura Van Prooyen Barbara Yien New fiction by: Colleen Hollister Daniel A. Hoyt Maryse Meijer Andrew Palmer Tyler Stoddard Smith Girija Tropp Urban Waite
Table of Contents Lost Classic: Flannery O'Connor on Wise Blood New Nonfiction by David McGlynn Cover Art: Laura Lee Gulledge Book Reviews and Contributors' Notes

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Meridian is pleased to announce its new anthology, Best New Poets, with the third annual edition available for purchase online and in select bookstores starting November 1, 2007. Each year, Best New Poets features the work of fifty emerging poets selected from nominations by writing programs, literary magazines, and an Open Internet Competition.