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An interview with Mario Alberto Zambrano, presented with the ninth annual Alice Hoffman Prize for Fiction for his short story \"Some of You,\" is presented. Among other things, Zambrano, talks about inspiration for his short story.

Emerging Writer's Contest Since 1971, Ploughshares has been committed to promoting the work of up-and-coming writers. FICTION Winner: Jasmine Sawers, \"The Culling\" First Runner Up: Lucinda Nelson Dhavan, \"Embracing the Moon\" Second Runner Up: Neil Fischer, \"Yucatán Boy\" POETRY Winner: Jen Silverman: Five Bath Poems First Runner Up: Christine Adams: \"Luminous Matter,\" \"Gulping: A Pastoral,\" \"Elegy for the Giant Pacific Octopus,\" and \"Mono Lake, California\" Second Runner Up: T. J. McLemore: \"Dream for the Eve of My Father's Death,\" \"The Mad Miner,\" \"Surfaces Reflect Things,\" and \"F.B.C.\" NONFICTION Winner: Jacob Newberry, \"What You Will Do\" First Runner Up: Kerri Power, \"Belief in Evolution\" Second Runner Up: Suzanne Farrell Smith, \"The Pearl\" Many thanks to all of the authors for sharing their work with us. Best Stories Angela Pneuman's \"Occupational Hazard,\" from the Spring 2011 issue, edited by Colm Tóibín, and Jennifer Haigh's \"Paramour,\" from the Winter 2011-12 issue, edited by Alice Hoffman, will both be included in The Best American Short Stories 2012.

Marshall profiles Alice Hoffman, a writer. Aside from writing, Hoffman makes a parallel investment in what matters by giving generously, of her time and energy and money. By donating the advance for a 1999 story collection called Local Girls, she initiated The Hoffman Breast Center at the Mount Auburn Hospital, a Harvard University teaching hospital, to consolidate care for breast cancer patients. The Dovekeepers is her latest novel.