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FMC Poetry Prize Recipients

Elijah — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:20:34 +0000

The 2010 Poetry Prize was Flatmancrooked’s first venture into the land of poetics and, thus far, it’s been extremely rewarding. So, the process went something like this. We opened for submissions in November, 2009. We closed in January, 2010, and received about ten-times the entries we were expecting. With the guidance of this project’s editor, Josh Neely, and publisher, Steve Owen, we read thousands of entries and whittle (not to be confused with “widdle,” and for good reason) them down first to the semi-finalists (these poets will all be included in Flatmancrooked’s Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics – 2010, to be released this summer), and then the finalists. Those poems were then sent to our guest judge, author Mary Karr. After careful deliberation, she has chosen our top three, and the recipients of the various honorariums. And the winners are . . .

2nd Runner Up - Sarah Stripling, for her poem ‘Stories’
Sarah’s poem will be published in the forthcoming Flatmancrooked Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics and she will be noted as the 2nd Runner-Up for the 2010 Flatmancrooked Poetry Prize. She will also be awarded a $100 honorarium. She is currently at work on a manuscript and can be reached here.

1st Runner Up - Rebecca van Laer, for her poem ‘Dorothy Comes Home From Work’
Rebecca’s poem will be published in the forthcoming Flatmancrooked Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics and she will be noted as the 1st Runner-Up for the 2010 Flatmancrooked Poetry Prize. She will also be awarded a $300 honorarium. More of Rebecca’s work can be found in a chapbook of her work to be published by Amsterdam Press in late 2010.

2010 Flatmancrooked Poetry Prize Recipient

Emily Pulfer-Terino

‘Tracks’

Listen to Emily receiving the news.

Emily Pulfer-Terino grew up in the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, where she currently lives and teaches English at a girls boarding school. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and an MFA in Creative Writing from Syracuse University. This is her first publication, outside university. As the recipient of the 2010 Flatmancrooked Poetry Prize Emily’s poem will be published in the forthcoming Flatmancrooked Slim Anthology of Contemporary Poetics and she will be noted as the 2010 Flatmancrooked Poetry Prize winner. She will also be awarded a $500 honorarium, and receive an invitation to Flatmancrooked and Opium Magazine’s Night One Party at AWP Denver (a private industry party for editors and publishing industry executives).

RAUDIO #7: The Narrative Meal

Elijah — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:10:20 +0000

Earlier this year, Flatmancrooked editor Deena Drewis came to a staff meeting with an idea about how we could take RAUDIO to a public gathering: we’d serve food. We’d have a set-menu dinner at Mulvaney’s B&L American Restaurant in Sacramento–whose produce and protein are local and organic–and diners would get the opportunity to hear the stories of the people that produced the ingredients. To convince Patrick Mulvaney we were brilliant, we produced this story. He bought it. The event is happening in the very near future. Tickets will go on sale soonish. Don’t forget to tell Ira Glass!

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RAUDIO #6: Not a Scratch (MP3: 2 of 2)

Elijah — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:57:56 +0000

Part 2 of 2: This is the conclusion of Not A Scratch, a story of two friends and how they’ve coped with a shared trauma. Part 1 was originally aired on March 2nd, 2009 and can be found in the RAUDIO archive. Note: At the request of the subjects of this story, here is a link to the Centre for Neuro Skills, located in Bakersfield, California. And if you like what you hear, Tell Ira Glass!

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RAUDIO #5 – Not a Scratch (MP3: 1 of 2)

Elijah — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:38:13 +0000

PART 1 of 2: Three 19 year old girls, all high school friends, are heading back from Santa Barbara after a day at the beach. Two exits from home, they make an unplanned stop. No one makes it home unscathed. On Raudio this week, injuries affect people differently, and so does recovery. If you like what you hear, tell Ira Glass!

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RAUDIO #4: Author Profile – Whitey (Retracted)

Elijah — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:19:37 +0000

Retraction and Full Disclosure: Flatmancrooked removed the audio, RAUDIO #4: A Profile – Whitey, per the demand of Christopher Erickson, the author who was profiled and featured in the article. A segment of the audio profile (8:13) contained clips of Christopher Erickson reading his work for which Flatmancrooked had received verbal but not written consent to use. Christopher Erickson stated he initially began to work with Flatmancrooked per the advice of the former Poetry Editor, Joe Wenderoth. Erickson demanded that all work, both audio and print, be retracted after Wenderoth left Flatmancrooked in February, 2009. We apologize for this inconvenience and invite our listeners to preview the next episode of Flatmancrooked RAUDIO below.

Raudio #5 Preview

RAUDIO #3: Normal Crazy (MP3)

Elijah — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:53:57 +0000

My grandmother was from Oklahoma and she used to say, “Elijah, some people are just plain crazy.” According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 26 percent of Americans suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder, but only a fraction of those people—about six percent—are unemployed or considered disabled. That leaves 21 percent working and living regular lives. They are our coworkers, our teachers, our friends, our parents. And if you dig it, tell Ira Glass!

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RAUDIO #2: Flatmancrooked ‘09 Teaser (MP3)

Elijah — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:30:28 +0000

Flatmancrooked has begun a new year, and with it, established some new goals. One of these goals is to get at least one of our stories on This American Life. RAUDIO #2 is a little teaser, introducing some of the pieces we have gestating in 2009. Also, every two weeks, starting January 21, 2009, Flatmancrooked’s RAUDIO will air each Wednesday at 5:00PM on Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour on KDVS Radio in Davis, CA. So, if you like what you hear, tell Ira Glass!

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RAUDIO #1: This Frigid Empire (MP3)

Elijah — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:16:15 +0000

When Greg went to New York for an annual convention on viral marketing, he didn’t expect to ruin anyone’s life. In this first installment of Flatmancrooked’s RAUDIO, James Kaelan reads his story “This Frigid Empire.” It’s a vicious little piece about love revenge. If you like it, why don’t you tell Ira Glass!

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