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Bayou Magazine

English Department, University of New Orleans

2000 Lakeshore Drive

New Orleans, LA 70148

E-mail: bayou[at]uno[dot]edu

Simultaneous submissions: yes E-mail submissions: no Postal submissions: yes Online submissions: yes (see website) Reading period: 9/1-6/30 Response time: 3-5 months Payment: no Contests: yes (see website) Founded: 2002 Issues per year: 2 Average pages: 140 Copy price: current issue $8 Average pages: 140 Sample price (postpaid): single back issue $7 Subscription (individuals) 1 year: $15 Subscription (institutions) 1 year: $15

Publisher’s description: Bayou Magazine is a biannual literary magazine with national circulation published by the Creative Writing Workshop at the University of New Orleans. Each issue contains short fiction, non-fiction and poetry from established, award-winning authors as well as emerging writers. In keeping with the aesthetics and goals of the Creative Writing Workshop, Bayou is especially interested in discovering and showcasing fresh literary voices. The journal awards yearly contests in both fiction and poetry. And in one issue every year, Bayou features the winning one-act play and short story from the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival Competitions.

Bayou Magazine is a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and annually nominates several published works for the Pushcart Prize, O. Henry Award and Best American Essays. Supported by the University of New Orleans English Department and the UNO Foundation, Bayou is a non-profit journal for the arts.

Recent issues:

Issue 56 features work from Eric Baus, Rachel Bentley, Chanel Clark, Esvie Coemish, Nicole Cooley, Jaydn DeWald, Sean Ennis, Jim Fairhall, Jay Hopler, Michael Inscoe, Justin Kuritzkes, Susan Larkin, Dan Mancilla, Maria Mutch, Brad Richard, Josh Russell, Sasha Steensen, Andrew Warnick, and Tom Whalen.

Issue 55 features JoeAnn Hart, winner of the 2010 James Knudsen Fiction prize, and new work from John M. Anderson, Kevin Breen, Hans Burger, Jesse Patrick Ferguson, Dana Kroos, Aidan Lee, Michael Vincent Manalo, Danny Rendleman, Liz Robbins, Don Russ, Matt Schumacher, David Scronce, Kelley Shinn, and Phebe Szatmari.

Issue 54 includes the Winner of the Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest, Josh Billig, author of Outside Sitka, as well as the 2009 James Knudsen Editor’s Prize for Fiction Award winning story, Call It Love, Name It Hate, by John Chattin. In this issue, contributors include: Marcia Aldrich, Pamela Baker, Carol Bell, ellen, Anne Carroll Fowler, Jim Heavily, Chris Helvey, Eric Lee, George Looney, Jessica Masterson, Michael Vincent Manalo, Jean A. McDonogh, Valentine Pierce, Peter Serchuk and Holly Welker.