The Binnacle: First Annual Ultra-Short Edition

The Binnacle’s Annual International Ultra-Short Competition features the best works of narrative fiction and poetry of 150 words or fewer. Submissions are typically received from six continents and a couple dozen countries. From these hundreds of submissions fifty to sixty works are chosen for the annual edition, and among these a few receive cash prizes. Submissions are accepted each year via e-mail at ummbinnacle@maine.edu between December 1 and March 15. Notifications are made in early June. The publication is completed several months later. For more information, please visit The University of Maine at Machias at http://binnacle.machias.edu/. This volume contains works by Raquelle Azran, Anikó J. Bartos, Anneka Beatty, Greg Beatty, F.J. Bergmann, Dennis Boyd, Robert Bradley, Gary Cadwallader, Charlie Cameron, Sonya Carver, Elizabeth Crabtree, Robert Craig, Donald Crane, Chris Crittenden, Steve Cross, Stephanie Curcione, Margaret B. Davidson, Audrey Dench, Pat Detmer, Frances Drabick, Peggy Duffy, Don Mahan Durbin, William Blaine "Jim" Durbin, Avery Elzmyth, Anna Evans, Avital Gad-Cykman, Shelby Goddard, Philip Good, Jim Hiner, Holly Iossa. Liesl Jobson, David Jordan, Swapna Kishore, M. Kelly Lombardi, Frank Marenghi, Katrina Martin, Suzanne Martins, Lisa McMann, Beth McMurray, Ellen Birkett Morris, Alysson B. Parker, Wayne Peters, Scott Ravede, Chad Redden, Shelly Rich, Molli Robey, Judi Rowena, J.R. Salling, Jacqueline Seewald, and Tgarma.