First year Creative Writing Grad Student Joe Sacksteder was a finalist in two recent contests, one for poetry with the Mississippi Review and one for short fiction in Big Muddy. Check it out: Here’s the link to the Mississippi Review announcement: http://www.mississippireview.com/2010MRPrizeAnnouncement.html And here’s one for Big Muddy: http://www6.semo.edu/universitypress/mrss.htm Way to go, Joe!