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If you’re in the Missoula area, make sure to check out this incredible literary event!

Congrats to our winner, “When Mama Was Pregnant with Shotgun, She Experienced Miracles" by Insley Smullen and Runners-up, "This is Not a Starry Night" by Amy Marques and "Postcard from Everywhere" by Sara Dudo. Thanks to all who submitted!

Our genre contests are open! We are accepting submissions for the Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Nonfiction and Patricia Goedike Prize in Poetry from December 1 to February 1. Check out out our amazing judges!

Don’t forget to send us your wonderful words!

Our general submissions and genre contests close on Feb. 1, but there’s still time to send us your best work!

Our 2024-25 chapbook winners are now available for pre-order! Checkout the link in our bio so you can snag one of these little literary marvels by Lisa Beech Hartz, Julie Marie Wade and Allison Field Bell! Pre-orders should begin shipping March 5.

Come join us tomorrow night at 7 pm in Turner Hall for a reading by the incredible @melissafebos !!!

Morgan Binkerd, the incredible cover artist of CutBank 102, brings the issue to life with her textured, complex paintings. Our editors are delighted to feature 3 of her paintings, alongside so much beautiful writing in CutBank 102! Link to order in bio.

Winner of the 2024 Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest, Insley Smullen's story, "When Mama Was Pregnant with Shotgun, She Experienced Miracles," captivated both CutBank editors and our guest judge, Dinty W. Moore. Check out Insley's work and more in CutBank 102, out now!

Sasha Ree Wohlpart’s essay, “Heat Rising: An Octet” captured our editors’ attention with its tangled exploration of the climate crisis and a body faced with illness. Read Sasha’s stunning prose and more in CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Our editors are in love with Yujing Liang's striking translations of poems "There Hide Many Fish Swimming in the Secluded Nooks of Her Body" and "A Transverse Church" by Chinese poet, Dai Weina. Read Weina's poems, as translated by Yujing Liang, and more in CutBank 102, out now!

Selected as a runner-up to the 2024 Big Sky, Small Prose Flash Contest by Dinty W. Moore, Sara Dudo’s piece, “POSTCARD FROM EVERYWHERE” takes us on a journey...everywhere! Check out Dudo’s work and more in CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Grounded yet full of movement, Rebecca Faulkner's poem "Letters from New York City, 1980" delighted our editors. Enjoy Faulkner's work and much more in CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Amy Marques's ekphrastic piece surprises us anew every time we read it. "This Is Not a Starry Night," selected by Dinty W. Moore as a runner-up to the 2024 Big Sky, Small Prose Contest, packs a powerful punch in less than 200 words! CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Jake Arrowtop's poems "The Pale Indian" and "Indian Sick" drew our editors with their quick lines and memorable images. Read Arrowtop's poems and much more in CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Andreas Trolf's poignant story "Ohio True Wilderness Experience" makes us laugh and brings us into a world all its own. We can't wait for you to read it and all of the amazing work in CutBank 102, out now! Link to order in bio.

Congratulations to our Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry winner Laura Post and runner-up Heather Bourbeau, as selected by guest judge Corrie Williamson!

Congratulations to our Montana Prize in Fiction winner Jeff Guay and runner-up Christopher Walker, as selected by guest judge Tom Lin!

Congratulations to our Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction winner Emily Soreghan and runner-up Maureen Stanton, as selected by guest judge Zoë Bossiere!