The Journal is pleased to announce that Lee K. Abbott has chosen a winner for this year's contest. That winner is: Stacy M. Tintocalis for her story "Too Bad About Howie." Lee K. Abbott said of this story:
One of the facts of literary life that so frustrated the late novelist Stanley Elkin was the dearth of a species of narrative he adored: the “sad” funny story (The Dick Gibson Show) or the “funny” sad story (Stanley Elkin’s Magic Kingdom). First, you need feck-free protagonist, like the narrator of “Too Bad About Howie,” a hero too innocent to understand the conflict between the head and the heart: the one proposes, the other disposes. You need, too, a dramatic situation where the stakes are high: anything involving a boy and a girl will do nicely, thank you. And, if you can manage it, you need a style as peppy as it is poignant. Tone, of course, is the devil in all these details: season with rue, in other words. To my mind, “…Howie” satisfies perfectly: I am tickled as much as I am touched.
"Too Bad About Howie" will be published in the upcoming autumn/winter issue of The Journal. Congratulations Stacy.
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