Our judge, Chineolo Okparanta, writes, "Stories need heart. Stories need a pulse." Stay tuned for her choice in winner of the 2018 Fiction Book Prize!
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We're currently accepting submissions for our summer online issue until April 30. Send us your nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and work that doesn't fit into any of those old-fashioned genre boxes.
SubmitThe submission period for our 2018 Fiction Book Prize is now closed. Keep an eye out for the upcoming Nonfiction Book Prize.
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Sara Adams’ poem, “IMPERMANENCE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IN FAHRENHEIT AROUND HERE” is featured in our online summer issue, 37.2. We asked her a few questions about craft. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I’ve discovered that writing works on a […]
Jessamyn Birrer’s poems, “Redshift,” “Greensleeves” and “Tocsin, Siren, Chime” are featured in our summer issue. We asked her a few questions about craft, and here are her replies. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I suppose the cheeky answer is that if I had a secret ritual I certainly wouldn’t […]
Kathleen Furin’s story, “Catch,” is featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked her a few brief questions about writing. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: No super secret rituals! As a working mom I just write when I can; on the train, sitting in the car […]
Kenan Ince’s poems, “Trickle-Down Theory,” “Let’s Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle” and “Slaine” are featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked him a few brief questions on craft. Here are his answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: One of my favorite rituals involves lighting […]
Kia Groom’s poem, “Double Feature,” is featured in this year’s summer issue. We asked her a few brief questions on craft. Here are her answers. Q: Do you have any super secret rituals that help your writing process? A: I don’t know whether it’s a ritual, but I try to take my writing notebook everywhere with me. And it’s […]
Permafrost‘s staff is proud to announce these six incredible pieces for the 2015 Pushcart Prize which appeared in the print or online issue of the magazine this year. While we read hundreds and hundreds of amazing poems, essays, flash pieces, epic stories, and uncategorized hybrid pieces year-round, we felt these deserved special recognition. Kia Groom, “Double […]