2019 Winners and Runners-Up
Short Story Category:
Sheila Arndt – Winner “Cherchez la Femme”
Susan Finch – Runner-Up “That Thing With Feathers”
Creative Nonfiction Category:
Benjamin Aleshire – Winner “Love for Sale”
Nick Robinson – Runner-Up “Cherall”
Poetry Category:
Kate Leland – Winner “All the Men Who Own My Underwear”
Yoruba Baltrip-Coleman – Runner-Up “Pressing Day”
Short Story by a Public High School Student Category:
Nichole Cloke – Winner “With Hindsight In Mind”
Torey Bovie – Runner-Up “Cicada”
Beyond the Bars Category:
Connor Sanders - Winner “Down Here”
Griffin Batiste Tadoe – Runner-Up “Problem Child”
2018 Winners and Runners-Up
Short Story Category:
Zeke Perkins – Winner “Utica”
Claire Jentsch – Runner-Up “Cool Air”
Creative Nonfiction Category:
Jennifer Steil – Winner “The Braille Machine”
Jennifer Horne – Runner-Up “‘I Am Sane’; The Life of Sara Mayfield”
Poetry Category:
Lana K. W. Austin – Winner “Interviewing Li Lu”
Kelly Anderson – Runner-Up “A Greater Distance”
Short Story by a Public High School Student Category:
Raven Little - Winner “Sprout”
Gabrielle Marullo – Runner-Up “Saint Abbi”
Beyond the Bars Category:
Jesus Mendez – Winner “Window”
Jesus Mendez – Runner-Up “Heart Memories”