The results are in, and here are the winners of the 2009 horror-themed Jibblies contest:
First Place
Poetry "Autumn Love” by Emily Becker
Fiction "No Dominion” by Rebecca Wood
Second Place
Poetry “Running Forever from the Flesh Eater” by Aaron Moseley
Poetry "Autumn Love” by Emily Becker
Fiction "No Dominion” by Rebecca Wood
Second Place
Poetry “Running Forever from the Flesh Eater” by Aaron Moseley
Fiction “Denizens of Virgin Wood” by Michael Rudolph
Third Place
Poetry “Death” by Winonah Harrington
Third Place
Poetry “Death” by Winonah Harrington
Fiction “Who Me?” by Greg Ashe
Honorable Mention
Poetry “We Belong Together” by Emily Becker
Thanks to all who submitted work. Keep an eye out for our next contest! First place winners of Jibblies in both categories will receive a $25 prize. Second place winners will receive the most recent issue of the Westwind Review, and third place winners will receive... glowsticks!
Honorable Mention
Poetry “We Belong Together” by Emily Becker
Thanks to all who submitted work. Keep an eye out for our next contest! First place winners of Jibblies in both categories will receive a $25 prize. Second place winners will receive the most recent issue of the Westwind Review, and third place winners will receive... glowsticks!
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Important note: We at Cognito feel that it is important not to censor authors' work as long as words and themes involved add to, rather than diminish, the quality of the work.
2 comments:
"Important note: We at Cognito feel that it is important not to censor authors' work as long as words and themes involved add to, rather than diminish, the quality of the work."
What does this mean? that you censor author's work if it makes it better? How is quality defined?
Anonymous:
Actually, we've never published a work that we've censored. The note was meant primarily as a warning to readers who might potentially be offended or disturbed by heavy profanity and themes such as rape...
Basically, it's just important to make sure you use "R-rated" themes and elements in a way that you, as the author, feel are necessary. As for how quality is defined, that's subjective, for the most part; the members of Cognito and potentially a few outside parties such as professors are those who judge and pick the winners of contests. Each judge has their own view of whether these themes and profanity enhance the text or detract from what he or she believes is its main purpose.
So it is not unthinkable that we might ask the author to reconsider something if we think the piece might benefit from its removal. However, Cognito will never censor a work that we publish.
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