''CutBank'' is a

literary journal A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letters ...

that is affiliated with the

University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fal ...

's creative writing program. The journal was founded in 1973 with the help of

William Kittredge William Kittredge (August 14, 1932 – December 4, 2020) was an American writer from Oregon, United States, who lived mostly in Missoula, Montana. Biography He was born in 1932 in Portland, Oregon, and grew up on a ranch in Southeastern Oregon's ...

among others. It is the third incarnation of the magazine at the university. The first was founded in 1920 and called the ''Montanan'' which was later changed to ''Frontier''. It awards the prestigious Montana Prize in Fiction, Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction, and

Patricia Goedicke Patricia Goedicke (June 21, 1931 – July 14, 2006) was an American poet. Biography Born Patricia McKenna in Boston, Massachusetts, she grew up in Hanover, New Hampshire, where her father was a resident psychiatrist at Dartmouth College. During ...

Prize in Poetry. It publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, reviews, and art, twice a year. The 2012 Montana Prize in Fiction went to Matt Valentine, while the Montana Prize in Creative Nonfiction went to Daisy Pitkin, and the Patricia Goedicke Prize in Poetry went to Jeff Downey.CutBank Contests
Previous contributors to ''CutBank'' include

Steve Almond Steve Almond (born October 27, 1966) is an American short-story writer, essayist and author of ten books, three of which are self-published. Life Almond was raised in Palo Alto, California, graduated from Henry M. Gunn High School and received ...

Pam Houston Pam Houston (born January 9, 1962 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American author of short stories, novels and essays. She is best known for her first book, Cowboys Are My Weakness (1992), which has been translated into nine languages, and which won ...

, Jacob M. Appel, and

Dara Wier Dara Barrois/Dixon (née Dara Wier) (born 1949) is an American poet and the author of ''Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina'' (Wave Books, 2022). Other titles include ''In the Still of the Night'' (Wave Books, 2017), ''You Good Thing'' (Wave Books, 2014) ...

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CutBank website
Biannual magazines published in the United States Literary magazines published in the United States Magazines established in 1973 Magazines published in Montana Publications of the University of Montana {{US-lit-mag-stub

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