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The Bear Deluxe Magazine Presents:

The Doug Fir Fiction Award
Celebrating place-based and environmental fiction writing

Winner: $1,000 and national publication in The Bear Deluxe Magazine

Finalists (2): $200 and national publication in The Bear Deluxe Magazine

Semifinalists (3-5): Name recognition in The Bear Deluxe Magazine

Contest judge: Katherine Dunn
Katherine Dunn, a Portland-based novelist and journalist, is the author of Geek Love, which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and co-author of School of Hard Knocks, for which she won the Dorothea Lange—Paul Taylor Prize.

We welcome previously unpublished short stories of up to 5,000 words that relate to the natural world, sense of place, or environmental issues. Send your story with a $15 entry fee payable to Orlo to: Doug Fir Fiction Award, Orlo/The Bear Deluxe Magazine, PO Box 10342, Portland, OR 97296. Entries must be postmarked by May 14, 2008. All participants will receive a copy of the 2008 Award issue. For a sample copy of the 2007 Award issue, send $5 to the address above.

Published by Orlo, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to explore environmental issues through the creative arts, The Bear Deluxe Magazine is one of the country’s most acclaimed environmental publications. The Bear Deluxe Magazine has been recognized by the Oregon Arts Commission, the Oregon Council for the Humanities, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, Print, Orion, Adbusters, Poet’s Market and Utne Reader, among others, for editorial and design excellence. The Bear Deluxe enjoys a readership of 44,000 readers per issue throughout the US and Canada.

Make sure to visit www.orlo.org for complete guidelines.

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