{"id":21709,"date":"2026-02-10T17:49:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T23:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/?p=21709"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:40:25","slug":"mardi-gras-microfiction-contest-feb-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/mardi-gras-microfiction-contest-feb-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras Microfiction Contest, Feb &#8217;26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Mardi Gras Microfiction Contest, Feb &#8217;26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-content-justification-right is-layout-flex wp-container-core-social-links-is-layout-765c4724 wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-facebook  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61556140010887\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" 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Lynn Watson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Managing Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/karris-rae\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2022\/10\/30\/abbie-skinner\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/taryn-white\/\">Taryn White<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Associate Editor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2023\/10\/20\/taryn-white\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/01\/29\/leah-joseph\/\">Leah Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Assistant Editors: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2025\/01\/29\/robbie-hess\/\">Robbie Hess<\/a> and Jade Turner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Interns: Sam Manuel<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2026\/02\/Messenger_creation_9A250F85-E226-43D3-B9CC-DDD3390989A9-698x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21805\" style=\"width:auto;height:750px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jay Edge<\/strong>, &#8220;Lovers,&#8221; pastel on paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-a78a66578a025b1652858a460e6ee367\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/2026\/02\/10\/letter-from-the-editor-19\/\">Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Writing Contest Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-bac6f4228dc8bde0c0af275037e60f6d\" 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Matrices<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Cheryl Snell<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-329745d28fc2a852d2e5346fa0ae31df\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#d1dee5\"><strong><strong>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/labor\/\">Labor<\/a>\u201d<\/strong> by Lucy Zhang<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Jay Edge<\/strong>&nbsp;is a North Carolina artist who concentrates on modes of drawing. Figure and landscape become motifs to connect\/resolve internal experience against external subject. Inspired by the Southern shift of landscape, themes of preservation versus excavation push into technique. His work has evolved over decades while studying at Appalachian, Penland, the studios of various artists, with deep interest in the history of art-making. He lives in Wilmington with his family, stacks of books, and Nola Beans the Dog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>__________<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1.jpg 438w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/01\/boudin-logo-1-300x145.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To learn more about submitting your work to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/boudin-submissions\/\">Boudin<\/a><\/em> or applying to McNeese State University&#8217;s Creative Writing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/mfa-application-submissions\/\">MFA program<\/a>, please visit Submissions for details.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-300x183.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17781\" style=\"width:70px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/10\/Color-Print-Logo-with-full-text-1.png 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mardi Gras Microfiction Contest, Feb &#8217;26 Editor: Vallie Lynn Watson Managing Editor: Taryn White Associate Editor: Leah Joseph Assistant Editors: Robbie Hess and Jade Turner Interns: Sam Manuel Jay Edge, &#8220;Lovers,&#8221; pastel on paper Letter from the Editor by Vallie Lynn Watson Writing Contest Winner \u201cBienvenue\u201d by Michelle Rose Microfiction \u201cThe Ghost of Proust in&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":21805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[136,203,249],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boudin","category-boudinissues","category-mardi-gras-microfiction-contest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21709"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21817,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21709\/revisions\/21817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mcneese.edu\/thereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}