by 4thgenre | Jul 4, 2026 | News
Annoucning 2026 Steinberg Memorial Contest Finalists Congratulations to our 2026 Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest Finalists! “What She Holds” by Mansi Bhatia”When We Fear” by Mary Birnbaum”Țuică—Romania’s Poet” by Derek Jon...
by 4thgenre | Jun 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
ISSUE 28.1 From the Editors . . . MULTIMEDIA ESSAYS Craft essays Archives SUBMIT INTERVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS SUBSCRIBE Recently I (this is Pat) ran into a former student at a conference. As we caught up, I learned that he was working as the nonfiction editor for...
by 4thgenre | Jun 2, 2026 | News
Pushcart Prize winner 2026 – Sibbie o’Sullivan Sibbie O’Sullivan’s lyric essay “The Flutist” from Issue 27.2 has been chosen as a Pushcart Prize winner for 2026. You can read her essay through either of these two methods....
by 4thgenre | Jul 25, 2025 | News
2025 Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest Winner! Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest. Though we received many phenomenal essays, we hope you will join us in congratulating this year’s winner, as selected by...
by 4thgenre | Jul 11, 2025 | Craft Essay
I’m not sure when microcharacterization becomes fully fledged characterization, and I’ve been debating whether it’s a matter of scale, if it looks different in flash than it does in longform. I don’t have a specific answer, whether it’s a phrase, a line, or a...
