Jeff Esterholm, who has a piece in the Fall 2012 issue (Issue 7), was recently awarded the Sternig Short Fiction Award—in the annual Council for Wisconsin Writers lit competition—for his short story “Mrs Weir” (which you can find in that issue). For more information, including a press release, click here.

M.V. Montgomery, who has a piece in the Spring 2012 issue (Issue 5), recently published a new book of poetry, The Island of Charles Foster Kane (Anaphora Literary Press). For more information on the collection, click here.

Congrats, Jeff and M.V.!