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Submissions

Our First-Ever Poetry Contest Results!

Winner: “Substitutes” by Maya Stein

Winner receives $500 and publication in Alimentum Issue Ten, Summer 2010.

1st Runner-up: “Before I tell him I am leaving” by Salita A. Bryant
2nd Runner-up: “Water of Life” by Catherine Freeling

Runners-up will also be published in Issue Ten this summer.

Poetry Contest Finalists
“Cutlet” by Rhona McAdam
“Soup and Bread” by Mary McGinnis
“Rabanada” by Margaret K. Menges
“Ropa Vieja” & “Wine” by Ricardo Pau-Llosa

Finalists’ poems will appear in future issues of Alimentum.

Thank you to every one for entering!
And thank you to our Poetry Editor Cortney Davis and our final judge Dorianne Laux.

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Our reading period for poetry, fiction and nonfiction is currently closed. We’ll be reading your submissions again in Fall 2010. Please check back for exact dates and details.

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Writers Guidelines

Poetry, Fiction & Nonfiction
Our reading period for submissions will resume in the fall.

We seek poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction around the subject of food.

Five poem limit on poetry submissions.

Contributors are encouraged to become familiar with Alimentum before submitting. See our Subscribe page to join our readership.

Submissions accepted via snail mail (no response without SASE). We do not consider previously published work. Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please allow one to three months for response.

Address your submissions to Poetry, Fiction or Nonfiction Editor:
Alimentum, P.O. Box 210028, Nashville, TN 37221

Book Reviews (online only)
Writers interested in proposing book reviews—or authors with books they would like reviewed—may send an inquiry to editor@alimentumjournal.com. Links to writing samples are welcome.