Stephen Irwin of Samford, Queensland, Australia, won the $1,000 Fiction Award for "Tail the Barney," the story of three friends on a dark mission, with a twist at the end that is both earned and haunting. Trust me when I tell you, I never saw it coming… but should've.
Britton Gildersleeve of Tulsa, OK and M. Garrett Bauman of Nunda, NY are co-winners of the Nonfiction Award, and will share the $1,000 first prize. Gildersleeve won for "Anomie," a story about the mythic bonds that unite individuals despite geographic forces that shape their identities. Bauman won for "Snake Dreaming," a discourse on the role played by vestiges of the reptilian brain that underlies and often undermines the higher aspirations of humankind. Both writers drew upon a wide variety of personal experience in expressing their visions.
Ellen Sullins of Tucson, AZ has won the $1,000 Poetry Award for her poem, "The Visible Spectrum," a passionate evocation of the unseen world and the limits of knowledge regarding ourselves and the sufferings of others.
Adrienne Pond of Austin, TX and Louise Aronson of San Francisco, CA are co-winners of the Short-Short Fiction Award, and will share the $1,000 first prize. Pond won for her post-modern offering, "No Longer Strangers," a lush and evocative story about a man "on the road to lure." Aronson won for "After," a realistic inside look at the plight of an injured veteran long after he leaves the front.
Those receiving Honorable Mentions are listed as follows, by category. All Poetry runners-up will be published in the next issue. The top 3 runners-up in Short-short fiction are eligible for publication. Unfortunately, space constraints prevent making the same offer in fiction and nonfiction categories.
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1. Don Mitchell, Colden, NY Jeffrey Gibbs, Somerville, MA Jacob Appel, New York, NY Dianne Bechtel, Rio Rancho, NM Teresa Bourgoise, Los Angeles, CA Gayla Chaney, Temple, TX Thomas DeTitta, Americus, GA JoeAnn Hart, Gloucester, MA Blaney Hines, Asheville, NC Sandra Jensen, Bonn, GER Meredith Levine, Easton, MA Joshua Marcus, San Francisco, CA J. Davis Martin, San Francisco, CA Robert Pesa, Norton, MA Eric Sasson, Brooklyn, NY Patricia Stiles, Venice, CA Raymond Trainor, Sun Lakes, AZ Connie Weber, Bothell, WA Marguerite S. White, Northampton, MA Liza Wieland, Arapahoe, NC |
Sheila MacAvoy, Santa Barbara, CA Joni Bour, Florence, OR Judilyn Brown, Philadelphia, PA Tessa Dratt, Chicago, IL Margot Fortunato Galt, St. Paul, MN Jeff Gibbs, Somerville, MA Cathryn Hankla, Roanoke, VA Eli Hastings, Seattle, WA Emily Hipchen, Carrollton, GA Angela Hunt, Huntington, WV Thomas Ireland, Santa Fe, NM Bernie Libster, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ Lynn Lurie, New York, NY Judith Minor, West Hollywood, CA Steven Rosen, West Hollywood, CA Adrienne Scherger, Syracuse, NY Gail Shafarman, Oakland, CA Harrison Solow, Lampeter, Ceredigion, UK Sergio Troncoso, New York, NY Amy Weaver, Boulder Creek, CA |
Alice Owens Johnson, Black Mountain, NC Alinda Wasner, Lansing, MI Angella Nazarian, Los Angeles, CA Anthony Hughes, Orchard Park, NY Barbara De la Cuesta, Beachwood, NJ Bernard Mann, Austin, TX Bobbi Dykema Katsanis, Berkeley, CA Christina Lovin, Lancaster, KY Diane Gilliam, Akron, OH Ellen LaFleche, Northampton, MA Katherine A. Case, Berkeley, CA Mary D. Cole, Gloucester, MA Michael Sweeney, Shelton, CT Nellie Hill, Berkeley, CA Pamela Ethington, Syracuse, NY Pat Landreth, Keller Hawkinsville, GA Patrick Carrington, Wildwood Crest, NJ Ronda Broatch, Kingston, WA Susan Berlin, Yarmouth Port, MA Yvonne Postelle, San Rafael, CA |
1. Eve Brown-Waite, Deerfield, MA 2. Sarah Coury, Marshall, MI 3. Jenny Gumpertz, Palm Desert,CA Cynthia Adams, Westminster, MD Mark Benedict, Waterford, MI Paula C. Brancato, New York, NY Douglas Campbell, Point Marion, PA Vincent Carella, San Rafael, CA Lisa Rae Cunningham, Atlanta, GA Eli Hastings, Seattle, WA Lisa Lenzo, Fennville, MI Peter L. Levy, San Francisco, CA Djelloul (Del) Marbrook, Germantown, NY Ron Naples, Washington, IL Veronica Patterson, Loveland, CO Jennifer Sears, Brooklyn, NY Louise Farmer Smith, Washington, DC John Taylor, Oak Park, IL Robert Thurber, North Attleboro, MA Mikell Zacharia, Port Jervis, NY |
For information on the current competition, view the New Contest Guidelines