PANK’s First Chapbook Competition Winner: Aaron Burch
[Roxane Gay / October 21st, 2009 / Shiny & Young Bright Things ]We (Matt and Roxane) are really thrilled to announce that PANK’s first chapbook will be Aaron Burch’s HOW TO TAKE YOURSELF APART, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF ANEW: notes and instructions from/for a father. While all of the manuscripts we received showed great promise (and really we mean this), Aaron’s work was particularly compelling and spoke to us deeply. We are proud to publish his fine chapbook, which will be available in January 2010.
Runners Up (in no particular order):
Tree Riesener A Kmart Kind of Suicide
Paula Bomer Baby
Tim Jones-Yelvington Evan’s House…
Erin Fitzgerald Passive Aggressive
Ethel Rohan If Only We Were Seahorses
Pedro Ponce Homeland
Laura LeHew Silence
Stephen Mills This Side Up
Jensen Beach The Dark is What
Andrew Borgstrom We Are an Accident
We will be holding a chapbook competition again next year and we are eagerly looking forward to it.
congrats to Aaron! and to PANK. This is going to be super excellent!!!
can’t wait
I second Jensen. Who doesn’t love Aaron Burch?
Congrats Aaron and all the runners-up.
Congrats Aaron! I’m happy just to be a runner up, so thanks PANK!
Congratulations, Aaron. Look forward to picking it up.
Way to go Aaron, congratulations. Look forward to it. I never did get the full ending of that dildo story.
Peace,
Richard
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Wow! Congrats to Aaron and Pank but man, I know so many of those names in the runner-up section, no wonder you had trouble choosing! Congrats to the finalists
Congrats Aaron,
So proud of you. You’re an awesome young man, and I love you lots! Enjoy the win! And, congrats to the other writers, who were definite contenders.
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How To Take Yourself Apart, How to Make Yourself Anew is a fantastic read. Great selection, Pank. I recommend highly.