Contests

Fourth Annual Schlafly Beer Micro-Brew Micro-Fiction Contest

Submit your best micro-fiction and compete to win a $1,500 First Prize plus one case of micro-brewed Schlafly Beer!

Rules:
500 words maximum per story, up to three stories per entry.
$20 entry fee also buys one year subscription to River Styx.
Include name and address on cover letter only.
Entrants notified by S.A.S.E.
Winners published in our April issue.
River Styx editors will select winners.
All stories considered for publication.
Send stories and S.A.S.E. by December 31st to:

River Styx's Schlafly Beer Micro-fiction Contest
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis, MO  63103

River Styx
2010 International Poetry Contest

$1500 First Prize

Send up to three poems, not more than 14 pages.
All entrants will be notified by S.A.S.E.
$20 reading fee includes a one-year subscription (3 issues).
Include name and address on cover letter only.

2010 judge: Maxine Kumin.
Winner published in Fall issue.
All poems will be considered for publication.

Postmark poems by May 31st to:

River Styx Poetry Contest
3527 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis, MO 63103-1014

WINNERS OF THE 2009
River Styx International Poetry Contest

Thank you for submitting your work to the 2009 River Styx International Poetry Contest. Here are the 2009 results:

• 1st Place Michael Hudson, "Drunk in Bed with an Old Book about the History of Human Flight"
• 2nd Place Michael J. Grabell, "Before Committing"
• 3rd PlaceJ. Stephen Rhodes, "My Cathedral"
• Honorable Mentions
  Matthew Fluharty, "The First"
  Don Colburn, "In the Unlikely Event of a Water Landing"
  Leonard Kress, "Harmonium"                               
  Stephen Gibson, "Duomo and Baptistery, Florence"     
  Elizabeth Kirschner, "The Collector’s Favorite Doll"
  Travis Mossotti, "Inside the Skull"

River Styx Founder's Award
Poetry Contest for St. Louis Area High School Students

• 1st Place McCarthy Grewe, Priory
• Honorable Mentions:  
  Virginia Morrell, Parkway Central
  Ben Constantino, Priory 
  Kyle Hill, Priory

WINNERS OF THE 2009
River Styx Schlafly Micro-Fiction Micro-Brew Contest

Thank you for submitting your work to the 2009 River Styx Schlafly Micro-Fiction Micro-Brew Contest. We received over 500 submissions this year. Of those, our editorial panel selected twenty finalists, and then selected the winners. We thought the overall quality of manuscripts was exceptionally high. Here are the 2009 results:

• 1st Place Amina Gautier, "Minnow"
• 2nd Place Rose Bunch, "Season"
• 3rd Place Gerry Canavan, "When We're Gone"
• Honorable Mentions
  Avni Vyas, "Cartography"
  Lisa Nikolidakis, "Misplaced"
  Fred Venturini, "Punches"
  Gary Leising, "Enter Fortinbras"