Recent Contest Winners

2011 (published in 41/3)

Nonfiction: Helen Phillips, "Life Care Center"
Poetry: Emily Van Kley, 10 poems
Fiction: John Van Kirk, "Landscape with Boys"

Runners-up
Maria Rapoport (nonfiction); Kimberly Burwick (poetry); Suzanne Scanlon (fiction)

2010 (published in 40/3)

Nonfiction: Deborah Thompson, "Mishti Kukur"
Poetry: Heather Winterer, "from Art's Garage"
Fiction: Kathryn Scanlan, "The Old Mill"

Runners-up
Maria Hummel (nonfiction); Jae Choi and Mary Pinard (poetry); Jendi Reiter (fiction)

2009 (published in 39/3)

Nonfiction: Karen Hays, "Dear Martlet"
Poetry: Anne Marie Rooney, "What my heart is turning," "Where my heart is going," and "Elegy in which I am not whisked away"
Fiction: Tricia Springstubb, "In the Dark"

Runners-up
Mathias Svalina (nonfiction); Jennifer Militello (poetry); Priscilla Sneff (fiction)
 

2008 (published in 38/3)

Nonfiction: Nancy Geyer, "Where the Children Are"
Poetry: Dave Snyder, "Bamboo Poem"
Fiction: Andrew Mortazavi, "Stop Six, Fort Worth"

Runners-up
Alexis Nelson (nonfiction); Mary Austin Speaker and Stephen Gibson (poetry); Jacob Appel (fiction) 
 

2007 (published in 37/3)

Nonfiction: Diane Mertens, "Tuesdays"
Poetry: John Colasacco, "Non-Arson Sonnets" and "Naked Women of North America" Fiction: Randi Faust, "Displacement"

Runners-up
Naomi Wax (nonfiction); Mary Flanagan and Nancy K. Pearson (poetry); Erin Soros and Lidia Yuknavitch (fiction)