An annual print journal produced by the Writers Alliance of Gainesville, the Bacopa Literary Review is accepting contest submissions for the 2012 issue. We seek a diversity of styles and perspectives in fiction, poetry, nonfiction/creative nonfiction and short fiction from around the world.

      For 2012, Contest Submissions and General Submissions are now closed. We look forward to reviewing your work for the 2013 issue of WAG's literary magazine, Bacopa Literary Review.
 

2011 Bacopa Genre Awards

Fiction
      1st JoeAnn Hart, "Open House"
      2nd Mandy Manning, "Growth"
      Honorable Mention Q. Lindsey Barrett "Toro-nado"

Nonfiction
      1st Amanda Skelton, "Warding off the Monkey"
      2nd Carolyne Wright, "Los Olvidados: The Forgotten Ones"
      Honorable Mention Ed McCourt, "Watching Rocco"

Poetry
      1st Colleen Runyan, "me or the tea"
      2nd Erika Brumett, "Fight Overheard in Sign Language"
      Honorable Mention Carolyne Wright, "Acrostic: Evcharistoic Eulene"

About the 2012 Bacopa Editorial Team 

Denise Ahlberg has an MA in English from Montana State University, Bozeman. She has just completed her first novel and is working on publishing short stories left to her husband's family after they were scattered during World War II. Denise was an editor for a three-volume manuscript studying the complexities and nuances of transcribing Native American oral traditions of the Northwest into written form. She also has a diverse background in technical and business writing as a result of international entrepreneurial experiences.

Jani N. Sherrard is the author of Mother, Warrior, Pilgrim, a book of essays and poetry about feminist inspired motherhood. Winner of the Hippodrome State Theatre’s 2006 Florida Senior Playwright Festival for her play, "You Poor Thing," and the 2009 Tallahassee Writers Association Stagelight competition for her short play, "Bedtime." Recent publications include essays in Senior Times and poetry in Penumbra.

Pranada Comtois has thirty years' experience in the international publishing field. She has published essays and papers in magazines, journals, and on the Internet. She writes poetry and nonfiction and is currently working on her memoir.

Gen Aris was born in the land of Elvis in the time of Sputnik to people with a decent sense of appreciation for the arts. After a long separation from the creative life—working in the social services industry—that old romance bloomed anew. Now, a writer and all-around artsy type also working the other side of the desk in his second turn as a Bacopa editor.

Eldon R. Turner recently retired from the University of Florida faculty where he taught American studies and history. His academic publications include articles on early American theology, music and jurisprudence. When he was twelve, his first published poem appeared in The Smokey Valley Historical Society Newsletter. No copy survives, but he traces his interests in words and the cadence of language to that period of his life. More recently, his poems have appeared in Harpur Palate, Hemlock, Main Street Rag, Prairie Writers, Poetalk and other print and on-line journals.

Dorothy Staley grew up in Wisconsin. Upon graduating from Lawrence College with a BA in English, she took a teaching job in Anchorage, Alaska. After spending 20 years in the far north, including five in the Arctic, she accepted a technical editing job in Washington, DC. She had the good sense to migrate to Florida in 1993. Upon her retirement in 2001, she began work on her memoir and her novel Come Good Home ... now in its ninth revision.

Kaye Linden has an MFA in fiction from the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts. She is currently working on a collection of fifty Australian tales, set in the magical urban sanctuary of Ma’s Place. Kaye’s short stories have appeared in The Raven Chronicles, Expressions Magazine, Breves no tan breves, Whispers from the Unseen:Journal and Forum for Writing in the Arts, Soundings Review, Bacopa Literary Review The Camel Saloon, and Danse Macabre.