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MORGAN DICK
Dave Standard Time (DST)

Third prize winner of the 2020 Short Long-Distance Writing Contest.

2021 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Winners

Announcing the winners for the 2021 Postcard Story Contest!

2021 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2021 Postcard Story Contest!

Short Long-Distance Writing Contest Longlist

Announcing the longlisted entrants for the Short Long-Distance Writing Contest!

Geist Staff
Writing Contests Update

Quick update for folks who have entered our writing contests.

SHENA MCAULIFFE
The Course to the Horizon

First Prize winner of the 16th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

KENDALL POE
Western Child

Second Prize winner of the 16th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

TOM GRAINGER
To Whom It May Concern

Third Prize winner of the 16th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

2020 Postcard Story Contest Shortlist

Announcing the shortlisted entrants for the 2020 Postcard Story Contest!

BEN BAZEVSKI
Objects Left Behind

First Prize winner of the 5th Occasional Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

ANITA SLUSARCICK
After Reichenbach Falls: Sherlock's Hidden Message to Joan, Ave Atque Vale!

Second Prize winner of the 5th Occasional Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

Hi. It's Been a While.

Third Prize winner of the 5th Occasional Geist Erasure Poetry Contest.

2019 Erasure Poetry Contest Short List

The short list for the 2019 Erasure Poetry Contest. Winners will be announced in Geist 115, on newsstands in April.

The 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

The writing contest whose name is almost as long as the entries! Deadline is April 17, 2023.

DAVID WISEMAN
Survivors

Third Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

CAMERON MUIR
Palisade at Kevin's Coulee

Second Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

BARBARA BLACK
Impediment

First Prize winner of the 15th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

2019 Erasure Text
The 2019 Geist Erasure Poetry Contest

Erase an excerpt from A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by James De Mille, into your own prize-winning poem.

Carrie Clickard
The Bookaneer Life: A Librarian’s Sea Shanty

Third prize winner of the 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest.

2018 Geist Work Shanty Shortlist

The 2018 Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest Shortlist.

The Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest Examples

Here are some li'l ditties we put together to get those brains a-workin'Deadline: December 15, 2018.

The Geist Work Shanty Writing Contest FAQ

The writing contest that's bringing back the old timey work shanty updated for new timey jobs! Deadline: December 15, 2018.

JANET TRULL
Pay As You Play- 14th Annual Postcard Contest 1st Prize

Pay As You Play by Janet Trull - 14th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest 1st Prize Winner