''CutBank'' is a
literary journal that is affiliated with the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, United States. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. Fall 2024 saw total enrollment hit 10,811, marki ...
's creative writing program. The journal was founded in 1973 with the help of
William Kittredge among others. It is the third incarnation of the magazine at the university. The first was founded in 1920 and called the ''Montanan'' which was later changed to ''Frontier''. It awards the prestigious Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and
Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and art, twice a year.
The 2012 Montana Prize in Fiction went to Matt Valentine, while the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction went to Daisy Pitkin, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry went to Jeff Downey.
CutBank Contests
Previous contributors to ''CutBank'' include Steve Almond
Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist, and author of fifteen books, four of which are self-published.
Life
Steve Almond was born on October 27, 1966, in California. Almond was raised in Palo Alto, Ca ...
, Pam Houston, Jacob M. Appel
Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American polymath, author, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic.Nagamatsu, Sequoia "A Few Words with the Ubiquitous Jacob M. Appel" ''Prince Mincer'' Journal http://primemincer.com/ con ...
, and Dara Wier
Dara Barrois/Dixon (Dara Wier) (born December 30, 1949) is an American poet and author. She has received awards from the Lannan Foundation, American Poetry Review, The Poetry Center Book Award, Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Ar ...
.
See also
*List of literary magazines
Below is a list of literary magazines and journals: periodicals devoted to book reviews, creative nonfiction, essays, poems, short fiction, and similar literary endeavors.
*Because the majority are from the United States, the country of origin ...
References
External links
CutBank website
Biannual magazines published in the United States
Literary magazines published in the United States
Magazines established in 1973
Magazines published in Montana
Publications of the University of Montana
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