Eraserhead Press is proud to annouce the winner of the 2003 Eraserhead Press First Book Contest:CHRIS GENOA and his novel, Poof
Chris Genoa is the author of the novel “Poof,” a dark science fiction comedy about the absurdities of life at the end of the world in the 22nd century. He attended college at The College of William and Mary and graduate film school at the University of New Orleans. He is the writer, director and producer of the short films “Peep Show” and “Room for One,” the author of the one-act play “Arsenic and Old Cake” and the monodrama “Saint Francis was a Sissy.”Chris lives in Brooklyn where he is at work on his second novel, “The Long Spoon,” which is about secret societies, heresy, and the lynching of family pets in colonial and modern day small town America. Chris also once played a game of chess against a chimpanzee. At one point during the match the chimp was heard to exclaim, "What! You are giving up your Queen? Sheer madness!"
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We also hope to publish the entries by these two contestants:
"VIRTUES OF A SEWER MAIDEN" by TIMB D. HOSWELL "TANGERINEPHANT" BY KEVIN DOLE 2
OTHER FINALISTS INCLUDED: "Spider Pie" by Khaibit, "Ambience Zebra" by Jerry C. Larson, "Report From the Land of Volcanoes" by Susan Kay Anderson, "The Collected Short Works of Dave Fischer" by Dave Fischer, "Tomorrow Nothing" by Jason Rogers, "Incorporeal" by Robert Lort, "The Unreahersed Universe" by Joe Metzler, "_____ In the Head" by Matthew C. Amundsen, and "kHc" by J. D. Nelson
Thanks to everyone who enterred this year! We are now accepting submissions for next year's competition. If you paid for a critique you should receive it within the month. - Rose O'Keefe, dominatrix of publishing
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