Editor's Note

Congratulations to Rick Tracy, The Cortland Review's photography editor, for his Winter Feature cover photography, a photo of ice forming at the water source from a mosque in Istanbul where the faithful have been washing their feet on entering the mosque since the 15th century. A fine arts graduate of Montclair State University, Rick has a graphic design background and an interest in unique perspectives on life, and while not a poet, we think his photo is metaphorically a unique perspective on poetry.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, all our editors—Bless them every one— invited teachers, other editors, publishers, conference directors--the poets who, outside their day jobs, work hard for poetry and other poets. These are just some of the talented and dedicated people who serve the art and keep it alive for the rest of us. Obviously we can't feature every one of you who deserves recognition, but these are our 2014 Winter Feature Editor's Picks: Betty Adcock, Robin Behn, Lorna Knowles Blake, Michael Collier, Brendan Constantine, Patrick Donnelly, Robert Fanning, Marta Ferguson, Miranda Field, Rebecca Foust, Jennifer Grotz, Gerry LaFamina, Daniel Lawless, Diane Lockward Cleopatra Mathis, Esther Morgan, Martha Rhodes, Joshua Robbins, J. Allyn Rosser, R.T. Smith, and Allen Strous. Our Contributing Editors and essayists are Chard DeNiord and David Rigsbee, and our fiction contributors are Seth Berner, Chris Hume, Tara Laskowski, and Lana Spendl. Hooray for all of them!

If any one of these poets has contributed to your poetry, take a minute to say thanks, If you've lost track of how to contact them, write to us and we'll forward your letter.

...and we have two contests to tell you about:

The Frost Place Chapbook Contest Sponsored by Bull City Press. A $250 prize, 10 copies of the selected chapbook, a fellowship to The Frost Place Poetry Seminar valued at $1,500, featured reading, and an optional week residency at Robert Frost's house during September 2015. Deadline: December 31, 2014 Fee: $25.00 www.frostplace.org

The Dartmouth Poet in Residence at The Frost Place. A $2,000 prize, featured readings at Dartmouth College, The Frost Place, and local venues, and six-to-eight week residency at Robert Frost's former home in Franconia, NH is given annually to a poet who has published at least one full-length poetry collection. Deadline: December 31, 2014 Fee: $25.00 www.frostplace.org

Sincerest Season's Greetings, Warm Wishes and Happy New Year from the entire TCR staff.

Cheers,
Ginger Murchison
Editor