Backwards City Review is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 fiction and poetry contests!

POETRY

Winner
Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman, “Kimberly Cutout”

Finalists
Jill Beauchesne, “Armistice Day”
Woody Loverude, “Covenant”
Lynne Potts, “Whole Worlds Had Already Happened”

FICTION

Winner
B.J. Hollars, “Conservation Status of Least Concern”

Finalists
Joe Oestreich, “Trouble Doll”
Kelcey Parker, “Lent”
Mike Young, “Burk’s Nub”

The winners and selected finalists will appear in Backwards City #6, arriving in your mailbox this fall

Keep watching backwardscity.net for information on the winner of our second chapbook contest, as well as deadlines and addresses for next year’s writing contests!

Regular submissions reopen on Sep. 1. Thank you, as always, for your support of Backwards City.