by 4thgenre | Aug 7, 2024 | News
2024 Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Prize Winner! Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Michael Steinberg Memorial Essay Contest. Our judge, Sarah Viren, has selected the essay “Washtub, Whelk, Widow, Woods” by Jessie van Eerden as the 2024 winner. Here is...
by 4thgenre | Jul 31, 2024 | News
Winner Announcement for the 2024 Multimedia Essay Contest We received so many excellent submissions for our multimedia essay prize, and we’re grateful to everyone who participated. This year’s judge, Leslie Jill Patterson, has selected the graphic essay...
by 4thgenre | Dec 17, 2023 | Craft Essay
I urge my students to cherish their digressions. Digressions are your true self bursting through the constraints of the essay’s order, I tell them. Students respond warily to this notion. They know at least as well as I do that true selves can be embarrassing, weird. ...
by 4thgenre | Aug 30, 2023 | Review
Precious Cargo A Review of Chris Arthur’s latest essay collection Hidden Cargoes By Chris Arthur232 pp. Eastover Press, $20.00Released October 2022 I have come all the way to New Orleans for this gumbo. It is nestled in a bowl in front of me, just shy of...
by 4thgenre | Jul 19, 2023 | News
Winners Announced for the 2023 Multimedia Essay Contest We received so many excellent submissions for our multimedia essay prize, and we’re grateful to everyone who participated. Our judge, Kelcey Ervick has selected the choose-your-own-adventure essay “Remapping an...
