Short Story 1st Place, September 30th, 1998, Larry Lynch, Learning to Swim

Poetry 1st Place, September 30th, 1998, Michael Steffen, Asterisks

Short Story 1st Place, December 31st, 1998, Dennis Must, Say Hello To Stanley

Poetry 1st Place, December 31st, 1998, Michael Graber, After Suicide, Frank Stanford Wakes To Find His Mistress Is The Mortician

1. A one hundred dollar cash prize and publication in The Alsop Review will be awarded to the best short story and best poem submitted. The starting date of the next competition will be announced here shortly.

2. All submissions must be by e-mail, addressed to competition@alsopreview.com.

3. All submissions must state Poetry Competition or Fiction Competition in the Subject line.

4. All submissions should be entered into the body of the e-mail using cut-and-paste. (We will not attempt to decode submissions from unknown word processors.)

5. All submissions must be original work and previously unpublished.

6. All submissions must be accompanied by the author's name and mailing address. (One poem or one short story per author. No multiple submissions.)

7. All submissions will be judged by the Editorial Board of The Alsop Review.

8. The decision of the judges will be final.

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