Jacob Appel, of New York, NY, won the $1,000 Fiction Award for "Hazardous Cargoes," a story about the relationship between a trucker hauling a load of penguins and the all too human stowaway he discovers behind his seat.
Philip T. Carter of Sanibel, FL won the $1,000 Short-short Fiction Award for "Tomorrow or Saturday, Certainly Snow," a quietly compelling story consisting of a dying man's phone call to a former lover.
Patricia Brieschke of Waccabuc, NY won the $1,000 Nonfiction Award for "Cracking Open," a powerful memoir of a mother's efforts to protect her chronically ill love-child during a time of hardship.
Vivian Shipley of North Haven, CT, and Ruth Thompson of Colden, NY share the $1,000 Poetry Award. Shipley won for "Mango Season In Cambodia", a haunting and richly metaphorical poem about the bittersweetness of life after the death of a loved one. Thompson won for "Fat Time", a rich and sumptuous celebration of colors in nature… and much more.
Those receiving Honorable Mentions are listed as follows, by category:
| Fiction | Poetry | Nonfiction | Short-short Fiction |
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Hal Ackerman, Los Angeles, CA Angela Kriger, Little Rock, AR Ann Shields, Ventura, CA Francis Mauro, Annapolis, MD Nick Anderson, Pullman, WA Dana Kinstler, Tivoli, NY Errol Peterson, Colorado Springs, CO Brianne Frazier, Washington, DC Ann Convery, Los Angeles, CA Helen Hudson, Hamden, CT Jennifer Renee Roediger, Macomb Township, MI John Fulmer, St. Mary's, PA Janet Albright, Parrish, FL John H. Taylor, Oak Park, IL Laura Hunter, Northport, AL Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC Mark T. Mustian, Tallahassee, FL Nancy Ryan, Seabeck, WA Urban Waite, Boston, MA James T. Hughes, Custer, SD |
Mark E. Squires, Pima, AZ Bhikshuni Weisbrot, Jamaica, NY Christine E. Black, Charlottesville, VA D. Antwan Stewart, Austin, TX George Drew, Poestenkill, NY Jade Chen, New York, NY Elizabeth Crowell, Arlington, MA Tom Lombardo, Atlanta, GA Lori Romero, Santa Fe, NM Jean Tupper, Wrentham, MA Linda Nemec Foster, Grand Rapids, MI Mimi White, Rye, NH Marsha Kostura Schmidt, Silver Spring, MD Georganne Harmon, Nashville, TN JoAnne Preiser, Needham, MA Amy Billone, Knoxville, TN Ellen Bihler, Hackettstown, NJ Lindsay Wilson, Reno, NV Vicki Goodfellow Duke, Calgary, AB, CAN Pablo Miguel Martinez, San Antonio, TX |
Virginia Silverman, Laguna Niguel, CA Anwar F. Accawi, Knoxville, TN Brandy Bauer, Newport News, VA Caroline Kurtz, Salem, OR Colleen Wells, Aiken, SC Gary Martine, San Francisco, CA Dianne Comiskey, Kingston, RI Gail Wilson Kenna, Wicomico Church, VA Gary P. Victor, Holly, MI Hal Ackerman, Los Angeles, CA Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Denver, CO John Wogan, Seattle, WA Juliet Wittman, Boulder, CO David A. Porter, New York, NY Sallie Bingham, Santa Fe, NM Stephanie Cassatly, Jupiter, FL Timothy Healey, West Hollywood, CA Thomas Michael Townsend, Burlington, VT Elizabeth Virtue, Laguna Beach, CA Deborah Zeitman, Venice, CA |
Adrienne N. Wartts, St. Louis, MO Amina Gautier, Philadelphia, PA Lones Seiber, Knoxville, TN Albert Wachtel, La Vergne, CA Joseph J. Greenberg, Burlington, NJ Paula C. Brancato, New York, NY Connie Josefs, El Prado, NM Diana Reynolds Roome, Mountain View, CA O. G. Thomas, Destin, FL Frank Ventrola, Los Angeles, CA Hal Ackerman, Los Angeles, CA John Buentello, San Antonio, TX James W. Morgan, Oakland, CA Margery Harkness-Casres, Bivins, TX Rodney Nelsestuen, Woodbury, MN John Lehman, Cambridge, WI Tracy G. Knight, Raleigh, NC Toby Heaton, Asheville, NC Arthur Schwartz, Rockeville Centre, NY Lois Carol Wheatley, Mountain City, TN |
For information on the current competition, view the New Contest Guidelines