Special thanks to our judges, Mat Johnson, Tony Hoagland, Kevin Prufer, and Aaron Reynolds.

Limerick Award Winner: Scott Chalupa

Judge: Tony Hoagland

A woman consumed with her weaving

discovered her husband was leaving

then opened her blouse

to all sorts of louts

and bedded her way through the grieving.

Shortest Story Award winner: Melissa Dziedzic

Judge: Mat Johnson

The bearded lady, passing a mirror, went to the store to buy scissors and a razor.

Haiku Award Winner: Rebecca Wadlinger

Judge: Kevin Prufer

The wooden swing moves
April’s wind is hard and strong
but the child is gone

Flash Fiction Winner: Jenni McFarland

Judge: Aaron Reynolds

When George came home, Alice was reading his email.  Without looking up, she clicked the message, marked it “unread,” and closed out the tab.  She left open her own email, and a few innocuous Wikipedia pages.

She was better at this game than he.  He always greeted her too eagerly when she came home; with shaky hands, he’d close out the porn he’d been watching before she made it over to kiss him hello.

“Did you know Madonna went to U of M,” she said.  He kissed her, looking over her shoulder at the computer.  She knew he would.  “How was your day?”  She figured she’d clear the browser history when he went to wash his face.

“Not bad,” he said, squeezing her shoulder.  “Mind if I hop on?  I need to email my professor.”

No problem.  He’d have no reason to suspect she’d been snooping.

She passed his laptop, then sat picking at her fingernails.

He wasn’t typing.  He watched her over the top of the screen.

She smiled.  “I’ve had ‘Like a Virgin’ in my head all day.”

He was clicking the touchpad, still not typing.  He’d probably gotten side-tracked reading Madonna’s Wikipedia page.

“We should go to a concert,” she said.

“Sure.” His monosyllabic response was disconcerting.  He still wasn’t typing.  Perhaps he was reading her email.  That didn’t worry her.  She kept the emails from his brother in a separate account.  So why the grunted response?  The narrowed eyes? He glanced between her and the screen.

Then it hit her.  She’d only closed his email out; she hadn’t signed out of the page.  He would have found his email already logged on.  She waited for him to say something, but he didn’t.  He just handed the computer back to her, and went to wash his face.

From 92y.org:

Now in its fifth decade, the “Discovery” Poetry Contest is designed to attract large audiences to poets who have not yet published a book. This marks the fifth year that the Poetry Center has partnered with Boston Review to present the contest.

Many winners have gone on to distinguished careers as poets, among them Marilyn Hacker, Mark Strand, Nick Flynn and Lucille Clifton.

Also, check out this awesome article The Daily Cougar wrote about us:

http://www.thedailycougar.com/2012/02/12/launch-party-an-antidote-to-stale-readings/

Thanks again to everyone who came out, and thanks again to all our supporters who couldn’t!

What: Glass Mountain Launch Party
When: February 9th (2/9) at 7:00 PM
Where: Antidote
Who: All of your friends, the staff of Glass Mountain, our contributors!
Why: To support the magazine and your entire writing community!

Remember, submissions are rolling, but if you want to be considered for publication in the fall issue, please submit by November 15th!

Join us Wednesday, April 13th at 5:30 pm for the launch of our premier national issue! The official launch will be held at the Honors College Commons, MD Anderson Library, as part of the Poetry and Prose Reading series. Contributors and founders of the journal will read their work, and afterwards, we’ll all head over to Bohemeo’s for the after-party.

Readers:

Reginal Vigil, founding editor
David Toombs, contributor
Roxanne Terrell, contributor
Penny Montalvo, contributor
Mariah Kizer, contributor
Luke Patterson, contributor
Sessa Kratz, contributor

Bohemeo’s:

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Glass Mountain is currently taking applications for staff positions! We are in need of dedicated, organized students who love to read and are committed to publishing their peers. Duties will entail reading and ranking submissions, meeting a few times per semester, being a cheerleader for Glass Mountain, and generally being outstanding.

Download this application, fill it out, and email it back to us at glassmountaineditors@gmail.com or drop it off in the Glass Mountain mailbox in the English Department office of the Roy Cullen Building.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Hang out with the Glass Mountain staff while we knock back some brewskies and occasionally glance over at the television when someone in tights runs a few feet. Hey – it gets people to the best bar in Houston, and it benefits the journal, you know, the one that’s still committed to publishing you?

See you there!