Notes from Crew Quarters–Dream Judges

This week, Ethan Brightbill asked our editors who their dream judges would be for the upcoming Passages North fiction and flash contests.

Jacqueline Boucher, Managing Editor Emeritus

Ryan Bradford and Kathleen Jones!

Ethan Brightbill, Associate Editor

Charles Yu would be fantastic. I love how each story he writes seems determined to do something new, absurd, and always wonderful.

Krys Malcolm Belc, Associate Fiction Editor

Nicole Walker!

Brenna Womer Associate Fiction Editor

Michael Czyzniejewski; Allegra Hyde, who is amazing and just came out with a book of short fiction; Michael Nye, who also has a novel coming out.

Tianli Kilpatrick, Associate Nonfiction Editor

Kate McIntyre!

Willow Grosz, Managing Editor

Amelia Gray! Jenny Offil! Nicole Walker! T. Fleishmann! OMG, Zachary Schomburg! Maggie Nelson! ... Guys, could we get James Franco?