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Best American Essays 2016

October 6, 2016

bae16Congratulations to Jill Sisson Quinn, whose essay “Big Night” (NER 36.1) was selected by Jonathan Franzen and Robert Atwan for Best American Essays 2016!

We’re also thrilled to see “Permutations of X” (35.4) by Kelly Grey Carlisle and “I’m Searching for a Home for Unwed Girls” (36.3) by Ursula Hegi listed among the “Notable Essays and Literary Nonfiction of 2015.”

As Franzen says in his introduction, “Writing or reading an essay isn’t the only way to stop and ask yourself who you really are and what your life might mean, but it is one good way.” Read on.

Filed Under: News & Notes Tagged With: Jill Sission Quinn, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Ursula Hegi

New England Review Award for Emerging Writers

Finalists announced for 2016

February 2, 2016

New England Review announces, with enormous pleasure, the finalists for the second annual New England Review Award for Emerging Writers.

DSC_3006Please join us in congratulating our six finalists for 2016:

Kelly Grey Carlisle  (35.4)
Francine Conley  (36.3)
Rav Grewal-Kök  (36.4)
Hai-Dang Phan  (36.4)
Vincent Poturica  (36.4)
Lisa Taddeo  (36.1)

The winner, to be announced later this month, will receive a scholarship to the 2016 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Congratulations to them all—we are proud to have published such strong work from emerging writers in all three genres.

Filed Under: News & Notes Tagged With: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Francine Conley, Hai-Dang Phan, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Lisa Taddeo, New England Review Award for Emerging Writers, Rav Grewal-Kök, Vincent Poturica

Volume 39, Number 4
Cover art by Emilia Dubicki

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