Founding Editor Martin Lammon reflects on the legacy of Arts & Letters in this letter featured in Issue 48, the farewell issue of Arts & Letters.
A Note From Our Founding Editor
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News
26th Annual Prizes – Judges Announced
Prize submission period January 1 – February 15. For our prizes in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, we offer the winner a $1,000 prize and online publication. Prize submissions are also considered for regular-payment publication.
Unclassifiable Contest – Winner Announced
Our 11th Annual Unclassifiable Contest ran from May 1 to July 31.
Our Unclassifiable contest is for works that blur, bend, blend, erase, or obliterate genre and other labels.
Arts & Letters Will Be Online Only Spring 2025
Arts & Letters will not appear in print in Spring 2025, but we will still be running our Annual Prizes. The work of those prize winners will be published on our beautiful new website.
Our staff has begun reading for our tenth annual Unclassifiable Contest, which celebrates works that blur, bend, blend, erase, or obliterate genre and other labels. Look forward to our finalist announcement later this year, and to see their work published on our website in Spring 2025.
Announcing Karen Salyer McElmurray’s Newest Essay Collection
Announcing the forthcoming publication of an essay collection by Arts & Letters’ past Prose Editor Karen Salyer McElmurray.
25th Annual Prize Winners Announcement
Announcing the Winners of the 2024 Arts & Letters Prizes in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, & Poetry. Each winner receives a $1,000 prize and publication in an upcoming issue.