[blue Ice]

Managing Editor: Ashley Fallon

Editor: Jeni Jobst

Editorial Assistances: Abby Koski & Dillon Geshel

Faculty Advisors: M. Bartley Seigel

Founding Editor:
Randall R. Freisinger

Blue Ice is a nonprofit student literary magazine published annually in Michigan Tech’s Department of Humanities. Blue Ice invites submissions of new and previously unpublished poetry, prose, and art from currently enrolled students, both undergraduate and graduate.

Direct all correspondence to Blue Ice, Department of Humanities at Michigan Tech, 1400 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931, or email the editors at blueice@mtu.edu.

Manuscripts and artwork must be original, previously unpublished, and from currently enrolled Michigan Tech students.

Submissions are read year round. Click here for guidelines.

Opinions and views contained herein are not necessarily those of the editors, of the Department of Humanities, or of Michigan Tech.

Michigan Tech is an equal opportunity educational institution / equal opportunity employer.

Copyright Blue Ice.

Submission Guidelines 1. Blue Ice accepts submissions of poetry, prose, and visual art from currently enrolled Michigan Tech students, undergraduate or graduate. 2. All submission must be original and previously unpublished. 3. Max length submissions is 5000 words for prose, six poems, and/or 6 pieces of visual art. Submit in one genre only at a time. Wait for a reply before submitting again. 4. All submission should be your best work, copy edited, and free of spelling, grammatical, and mechanical problems. Work riddled with the above will be ignored. Send only your best, most polished work. 5. Send your submission via email to blueice@mtu.edu, subject “submission”. Include your preferred contact information and a biographical note (no greater than 50 words) in the body of the email. For visual art, attach submission as a high resolution image file. Writing should be attached as an .rtf or .doc file. 6. Payment upon publication is 2 free copies. 7. Allow an enormous amount of time for a response - we’re annual after all. Email the editors at blueice@mtu.edu if you have questions or concerns.

April 24 - Announcing the winners of the 2009 Lawrence & Elsie Klein Creative Writing Award

Grand Prize
Lauren Hayrynen
for her poems “The Winding Road,” “As the Snow Falls” & “Our End”

1st Runner Up
Madeline Northey
for her poem “Cry Me a Child”

2nd Runner Up
Matthew Durocher
for his flash fiction “Selfsightedness”

Honorable Mentions
Dillon Geshel
for his short story “Cold”
Abbey Koski
for her poems “Ash and Smoke,” “An Apple Spinning,” “Green Wall” and “Thaw”

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The 2010
Lawrence & Elsie Klein
Creative Writing Award
Grand Prize - $1000 + Publication

1. The Klein Award is open to all currently enrolled undergraduate students at Michigan Tech.

2. Submissions may be in poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction.

3. One submission per genre, though writers may submit in multiple genres - poetry may include up to six poems, and prose up to 5000 words.

4. All manuscripts must be original and previously unpublished.

5. Manuscripts should be typed in 12-point, Times or similar font, with 1-inch margins. Prose should be double spaced. Poetry can be single spaced. Multiple pages should be stapled.

6. Important! Include title, but no other identifying mark on the manuscript.

7. Identification - also important! In a sealed envelope, place a note card with your name, contact information, and the title of your submission.

8. Submit your manuscript along with the sealed note card to Sue Niemi in the Department of Humanities Office, 319 Walker Arts & Humanities Center.

9. Deadline April 17, 2010. The winner and runners up will be posted on the Blue Ice web site on April 24, 2009 and notified via email.