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Q&A with Rees Literary Agency & Folio Literary Management

Q&A with Rees Literary Agency & Folio Literary Management

We recently spoke with Rebecca Podos of Rees Literary Agency and Erin Harris of Folio Literary Management.

"Poetry" by Dionne Irving

"Poetry" by Dionne Irving

Poetic fiction told in four sections, one for each decade from the teens to forties.

Q&A with Jia Tolentino

Q&A with Jia Tolentino

Her 2012 first place story was also her first published work of fiction.

 

Q&A with Amber Krieger

Q&A with Amber Krieger

Her story nabbed the Editor's Choice prize in the 2010 Raymond Carver Contest.

Q&A with Jodi Paloni

Q&A with Jodi Paloni

Her story earned 2nd place in the 2012 Raymond Carver Contest. What's she been up to in the year since?

"It Was So Long Ago" by Amber Krieger

"It Was So Long Ago" by Amber Krieger

Knowing you had killed a man, even by accident, how would you live with yourself?

Q&A with Susan Finch

Q&A with Susan Finch

After placing 3rd in the 2011 Raymond Carver Contest, Finch secured a faculty position at Belmont University.

Q&A with Maire Cooney

Winning the 2010 Carver Contest led her to expand her prizewinning story “The White Rabbit” into novel form.

Q&A with Mark Farrington

Q&A with Mark Farrington

He wasn't sure if "Motherlove" would work as a standalone story, and then it won Editor's Choice in the 2011 Raymond Carver Contest.

"Mourning the Departed" by L. Annette Binder

"Mourning the Departed" by L. Annette Binder

He’s what you might call a “professional funeral attendee.”

Q&A with Rick Attig

Q&A with Rick Attig

He was a newspaper journalist for 25 years before turning to fiction and winning Honorable Mention in the 2011 Raymond Carver Contest.

Q&A with Leesa Cross-Smith

Q&A with Leesa Cross-Smith

Winning the Editor's Choice award in the 2011 Raymond Carver Contest made her finally feel like a "real writer."

"Credo" by Bridget Brewer

"Credo" by Bridget Brewer

The story has echoes of “The Crucible” in the way it grapples with the devastating consequences of juvenile deception and vengeance without reason.

"One Way to Cook an Eel" by Emily Bromfield

"One Way to Cook an Eel" by Emily Bromfield

Todd and his rescued eel make an odd couple.

A Look Back at Carve's Disaster-Themed Stories

A Look Back at Carve's Disaster-Themed Stories

In anticipation of the upcoming 2013 Esoteric Contest winners, here's 3 past Carve stories dealing with natural disasters.

"Some of Us Can Leave" by Sara Schaff

"Some of Us Can Leave" by Sara Schaff

What might be a typically happy and life-changing moment turns out to be anything but in this story of a surprise pregnancy.

Like/Tweet/Recommend This! (Marketing Your Writing, Short of An Informercial)

Like/Tweet/Recommend This! (Marketing Your Writing, Short of An Informercial)

No piece of writing, no matter how florid or mellifluous, has ever gone widely-read without some form of promotion.

"Cooling" by Julie Eill

"Cooling" by Julie Eill

Michael is a juvenile delinquent arrested for a “ritualistic murder” of a deer at a wildlife sanctuary (a gory scene that burns in your mind).

"The English Speakers" by Sarah Quigley

"The English Speakers" by Sarah Quigley

The main characters, simply referred to as “he” and “she” throughout, have developed their own intimate version of English.

Shaun Hamill, Reading Committee

Shaun Hamill, Reading Committee

His story appeared in the winter 2010 issue, and he was reading for Carve less than six months later.