Salamander Fiction Contest 2025 Results
Winner "Ape Opus" by Kate Lister Campbell From judge Helen Phillips: "Ape Opus" appears to be a story about an American tourist in Barcelona, but it morphs into something much…
Disambiguation: a Chapbook by Jen Jabaily-Blackburn
Salamander presents Disambiguation, a chapbook by Jen Jabaily-Blackburn. Jen Jabaily-Blackburn is the 2024 Louisa Solano Memorial Emerging Poet Award winner. Generously funded by Suffolk University’s Ellen LaForge Memorial Poetry Fund,…
Online Exclusive: Review of Buffalo Girl by Jessica Q. Stark
Encased in Mythos: Buffalo Girl by Jessica Q. Stark (BOA Editions, 2023) Jessica Q. Stark’s Buffalo Girl is a stunning follow-up to her 2020 debut Savage Pageant. Markedly more…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2024 Results
Winner "Exit Strategies of a Great Squirrel Army" by Michael Welch From judge Kevin Wilson: What begins as a wonderful examination of the dynamics of work, the main character Andre…
Water Gwisin Saves the Earth: A Chapbook by Maria S. Picone
Salamander is thrilled to present Water Gwisin Saves the Earth, a chapbook by Maria S. Picone. Maria S. Picone is the 2023 Louisa Solano Memorial Emerging Poet Award…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2023 Results
Winner “Come Tomorrow” by Nina Sudhakar From judge Kirstin Valdez Quade: When a young photographer’s scooter breaks down in a remote village near her grandmother’s city, she finds the village…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2022 Results
Winner "The Other Osama," by Hassaan Mirza Second Place "Good New Teeth," by Mark Doyle Finalists "Driftwood," by Josie Tolin "Flame Jumps the Gap," by Matthew Gordon "Inheritance," by…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2021 Results
Winner Nicole Simonsen, "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky" Nicole Simonsen’s short stories have appeared in Booth, Tin House Online, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at a high school in Sacramento,…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2020 Results
Winner Jinwoo Chong, "The Lesser Light of Dying Stars" Jinwoo Chong is currently an MFA candidate for fiction at Columbia University, where he serves as Online Editor for Columbia…
Salamander Issue #49 Release Party
Please join Salamander for the Issue #49 Release Party Thursday, February 20, 2020 6 PM Suffolk University Poetry Center Mildred F. Sawyer Library, 3rd Floor 73 Tremont Street,…
2019 Salamander Fiction Contest Winners
Very excited to announce the finalists and winners of our 2019 Fiction Contest, judged by Wayétu Moore. Thanks so much to all the contest entrants for such high-quality work, to…
Salamander Fiction Contest 2019 Results
Winner Christina Leo, "The Blue Bull" Second Place Michael Howerton, "Hopewell" Finalists Catalina Bode, "A Bedroom in the Kitchen" Shubha Venugopal, "Belonging" Steven Fromm, "Po-Ya 6" Ethan Feuer, "Quartering winds"…