⭐ A delicious history of prize winners. ⭐
2025 Winners…
- Poetry Winner selected by Julia Kolchinsky:
Autobiography of a Violin by Cassie Burkhardt - Flash Fiction Winner selected by Tom Paine:
While Making Out the Lineup for Tomorrow’s 12U Softball Championship Game by Jim Parisi - Flash Creative Nonfiction Winner selected by Kristine Langley Mahler:
I Conjure My Great-Grandmother and Ask for Her Life Story. She Visits My Dreams and Gives Me a Lesson on Revision by Alayna Powell - Short Fiction Winner selected by Michael Czyzniejewski:
When Mr. Boppo Joined the Cohort by Sharon Lee Snow - Winner selected by Brenna Womer:
The Laundry Hangs at Noon by Ginger Tolman
Full details including finalists and judges available here.
The winning pieces are available in Issue #20 ~ Summer 2025.
2024 Winners…
- Fiction: Jaime Gill for “Things To Talk To Jim About”
- Creative Nonfiction: Frankie Concepcion for “Origin Stories”
- Poetry: Randy Bynum for “Electric Eclectic Strong”
Full details including finalists and judges available here.
The winning pieces are available in Issue #16 ~ Summer 2024.
2023 Winners…
- Fiction: Tiffany Promise for “Birds of Prey”
- Creative Nonfiction: Rachel Sussman for “Selfishly, I Planted Flowers”
- Poetry: Kelsey Smoot for “For Kenny”
Full details including finalists and judges available here.
The winning pieces are available in Issue #12 ~ Summer 2023.
2022 Winners…
- Stage and Screen: Jennifer Downs for “Camp”
- Fiction: Alex Sese for “Love, Dad”
- Creative Nonfiction: Suzi Banks Baum for “Connect: Disconnect”
- Poetry: Jane Muschenetz for “For Those of Us Forced to Flee”
- Editor’s Choice: Helyn Trickey Bradley for “Backwards and Blind”
Full details including finalists and judges available here.
The winning pieces are available in Issue #8 ~ Summer 2022.
2021 Winners…
- Stage and Screen: Kara Davidson for “The Farewell Burn”
- Fiction: Koree Schueler for “Inspection Checklist”
- Creative Nonfiction: Sarah Lass for “Here, Gone, Again”
- Poetry: Pamela Sumners for “April is the Cruelest Month”
- Editor’s Choice: Helyn Trickey Bradley for “Backwards and Blind”
Full details including finalists and judges available here.
The winning pieces are available in Issue #4 ~ Summer 2021.