We are excited to announce that Spare by Michelle Lewis is the winner of the inaugural Barrow Street Prose Contest, chosen by Mary Cappello. We are also thrilled to share that we will also be publishing Secret Agent Man by contest finalist Margot Singer as part of the Barrow Street Prose Series.

Please join us in congratulating our Prose Contest finalists:  I Want (2015-2022): An Autobiography by Emilio Carrero, and City of Toys by Lesley Jenike. You can find selections of their work in the Spring 2024 issue of our affiliated journal, Ocean State Review.

Thank you to all the writers who took a chance on our contest. More updates on future opportunities with Barrow Street Prose are forthcoming, stay tuned!