Our nominations for 2010 are:

Fiction

• “Precarious Things” by Debbie Weingarten, Issue No. 26
• “The Glory of Ned Wiley” by Braden Hepner, Issue No. 25

Nonfiction

• “To Know a Place: Setnet Fishing in Uyak Bay” by Sara Loewen, Issue No. 26
• “The Book of Water” by Joe Wilkins, Issue No. 25

Poetry

• “Summer Evening, the West Side” by Reeves Keyworth, Issue No. 26
• “Goya’s Dog,” by Laura-Gray Street, Issue No. 26

Congratulations to the authors of these excellent works of literary art. Now we’ll keep our fingers — digital and otherwise — crossed!

• “Digger Wasp,” a poem by Jamison Crabtree appearing in Issue no. 25
• “Precarious Things,” a story by Debbie Weingarten appearing in Issue No. 26
• “The Book of Water,” an essay by Joe Wilkins appearing in Issue No. 25

Terrain.org has been fortunate to place a poem in last year’s edition (“A Short History of Falling” by Pamela Uschuk), an essay in the edition two years ago (“Catching Hell: The Joe Holt Integration Story” by Heather McEntarfer), and a story in the edition three years ago (“The Split” by Kim Whitehead).

We’ll keep our fingers crossed, and encourage you to read all of these fine selections and also to investigate the excellent and important Dzanc Book Best of the Web series.

The selection completes the hat trick for Terrain.org, as we placed fiction in the 2008 edition (“The Split” by Kim Whitehead) and nonfiction in the 2009 edition (“Catching Hell: The Joe Holt Integration Story” by Heather Killelea McEntarfer).

Read and listen to the poem — and two others by Pamela Uschuk — at http://www.terrain.org/poetry/24/uschuk.htm.

We are delighted to once again place a contribution in the Dzanc Books Best of the Web anthology series!

Update:

Dzanc Books is setting up Dzanc National Workshop Day on March 20, 2010.  It has over 30 workshops set up in over 25 cities on that date. Learn more at the Dzanc Day website:

http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancday

• “Positioning,” essay by J. David Bell
• “Night at the World’s Largest Atomic Cannon,” essay by Christopher Cokinos
• “A Short History of Falling,” poem by Pamela Uschuk
• “Outside Tapatio’s Bar,” poem by Sue Swartz
• “Fog,” poem by Joe Wilkins
• “Night (Geopolitical?) / Noche (¿geopolítica?),” poem by Tedi López Mills, translated by Wendy Burk

Poetry – “A Short History of Falling” by Pamela Uschuk

Nonfiction - “Positioning” by J. David Bell

Nonfiction - “Lee’s Ferry” by Ben Quick

Congratulations to these authors and all of the wonderful contributors to the new issue of Terrain.org.

And look for our 2010 Puschart Prize nominations to be announced soon, as well.

The criteria for judging are Non-Corporate, Brilliant + Dynamic Content, Long-Lasting, Cosmetically Efficient.

We’re delighted to make the cut, and hope that Terrain.org meets all of your criteria, as well!

Congratulations Kim!