Congratulations to the winners of the Sonora Review 2017 Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction contests!
Poetry, chosen by Anselm Berrigan: “I Want to Die in Designer” by Benjamin Krusling
Prose, chosen by Brian Evenson: “Luz, Milagro” by Kate Berson
Nonfiction, chosen by Irina Dumitrescu: “The Pace of Death: On Illness and Borders in the Sonora” by Easton Smith
The winners will each receive $1,000 and publication in the next issue of Sonora Review.
Benjamin Krusling has lived in Ohio, New York, and Iowa and is the recipient of fellowships from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Naropa University. His work has appeared in Hyperallergic, Tagvverk Journal, and No, Dear Magazine among others. You can find him on Twitter @blk_blk_blk_blk
Kate Berson’s fiction has been published or is forthcoming in The Iowa Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Denver Quarterly, Monkeybicycle, and Western Humanities Review. In collaboration with Velma García-Gorena, she is currently translating Gabriela Mistral’s Poema de Chile, poems from which are forthcoming in Hayden’s Ferry Review and Copper Nickel. Kate holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and lives in Pittsburgh.
Easton Smith lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, on land that was stolen from the Shoshone, Paiute, Goshute and Northern Ute people. He spends most of his time writing, camping, organizing for climate justice, and trying to be a decent friend.