JUDGES ESSAYS

SHORT FICTION CONTEST

WINNING ENTRY
“Bridges” by Erin Frances Fisher

FIRST RUNNER UP
“Squatters” by Robert James Hicks

SECOND RUNNER UP
“The Ghost” by Mark Jacquemain

POETRY CONTEST

WINNING ENTRY
“My father in his garden, depicted in the woodblock print of the Taisho Dynasty” by Pamela Porter

FIRST RUNNER UP
“Reincarnation Study 1982” by Sheryda Warrener

SECOND RUNNER UP
“Pop Quiz” by Scott Ramsay

FICTION
“Manning” by Andrew Hood

POETRY
“Spectacle & Feast” / “What We Heard About Rain” / “Rain Song” by Rachel Rose
“Chelonian Princess” / “Lunar Eclipse on Winter Solstice” / “A Question of Syngnathid Sex” / “Duet” by Patricia Young
“When I Turned X Years Old” by Joshua Trotter
“Superette on New Year’s Eve” by Kim Goldberg
two constellation poems by Matthea Harvey
“Substance” / “A Pair of Shoes” / “Capable” by Jen Currin
“Prodigal Rainforest, Come Back!” / “Elvis Contemplates a Brave New World” / “Pontius Pilate’s Airplane” by Christa Romanosky
“Ghazal 5: Lock the Door” by David Swanson