Cutthroat, A Journal of the Arts ByPamela Uschuk, Editor In Chief Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts is the new literary swimmer spawned inthe Four Corners Area. As Poetry Editor, William Pitt Root says, “Amongclear-running Western streams still carving their way through theRockies, ‘Cutthroat’ refers to the beautiful & endangered trout RichardBrautigan described as ‘precious intelligent metal,’ the speciestechnically known as Salmo clarki; among the murkier urban backwaters ofour nation, ‘cutthroat’ may refer to unscrupulously greedy angling byany number of fishy types. We mean to keep distinctions sharp bypromoting elegant work with an edge.” Cutthroat seeks to promote and nurture high quality poetry andshort fiction by offering two national prizes of $1250 each pluspublication—the Joy Harjo Poetry Award and the Rick DeMarinis ShortFiction Award. Second prizes in each genre garner $250 and publication. All finalists are considered for publication. With no biases, otherthan a bias for literary innovation and excellence, Cutthroat is open tosubmissions written in English from all over the world. There is noreading fee for regular submissions, but there is a $15 reading fee persubmission to our yearly literary competitions. The 2005 literaryaward winners are: B.J. Buckley of Lolo, Montana, for her poem, “AnAccident of Biology, Geography and Time” and Tehila Lieberman ofCambridge, Massachusetts, for her short story, “The Way I See It.” Second prizes go to: Charles Atkinson of Soquel, California, for hispoem, “Rehab Journal,” and Pamela Hawthorne of Charlotte, NorthCarolina, for her short story, “Ming Ling Zi.” Our staff consistsof editorial assistants Howard Faerstein, Judith Stahl, LauraWarren-Miller, Kevin Watson, and Pamela Uschuk, Editor In Chief, WilliamPitt Root, Poetry Editor, and Donley Watt, Fiction Editor—fishermen all. We have a slew of fantastic contributing editors, including SandraAlcosser, Frank Bergon, Robert Olen Butler, Janet Burroway, RickDeMarinis, Elizabeth Dewberry, Joy Harjo, Richard Katrovas, ZeldaLockhart, Demetria Martinez, John McNally, Jane Mead, Penelope Niven,Dennis Sampson, Rebecca Seiferle and Lyrae van Clief-Stefanon. Subscriptions to Cutthroat are $22 for two issues or $15 for asingle issue. Charter memberships may be purchased as follows: Weminuche Cutthroat Trout Membership: $1000       three yearsubscription to Cutthroat and acknowledgement in the magazine Lime CreekCutthroat Trout Membership: $500       two year subscription to Cutthroat andacknowledgement in Cutthroat Crazy Woman Creek Cutthroat Membership:$100       a three issue subscription to Cutthroat and acknowledgement inCutthroat Fingerling Membership: $50       one year subscription to Cutthroatand acknowledgement in the magazine Send all correspondence to: Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts P.O. Box 2414 Durango, CO 81302 oremail: [email protected] or call us at 970-903-7914/970-884-8623. Be patient. We read all year,except January and February, and our contest deadline is October 1steach year. Our premier issue is due out in Jan/Feb 2006. Go towww.cutthroatmag.com for more information on this new literary beauty. Don’t let this lunker slip through your fingers! Pamela Uschuk, Editor In Chief, Cutthroat, a Journal of the Arts