The Gilchrist Prize in Short Fiction

The inaugural award of the Gilchrist Prize in Short Fiction goes to Alyce Miller for her story Missing.  It is included in Issue #3 of China Grove. Buy it now!

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Pulitzer Prize News – Big Year for Mississippi

In 2014 two native Mississippians have been selected to recieve a Pulitzer Prize. Donna Tartt of Greenwood received the prize in fiction for her third novel “The Goldfinch” and Meridian native J. L. Adams was awarded the prize in music for his orchestral work “Become Ocean.” Congratulations to them both.

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Acts of God

I’m not going to start off with the pretense that this is an unbiased review. I have long thought Gilchrist to be one of the most talented writers of the second pantheon of Southern writers. She stood alongside the likes of Willie Morris, Walker Percy, Shelby Foote, and Barry Hannah and she more than held […]

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The Welty Festival at MUW

If you need something to do this week head on up to Columbus, MS for the 25th Annual Welty Festival at Mississippi University for Women. Featured writers include China Grove alumni, Ellen Gilchrist, Michael Farris Smith, and Kendall Dunkelberg. Luke and I will both be up there, so come by and say, “Hi.” China Grove […]

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