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Editors’ Note: This is the ninth issue of Florida English, and perhaps this edition illustrates better than any previous ones how much the journal has grown in scope and quality. We are now regularly including four genres plus book reviews from an international selection of contributors. The writing gets better and better, even the fiction. In part this may be due to our new online submission process, for during the past year we received by far our highest number of queries and manuscripts. And thanks to the diligence and well-traveled professional activities of the editors (especially Jeff and Courtney) Florida English has been showing up at all of the top flight conferences and author gatherings from Vancouver to Rome, and back to Florida and points south. Asia and Australia brace yourselves. And while we are very proud and enthusiastic of the book you hold in your hand now, we look forward to next year’s Tenth Anniversary issue with even more grand anticipation. It’s our turn to give back, to show some small appreciation to a few of those who have notably contributed over the years. For the anniversary issue, we will be awarding a cash prize for the best poem, short story, critical article, and non-fiction piece (creative or otherwise) that has appeared in the journal during our first decade of publication. If you have published in FLeng already, you are automatically in the competition. Submissions for the 2012 edition will also be considered. So check the current call for submissions for guidelines. Meanwhile, enjoy. |
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