Charles Wyatt, winner of The Hawk Mountain Award
We are very pleased to announce that the winner of the inaugural Hawk Mountain Award for a Short Story Collection is Charles Wyatt of Nashville, Tennessee, for his wonderful collection, Houses. Mr. Wyatt will receive a monetary award of $1,000 and his collection will be published with Hidden River Publishing.
The next cycle of the Hawk Mountain Award is currently accepting submissions, and will deadline on August 31. See guidelines for further information.
Thanks to everyone who submitted their wonderful story collections to our Hawk Mountain competition. This has been a challenging competition, because so many of the submissions have been extraordinary. Please accept our heart-felt gratitude for the trust and patience you have shown in sharing your work with us.
The semi-finalists and finalists of the Hawk Mountain Short Story Collection Award have been chosen and are as follows:
Semi-finalists
Barksdale, Jessica, Oakland, California, Accepted Forms of Ruin
Beane, Jim, Ellicott City, Maryland, Almost Men: stories
Becker, Leslee, Fort Collins, Colorado, Such Friends
Boilard, Jon, San Fransisco, California, Junk City
Bowles, Bonnie Roop, Roanoke, Virginia, Heart Stones
Burkhart, Hugh, San Diego, California, You’ll Never Guess Who I Saw: Stories
Colgan, James, Wallingford, Kentucky, Going Upriver to Burnside
Fifield, Mary, Portland, Oregon, Last of the Species and Other Stories
Friedman, Paula, Gresham, Oregon, Other Trails
Garvin, David, Staten Island, New York, Lives Rained Down On and Other Stories
Gessie, Dean, Midland, Ontario, Canada, No Mercy in Things
Goodman, Carol, Williamstown, Massachusetts, A Dance in the Dust
Graves, Sandra, Olympia, Washington, The Garden of Lost Songs
Guidry, Jacqueline, Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, Stories
Hart, JoeAnn, Gloucester, Massachusetts, It Won’t Be Long Now
Henderson, Ann S., Bronx, New York, Turnip Greens
Hermes, Margaret, Saint Louis, Missouri, Daughters of Eve
Hopes, David, Asheville, North Carolina, Approaching Dollywood
Jabbs, Kathleen, Williamsburg, Virginia, Combat Town and other stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale, Georgia, Winter in Bolton and Other Stories
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, We Are The Children
Kroos, Dana, Houston, Texas, At-Home Emergencies
Lethlean, Karen, Heathcote, NSW, Australia, Wave Length
McKean, Robert, Newton, Massachusetts, I’ll Be Here for You
Milner, Valerie, San Fransisco, California, Moving In, Short Stories
Morgan, Dick, Portland, Oregon, Fire in the Night & Other Stories
Najarian, James, Auburndale, Massachusetts, Comparative Religion
Niewenhuis, Loreen, Traverse City, Michigan, Scar Tissue
Pedler, Gary, San Fransisco, California, All About Alan
Petkash, Brian, Tampa, Florida, Mistakes by the Lake
Rajbanshi, Reema, Lexington, Virginia, Sugar, Smoke, Song
Robertson, Ian, Halandri, Alabama, Death of an Undertake and other stories
Rogers, Tony, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Double-Wide
Rosenberger, Keith, Souderton, Pennsylvania, Chasing Down Windows
Roth, Barry, Sarasota, Georgia, I Remember When…
Ryan, Dawn, New York, New York, My Own Divine Motility
Scalia, Rosalia, Baltimore, Maryland, Stumbling Toward Grace
Secreast, Donald, Bristol, Virginia, The Solar-Powered Southern Belle
Seiber, Lones, Morristown, Tennessee, Via Dei
Sterne, Melvin, Singapore, Singapore, Redemption
Stiggers, Andrew, Auckland, New Zealand, Beyond the Sea
Tashiro, Jayshiro, Rucson, Arizona, Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight
Tupper, Lara, Becket, Massachusetts, Amphibians
Weidknecht, Paul, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Resurrection Fern and Other Stories
Werse, Stanley, Millstone, New Jersey, American Particulate
White, Fred, Rancho Cordova, California, Blasphemy and Other Moments in Extremis
Whitehouse, Anne, New York, New York, The Dedication
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
Zervanos, Jim, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Your Brother, Who Loves You
Finalists
Bowles, Bonnie Roop, Roanoke, Virginia, Heart Stones
Goodman, Carol, Williamstown, Massachusetts, A Dance in the Dust
Graves, Sandra, Olympia, Washington, The Garden of Lost Songs
Guidry, Jacqueline, Kansas City, Missouri, Trust, Stories
Hart, JoeAnn, Gloucester, Massachusetts, It Won’t Be Long Now
Hermes, Margaret, Saint Louis, Missouri, Daughters of Eve
Jabbs, Kathleen, Williamsburg, Virginia, Combat Town and other stories
Konner, Mel, Avondale, Georgia, Winter in Bolton and Other Stories
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, We Are The Children
Milner, Valerie, San Fransisco, California, Moving In, Short Stories
Morgan, Dick, Portland, Oregon, Fire in the Night & Other Stories
Najarian, James, Auburndale, Massachusetts, Comparative Religion
Niewenhuis, Loreen, Traverse City, Michigan, Scar Tissue
Robertson, Ian, Halandri, Alabama, Death of an Undertake and other stories
Ryan, Dawn, New York, New York, My Own Divine Motility
Scalia, Rosalia, Baltimore, Maryland, Stumbling Toward Grace
Stiggers, Andrew, Auckland, New Zealand, Beyond the Sea
Tashiro, Jayshiro, Rucson, Arizona, Fall Seven Times Stand Up Eight
Tupper, Lara, Becket, Massachusetts, Amphibians
Weidknecht, Paul, Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Resurrection Fern and Other Stories
Whitehouse, Anne, New York, New York, The Dedication
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
Zervanos, Jim, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Your Brother, Who Loves You
Winner
Wyatt, Charles, Nashville, Tennessee, Houses
