Attention writers: The free magazine, The Bear
Essential, is holding its first annual Edward Abbey short fiction
contest, deadline Sept. 2. Editor Tom Webb tells us judges want
unpublished “quality work with a Western environmental aspect” and
that winners receive $100 to $500. For more information, write The
Bear Essential, P.O. Box 10342, Portland, OR 97296-0342
(503/242-1047).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline The Bear Essential.