What's New at Bayou

Bayou 53 is now available for your reading pleasure. See the latest work from these fine contributors:

Bayou Congratulates...

Laura Lee Smith, (Bayou No. 53), whose fiction was chosen to be included in the annual New Stories from the South 2010.

and our 2009 JIM KNUDSEN FICTION CONTEST WINNER:

John Chattin, “Call It Love, Name It Hate”

John Chattin’s characters in “Call It Love, Name It Hate” haunt the reader’s imagination. The landscape is dark, and the writing is crisp and at times beautifully brutal. This is the kind of story editors love to find. Look for Chattin's winning story in Issue 54.

2009 FINALISTS (in alphabetical order):

Frederic H. Decker, “Welcome to the Loading Dock”
Marc Burgett, “Armed and Dangerous”
Janet G. House, “Faintly Falling Snow”
Mary Beth Leymaster Matteo, “Grace on a Mission”
Elizabeth Moore, “In Groups of Three or More”
Lynn Veach Sadler, “Sometimes, You Just Got to Go Auditory”
Ron Yates, “Spooky House”

A young publication with an old soul, each issue of Bayou Magazine contains stunningly beautiful fiction, nonfiction and poetry. And one issue a year contains the winning play from the Tennessee Williams One-Act Play Contest. From quirky shorts to more traditional stories, we are committed to publishing solid work. Regardless of style, at Bayou we are always interested first in a well-told tale. Our poetry and prose are filled with memorable characters observing their world, acknowledging both the mundane and the sublime, often at once, and always with an eye toward beauty.

Bayou is packed with a range of material from established, award-winning authors as well as new voices on the rise. Recent contributors include Eric Trethewey,Virgil Suarez, Marilyn Hacker, Sean Beaudoin, Tom Whalen, Mark Doty, Philip Cioffari, Lyn Lifshin, Timothy Liu and Gaylord Brewer. And in one issue every year, Bayou features the winner of the annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival One-Act Play Competition.

We are a member of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, and every year Bayou nominates one of its published works for the Pushcart Prize, O.Henry Award and Best American Essays.  Additionally, we publish the winner of the Tennessee Williams/ New Orleans Literary Review One-Act Play Contest.

Bayou Magazine is a non-profit journal for the arts. Patrons ($1000), Benefactors ($500), Friends ($250), and Supporters ($100), are honored in each issue and receive a subscription. Donations are tax deductible. Please make checks payable to The UNO Foundation. Thank you for your support.