▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Mont ana ' s ▁cre ative ▁writing ▁program . ▁The ▁journal ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁William ▁K itt red ge ▁among ▁others . ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁third ▁inc arn ation ▁of ▁the ▁magazine ▁at ▁the ▁university . ▁The ▁first ▁was ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 ▁and ▁called ▁the ▁Mont an an ▁which ▁was ▁later ▁changed ▁to ▁Front ier . ▁It ▁awards ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁Mont ana ▁Prize ▁in ▁F iction , ▁Mont ana ▁Prize ▁in ▁Creative ▁Non f iction , ▁and ▁Pat ric ia ▁Go edic ke ▁Prize ▁in ▁Po etry . ▁It ▁publish es ▁fiction , ▁non f iction , ▁poetry , ▁reviews , ▁and ▁art , ▁twice ▁a ▁year . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁Mont ana ▁Prize ▁in ▁F iction ▁went ▁to ▁Matt ▁Valent ine , ▁while ▁the ▁Mont ana ▁Prize ▁in ▁Creative ▁Non f iction ▁went ▁to ▁D ais y ▁Pit kin , ▁and ▁the ▁Pat ric ia ▁Go edic ke ▁Prize ▁in ▁Po etry ▁went ▁to ▁Jeff ▁Dow ney . ▁ ▁Pre vious ▁contrib utors ▁to ▁C ut B ank ▁include ▁Steve ▁Al mond , ▁Pam ▁Houston , ▁Jacob ▁M . ▁App el , ▁and ▁D ara ▁W ier . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁List ▁of ▁literary ▁mag az ines ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁C ut B ank ▁website ▁ ▁Category : American ▁literary ▁mag az ines ▁Category : American ▁b ian n ual ▁mag az ines ▁Category : Mag az ines