McSweeney's is running The August Van Zorn Prize for the Weird Short Story. Here's a sample:
"McSweeney's is pleased to announce that a prize of $3,000 will be awarded to the short story that most faithfully and disturbingly embodies the tradition of the weird short story as practiced by Edgar Allan Poe and his literary descendants, among them August Van Zorn. "
Now, I had never heard of August Van Zorn. Luckily, Michael Chabon fills us in at his Web site. But now, with a search on the Internet, I find that Van Zorn is a pseudonym that Chabon uses for some short stories. Apparently, Van Zorn was also a character in "Wonder Boys."
I hope this doesn't mean the contest is some kind of joke. The McSweeney's link also mentions a follow up to the Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales.
(Link found thanks to Maud Newton.)