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Finalists named in Holy Cow Press's "First Fiction" story competition

The winner will be announced later this month, and the winner's book will be published in the fall.

By Laurie Hertzel

January 9, 2017 at 8:48PM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Credit: Getty Images/iStock Photo (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Holy Cow Press of Duluth has announced six finalists in its first "First Fiction" competition. They are:

* Donna Trump of Minneapolis

* Matthew Fletcher of East Lansing, Mich.

*Joseph Rein of River Falls, Wis.

*Miriam Karmel of Minneapolis

*Stephen Rosen of Cloquet, MInn.

*Eugenie de Rosier of St. Paul.

The winner, to be selected by writer Linda LeGarde Grover, will be announced later this month. The winner will receive $5,000 and a publishing contract from Holy Cow.

The competition was open to writers in the Upper Midwest and it drew 65 entries.It is sponsored by the Lindquist & Vennum Foundation, the same foundation that sponsors Milkweed Edition's annual poetry competition.