Updated Raymond Carver Bibliography

I'm a bit tardy in passing on this news, but earlier this year I took on the role of bibliographer for the International Raymond Carver Society. I just completed another significant update to the bibliographic entries, so if you browse the Storyglossia site for the Carver stuff, check out the updated bibliography. For the time being I'm keeping the IRCS and the Storyglossia Carver bibliographies in sync, but eventually all the updates will be made only on the IRCS site. I just added 58 entries to the bibliography, bringing it current through 2006 journal publications. If you are doing Carver research, or just want to dig deeper into the critical literature about Carver's work, this is the most comprehensive Raymond Carver bibliography that is freely available on the internet.

Mike Bennett's Bonus Track

Mike Bennett has started a new podcast show: the Bonus Track. In the first episode Mike provides some background on the writing of his novel One Among the Sleepless and interviews STORYGLOSSIA contributor Seth Harwood, who talks about his novel Jack Wakes Up. Mike also reads his poem "Monster" and I assure you it's not about what you might think . . . The show also has Music from Black Lab, Fruitcake Superbeing, and Lost Dog.

Great Writers Make it Possible

Big thanks to the judges at the Million Writers Award for recognizing the talents of the following STORYGLOSSIA writers who were named to the notable stories list: Benjamin Percy, Colleen Mondor, Matt Bell, Steven Gillis, Seth Harwood, and Kristen Tsetsi. Their superb stories earned STORYGLOSSIA recognition as the Million Writers Award for best online publication for 2006.

The STORYGLOSSIA team is grateful for and appreciative of this recognition.

Thanks also to Jason Sanford, editor and publisher of the award-deserving storySouth, for conceiving, hosting, and promoting the Miliion Writers Award.

Million Writers Award Notable Stories List

Congratulations to the following STORYGLOSSIA authors whose stories made the Notables list in this year's Million Writers Award: Benjamin Percy, Colleen Mondor, Matt Bell, Steven Gillis, Seth Harwood, & Kristen Tsetsi.

Sixteen stories published in STORYGLOSSIA received nominations this year. These six made the notables list. Best of luck to them making the top 10 and to one of them winning story of the year.

"The Hand" by Benjamin Percy

"Mercy Flight" by Colleen Mondor

"The Raincheck" by Matt Bell

"The Society for the Protection of Animals" by Steven Gillis

"Tatooed People" by Seth Harwood

"They Three at Once Were One" by Kristen Tsetsi

Thanks to Jason Sanford and storySouth for conceiving and hosting the Award. Kudos, Jason! Thanks also to everyone who nominated and to the preliminary judges. It's great to see a community dedicated to reading and recognizing online fiction!