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Our Fieldsong Prose Prize is now open! Deadline and details at www.farmgirlpress.com/2026fieldsong

Hey Artists! It's that time of year! We are pleased to share that this year's juror for Signs of Rural Life, our annual exhibit coinciding with , is Christopher Atkins , curator We hope you'll take time to submit work. We seek all interpretations of rural life, from traditional and representational to critical and cutting edge. Deadline is June 6th. Get more information at our website: https://bluecatgallerystudio.com/artist-opportunities

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The Spring 2026 Issue is arriving soon!

We're delighted to announce that our judge for the first-ever Fieldsong Prose Prize is Karen Gettert Shoemaker.

Karen writes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, journal entries, and endless lists. Her novel, The Meaning of Names, was selected for the One Book One Nebraska statewide reading program in 2016 and the Omaha Reads community reading program in 2014. It was republished in China in 2020. Her award-winning short story collection, Night Sounds and Other Stories, was published in the US in 2002, and republished in the United Kingdom in 2006. Her work has been published in the New York Times, London Times, Prairie Schooner, among other magazines. She has taught writing at the college level for more than three decades and was a writing mentor with the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s MFA in Writing Program for 15 years. She is the founder and director of Larksong Writers Place, an independent literary education organization in Lincoln NE.

Our first-ever Fieldsong Prose Prize contest is now open! Win $500 and publication in our Fall issue of The Gilded Weathervane! Deadline and details at www.farmgirlpress.com

Our submission window is now open for the Fall issue of The Gilded Weathervane! Submit your work today! www.farmgirlpress.com

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