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Announcing the Winner of the 2023 Danahy Fiction Prize

July 7, 2023 by utpress

The Tampa Review editorial team is excited to announce that our guest judge, Evan James, has selected a winner for the Danahy Prize for short fiction. This year’s winning story is “Security” by Shayla Bruin. Bruin is a writer living in Chicago, Illinois. This is her first published work. Of the winning story, our judge, Evan James, says, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction, News, Uncategorized Tagged: Danahy Fiction Prize, Fiction, literary magazine, prize winner, short story, Tampa Review, writing

Peter Imsdahl

June 25, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

(Frog Walks Into a Bar) By Peter Imsdahl “Why do they jump?” Paul asked, fingering a twig he had picked up from the forest floor on their way to the clearing, a swath of forest cut clear of trees, seemingly just for them. There was a fallen log in the middle of it that they … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, father-son relationship, Fiction, German writers in English, short story

Jacqueline Doyle

May 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

YOU NEVER KNOW by Jacqueline Doyle “Thank God for small blessings,” the woman in the seat next to me repeats. “All I can say is thank God. You never know, do you? You just never know.” “Here’s your complimentary club soda, sir, and your peanuts. That will be seven dollars for the Jack Daniels.” I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: airplane, contemporary american fiction, Fiction, jacqueline doyle, story

The Great George Saunders On The Importance of Kindness

April 24, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

Check out this beautiful animated video inspired by George Saunders’ commencement speech given at Syracuse University. The same speech inspired the book Congratulations, By The Way.

Posted in: News Tagged: books, Fiction, George Saunders, Kindness

Mark Crimmins

April 1, 2014 by utpress Leave a Comment

WHAT CHARLIE SAID by Mark Crimmins He told me that the first time he met me he thought I was an asshole, because I had replied to everything he said with one word: right. He said he realized that I wasn’t an asshole later, when we were watching the Gerber machine make laser patterns at … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fiction Tagged: contemporary fiction, Fiction, flash fiction, Literature, Short Stories
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