2022 Honeybee Prize Results
June 30, 2022
Thank you again to everyone who participated in our 2nd annual contest. We’re grateful for all the writers who sent us work and recognize that our organization could not exist without their dedication, passion for writing, and their courage to share.
We also want to extend our gratitude to this year’s judges who were wonderful to work with:
Kwame Dawes ~ Poetry
Charlene A. Donaghy ~ Stage & Screen
Mary Kuryla ~ Fiction
Jessica Hendry Nelson ~ Nonfiction
The results for all genres are as follows…
Poetry Winners:
First Prize: For Those of Us Forced to Flee by Jane Muschenetz
Runner-up: dear sister, by Sequoia Maner
Other Finalists:
- I return to you, mother by Liz Holland
- In Memoriam for a Chronic Pain Sufferer by Gillian Freebody
- (un)inhabited by Moni Brar
- HOMO by C.W. Emerson
Stage and Screen Winners:
First Prize: Camp by Jennifer Downes
Runner-up: Road Music by W. W. Webb
Other Finalists:
- Willa Cather Would Not Approve by David-Matthew Barnes
- Scenes From a Breakup by Don Faust
- Prom Court by Michael Towers
Fiction Winners:
First Prize: Love, Dad by Alex Sese
Runner-up: The Children by Adeline Lovell
Other Finalists:
- Waiting for Jim by David Margolis
- To Dust You Shall Return by Katharine Bost
- Seth From Poison Control by Kaylee Schofield
Nonfiction Winners:
Winner: Connect : Disconnect by Suzi Banks Baum
Runner-up: Where All My Sick Things Go by Liliana Rehorn
Other Finalists:
- Assembly Line by Michael Cannistraci
- Backwards and Blind by Helyn Trickey Bradley
- Reinventing the Circle by Jill Littig
This year’s winner of our Editors Choice Award is Helyn Trickey Bradley for her nonfiction essay, Backwards and Blind.
Congratulations to all finalists and winners! Stay tuned… All the winning pieces will appear in our Summer issue, coming in July. We’re extremely excited to showcase this amazing work!!
Cheers,
~Shyla Shehan and The Good Life Review Team
