the literary magazine No. 8 summer 2005 Raymond Carver Issue For the 2005 BCWW Summer Writing Project, each workshop member was asked to write a short story in the style of renown fiction writer Raymond Carver. Of eighteen entries, three were selected as the top three prize winners. In addition to his prize-winning short story, BCWW member JOHN WIREBACH also submitted an original essay on Carver's life and work.

John Wirebach: People Like Us: Life and Work of Raymond Carver. essay Mary Jane Aklonis: The Coping Saw. fiction John Wirebach: What Are You Doing Here? (NOTE: First Prize Winner) fiction Chris Bauer: Number Four and Number Twelve. fiction David Jarret: Iridescence. fiction Roberta Kyle: The Meeting. fiction< Al Honig: Boys Will Be Boys. fiction Alan Shils: Who Done It? Who Cares? fiction Sylvia Honig: Changes. fiction Don Swaim: Hurry Up, Vern. fiction Jules Winistorfer: The Devil in Blue Jeans fiction Linda C. Wisniewski: What We Say When We Don't Know What To Do. (NOTE: Third Prize Winner) fiction Connie Wrzesniewski: Slow Burn. fiction BACK ISSUES OF ERRATA Stuart Cummings Ripley Official Site, summer 2005. (group project -- dedicated to preserving the memory of this now obscure, long-forgotten literary genius) Issue No. 7, summer 2004 The Yellow Bus, summer 2003 (group novel -- special issue) Issue No. 6, summer 2002 Issue No. 5, spring 2002 Issue No. 4, winter 2001 World Trade Center Disaster, Sep 2001 (special issue: BCWW montage on the terror attack) Issue No. 3, fall 2001 (NOTE: includes an ambitious BCWW montage devoted to 9/11 -- above) Issue No. 2, summer 2001 Issue No. 1, spring 2001

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