YesYes Books is thrilled to announce the winner of the 2018 Pamet River Prize, Forever War by Kate Gaskin! In addition, we have offered publication to two Pamet River finalists, vo/luptuary by Canese Jarboe and Say It Hurts by Lisa Summe.
We are also happy to announce that YesYes Books is offering publication to two manuscripts from the 2018 Open Reading Period in Poetry, loudest when startled by Lukas Hall and Helen or My Hunger by Gale Thompson!
See the complete results of the Pamet River Prize and the Open Reading Period in Poetry below. Stay tuned for the Open Reading Period in Fiction results. We are so excited for what's to come!
2018 Pamet River Prize
Winner:
Forever War by Kate Gaskin
Finalists:
vo/luptuary by Canese Jarboe (also offered publication by YYB)
Say It Hurts by Lisa Summe (also offered publication by YYB)
Sorry for Crashing Your Party and Possibly Killing Your Horse by Elise Burke
Dying One in Time by Brandi Katherine Herrera
Hot with the Bad Things by Lucia LoTempio
Helen or My Hunger by Gale Thompson
Tigers by Kim Young
Semifinalists:
Small Game by M. J. Arlett
One Dog Town by Dominique Bechard (accepted for publication elsewhere)
Compassion Fountain by Liz Bowen
Home Beneath the Church by Lauren Davis
The Knives We Need by Nava EtShalom
Blow by Mag Gabbert
Bury Me in Thunder by Moira J. (accepted for publication elsewhere)
How to Build a Lady by Brett Elizabeth Jenkins
Study of Scars by Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach
In the Absence of Roofs by Michelle Lerner
[ a go ] by Gabrielle Lessans
Firemen by Melissa McCann
Euphobia by Becka McKay
How to Celebrate Cheaply by Jack Meriwether
The Falls by Emily Mohn-Slate
Prayer for What Disappears by Emily Pulfer-Terino
The Best Prey by Paige Quiñones
How Loud This World by Isabelle Shepherd
The Other Dream by Sara Watson
2018 Open Reading Period, Poetry
Offered Publication:
loudest when startled by Lukas Hall
Helen or My Hunger by Gale Thompson
Finalists:
Mythicana by Destiny Birdsong
A Season for Speaking by Allison Blevins
GLOW by Faylita Hicks
Hot with the Bad Things by Lucia LoTempio
Wet Reckless by Victoria Lynne McCoy
Mask for Mask by JD Scott
Beast at Every Threshold by Natalie Wee
