Whitefish Review accepting entries for the 'Lucky Issue'

Whitefish Review is accepting art, literature and photography submissions for its 13th issue, the Lucky Issue.

The edition, which will be published June 7, will be guest edited by author Pam Houston.

"We are lucky to have Pam on board for this issue and look forward to seeing what we discover about luck," said Brian Schott, founding editor of the journal. "We feel such great fortune to have been able to engage with hundreds of creative souls over the past dozen issues. I have a feeling some great surprises await us."

Houston’s most recent book, “Contents May Have Shifted,” was published in 2012 by W.W. Norton. She is also the author of two collections of linked short stories, “Cowboys Are My Weakness” and “Waltzing the Cat”; the novel, “Sight Hound”; and a collection of essays called “A Little More About Me.”

She is the director of creative writing at the University of California, Davis, and when not teaching, lives on a ranch at 9,000 feet in Colorado near the headwaters of the Rio Grande.

"I think about luck a lot, because I have had more than my share of it," Houston said. "If you add up the broken limbs and getting into crash position seven different times on commercial airliners, you might be tempted to say 'bad luck.' But anyone who has been in crash position on seven different airplanes and is here to tell about it can only be called 'lucky.'

“Luck is in the eye of the beholder. I am interested in the borderlines where luck and its close cousins, fate, faith, chance and magic, intersect."

Whitefish Review is a nationally acclaimed, nonprofit journal publishing the distinctive literature, art and photography of mountain culture. Author Jack Turner recently called it "writing and art at the cutting edge of what's happening in the American West and beyond."

Featuring established and emerging authors and artists, Whitefish Review weaves a diverse mix of stories, interviews and conversations along with a 16-page color art section. It is published twice a year, in December and June. As a recognized 501(c)3 tax-exempt corporation created for the public good, it is supported by generous donations, grants and subscriptions.

The journal has featured interviews and the original work of distinguished authors such as Tom Brokaw, John Irving, William Kittredge and Terry Tempest Williams, while also discovering new promising writers. Author Rick Bass served as the guest editor for issue No. 12, "Beneath the Surface."

Submissions are accepted via an online submission manager at www.whitefishreview.org through March 15. There is no fee to submit.

For full guidelines, visit the website.

A new book review section has recently been added to the website, edited by Todd and Sara Ream. Editors are also beginning to select their favorite pieces from the first six years of the journal to create an archive of previously published pieces available online for the first time.