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Short-short Fiction: Norma Shainin of Washington state won for "The Famous Writer", her story of a couple who draw the dubious distinction of entertaining an eccentric genius aboard their cabin cruiser for several days. Shainin brings a light, yet probling touch to this charming read.
Nonfiction: Amy Andrews of Rochester, NY, won the $1,000 Nonfiction Prize for her creative nonfiction essay, "hide and seek," which seeks to portray her response to 'a death (she) could not fathom,' in her words. Andrews weaves strands from science and religion, explores harmonies, breaks rules and flirts with blasphemy, while finding light, finally, in science.
Fiction: BK Loren of Lafayette, CO, has won the $1,000 Fiction Prize for her story "Cerberus Sleeps," a surprisingly warm and imaginative story from the POV of the famous Greek hound who once watched over Hades, but now watches over a modern American family on the brink of disaster.
Poetry: Pamela Uschuk of Bayfield, CO, has captured the $1,000 Poetry Award for her story "Shostakovich: Five Pieces," a tonally rich and detailed evocation of Russian landscapes, events and seasons, physical and emotional, as they arise in the listener/observor of a violin performance by a loved one of the speaker.
Those receiving Honorable Mentions are listed as follows, by category.
| Short-Short Fiction | Nonfiction | Fiction | Poetry |
| Dianna G. Arnold, Berkeley, CA Tammy Ballard, Guthrie, TX Vanessa Bossard, New York, NY Linda D. Brewer, Tucson, AZ Dianna Calareso, Winthrop, MA Philip T. Carter, Sanibel, FL Mary Bess Dunn, Nashville, TN Sharon L. Dutton, Brier, WA Eleanore Goerlach, Lanesborough, MA Patricia Hilton-Johnson, Ancramdale, NY Bill Himelhoch, Jamaica Plain, MA Caitlin Killion, River Forest, IL Jan Kirsch, Kimberling City, MO Lianne Mercer, Fredericksburg, TX Lee Reilly, Chicago, IL Jendi Reiter, Northampton, MA Robert Sawyer, New York, NY Ashley Skabar, San Francisco, CA Nicole Sonsini, Philadelphia, PA Karen Stromberg, La Mesa, CA | Lopa Banerjee, Omaha, NE Maia Danziger, Studio City, CA Joan d'Arc, Providence, RI Nicole Ducleroir, Jefferson, GA Margaret Dugan, Paris, France Laila EL-Sissi, Fremont, CA Michael Geisser, Warren, RI Judith Hannan, New York, NY Zac Hill, Cordova, TN Mary Ann Hogan, Boca Raton, FL Lauren Holden, Los Alamos, CA Brandon Lingle, Colorado Springs, CO Millard Melnyk, Renton, WA Li Min Mo, Cambridge, MA Seconde Nimenya, Mukilteo, WA Ann Peters, Brooklyn, NY Gail Storey, Boulder, CO Carl Weinberg, Sherman Oaks, CA Deborah Wong, New York, NY Elana Zaiman, Seattle, WA | Jacob Appel, Scarsdale, NY Mary Armistead, Arlington, VA Dianna G. Arnold, Berkeley, CA Jacquelyn Brooks, Gloucester, MA Jennifer Caloyeras, Los Angeles, CA Kenneth Cavander, New York, NY Dale Flowers, Astoria, OR Enid Harlow, New York, NY Shaun Hayes, Fountain Hill, PA Anna Hoffman, Brooklyn, NY Katharine Goodridge Ingram, Ojai, CA Dianne Jensen, Crawfordsville, IN George Kamide, Stanardsville, VA Victoria Lancelotta, Nashville, TN Ruth Lilian, Teaneck, NJ Gary Powell, Cornelius, NC Lones Seiber, Morristown, TN Philip Suggars, Brighton, East Sussex, UK Micheal Welch, Eugene, OR Anne-Marie Yerks, Ferndale, MI | James Bainbridge, Los Angeles, CA Arlene Distler, Brattleboro, VT Simon Eggertsen, Champlain, NY Kim Farrar, Astoria, NY Louis Giron, Kansas City, MO Claire Golding, Princeton, MA Christiane Jacox, Ridgefield, CT Danny Knestaut, Greensburg, PA Veronica Kornberg, Portola Valley, CA Ellen LaFleche, Northampton, MA Calder Lowe, Columbia, CA Karla Linn Merrifield, Kent, NY Li Min Mo, Cambridge, MA Suzanne Owens, Littleton, MA George Petty, Denville, NJ Claudia Reder, Oxnard, CA Donna Rice, Vaughnsville, OH Jim Glenn Thatcher, Yarmouth, ME Jeanne Wagner, Kensington, CA Emily Williamson, Seattle, WA |
For information on the current competition and previous award winners, view the New Contest Guidelines