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ELUDIA AWARD 2022
We are very pleased to announce that the winner for our 2022 Eludia Award is Kathleen Furin of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for her story collection, LAST SUNRISE. She will receive a prize of $1,000 and publication Sowilo Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
The semi-finalists and finalists of our 2022 round of The Eludia Award have been chosen. We would like to congratulation everyone, and thank all the wonderfully talented women who have submitted to our award. Please be sure to follow this blog, so that you will be notified when we announce our winner.
Semi-finalists
Ackland, Karen, Santa Cruz, California, Tell Me Something New
Anderson, Margaret, Austin, Texas, Despite the Secrets and Lies
Aslan, Madalyn, Gardiner, New York, Naked Mother
Benesh, Julie, Chicago, Illinois, Flyover Girls
Burke, Amber, Taos, New Mexico, How to Say Goodbye
Clark, Miriam. Brooklyn, New York, TB Girl
Coyer, Jennifer, Houston, Texas, Polaris
Dowdy, Jean, St. Augustine, FL, Cracks in the Divine and Other Tales of Falling From Grace
Furin, Kathleen, Philadelphia, Pennsylania, Last Sunrise
Gorelova, Linda, Columbus, Ohio, The Moth Orchard
Green, Deborah, Placitas, New Mexico, Inundations
Hensge, Jane, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Do Over in Pearl Center
Immerman, Marion, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Troubling Behavior
Jack, Carolyn, Danbury, Connecticut, Success
Kaye-Moses, Linda, Dalton, MA, The Argentera and The Tales of the Six Arabesques
Konkoski, Beth, Ashburn, Virginia, A Drawn and Papered Heart
Kroos, Dana, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Island in the Sky
Kroos, Dana, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Sleepwalkers: Stories of Endangerment…
Lipscomb, Abby, Salem, Virginia, Spatfall
Lycette, Jennifer, Astoria, Oregon, The God Committee
Meng, Ruyan, Frisco, Texas, Scent of the City
Munoz-Larbig, Laura, Anaheim, California, Daughter of Ma’at
Pavis, Athar, Paris, France, The Pyramid
Robinson, Kathryn, Spokan, Washington, The Irony of Tree Ferns
Rohner, Patricia, Ipswitch, Massachusetts, Bending Trees
Rooney, Margaret, Baltimore, Maryland, Body Image
Saoinz, Mary, Abington, Pennsylvania, And Not By Sight
Sapir, Julia, Waynesboro, Virginia, Carroll County
Sibley, Aurore, Capitola, California, Circle of Fifths
Sinor, Jennifer, Logan,Utah, All Hands Bury the Dead
Stammen, Kimm, Seattle, Washington, In a Country Whose Language I Have Never Mastered
Streznewski, Marylou, Slingerlands, New York, Ogg – A Modern Tale
Vawter, Norah, Annandale, Virginia, Anna’s Endlessly Collapsing Star
Williams, Tara, Portland, Oregon, Brief Instrusions
Finalists
Aslan, Madalyn, Gardiner, New York, Naked Mother
Furin, Kathleen, Philadelphia, Pennsylania, Last Sunrise
Gorelova, Linda, Columbus, Ohio, The Moth Orchard
Green, Deborah, Placitas, New Mexico, Inundations
Lipscomb, Abby, Salem, Virginia, Spatfall
Sapir, Julia, Waynesboro, Virginia, Carroll County
Sinor, Jennifer, Logan,Utah, All Hands Bury the Dead
Vawter, Norah, Annandale, Virginia, Anna’s Endlessly Collapsing Star
Winner:
Furin, Kathleen, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Last Sunrise
ELUDIA AWARD 2021
We’re very pleased to announce the winner of the 2021 Eludia Award as Carol Roh Spaulding of Granger, Iowa for her novel, Helen Button. The award carries a prize of $1,000 and publication with Sowilo Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
We are gratified for all the wonderful work that has been shared with us, and wish to thank all the writers who have entrusted their manuscripts to us. Please make sure you follow our blog so that you will receive the announcement regarding the Eludia Award, its winners and the titles in our Eludia Award series.
The entire list of semi-finalists, finalists and the winner of this year’s award can be found here:
Semi-Finalists
Alavi, Karima, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA, In the Shadow of the Tombs
Asendorf, Aracelis, Tampa, Florida, USA, The Last Lock
Bator, Catherine, San Francisco, California, USA, All the Great Eliots
Benesh, Julia, Chicago, Illinois, USA Flyover Girls
Bluck, Sylvia, Brighton, East Sussex, UK, The Hellingly Papers
Bonazzoli, Laura, Rockport, Maine, USA, This Bright Limit
Burke, Amber, Taos, New Mexico, USA, Hopers and No-Hopers
Coggeshall, Ellen, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, The Rabies Tree
Coggeshall, Ellen, Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA, Visit of the Gods
Davis, Elinor, Oakland, California, USA, The Cambium Layer: Stories
Day, Judith, Monte Rio, California, USA, Sit Beside Me and Other Stories
Downey, MJ, Alplaus, New York, USA, Summer School
Eggert, Rose, Dedham, Maine, USA, The Loss of Heaven
Finn, Charlene, Seattle, Washington, USA, The Goode Sisters
Folsom, Linda, North Hollywood, California, USA, Away With Words
Gates, Roberta, Riverside, Illinois, USA, Number 12 rue Sainte-Catherine and Other Stories
Gray, Katrine, El Sobrante, California, USA, Crescent Lane
Gurfield, Joan, Santa Monica, California, USA, The Resistance, Stories of WWII
Kaplan, Denise, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Short Stories: Some True Some Not So True
Kates, Karen, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, USA, Another Fall
Keller, reBecca, Oak Park, Illinois, USA, What the Body Remembers
Main, Pamela, Bluffton, South Carolina, USA, The Dictator’s Body
Marino, Karra, Houston, Texas, USA, The Guilty Party
Mayberry, Lacy Arnett, Marana Arizona, USA, A Thousand Distant Cousins
McLaughlin, Mundy, Roseneath, Ontario, Canada, Blue Life
Moriarty, Marilyn, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, Bent Necessity
Nelson, Nancy, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 458 Morton Avenue
Neville, Sophie, Lymington, Hampshire, UK, The Girl Who Escaped from Zanzibar
Ruby, Michele, Louisville, Kentucky, USA, Tall Oaks
Schmidt, Jan, New York City, New York, USA, Everything I Need to Know
Seigel, Jessie, Washington, D.C., USA, The American Way
Spaulding, Carol Roh, Granger, Iowa, USA, Helen Button
Tilden-Lie, Judith, Watchung, New Jersey, USA, The Winds of Change
Warnecke, Jenna-Marie, New York City, New York, USA, A Wondrous Echo
Finalists
Alavi, Karima, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA, In the Shadow of the Tombs
Asendorf, Aracelis, Tampa, Florida, USA, The Last Lock
Benesh, Julia, Chicago, Illinois, USA Flyover Girls
Bluck, Sylvia, Brighton, East Sussex, UK, The Hellingly Papers
Davis, Elinor, Oakland, California, USA, The Cambium Layer: Stories
Gray, Katrine, El Sobrante, California, USA, Crescent Lane
Kaplan, Denise, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Short Stories: Some True Some Not So True
Keller, reBecca, Oak Park, Illinois, USA, What the Body Remembers
Main, Pamela, Bluffton, South Carolina, USA, The Dictator’s Body.
McLaughlin, Mundy, Roseneath, Ontario, Canada, Blue Life
Moriarty, Marilyn, Roanoke, Virginia, USA, Bent Necessity
Spaulding, Carol Roh, Granger, Iowa, USA, Helen Button
Tilden-Lie, Judith, Watchung, New Jersey, USA, The Winds of Change 16th C
Warnecke, Jenna-Marie, New York City, New York, USA, A Wondrous Echo
Winner
Spaulding, Carol Roh, Granger, Iowa, USA, Helen Button
PREVIOUS YEARS WINNERS:
ELUDIA AWARD 2020
Semi-finalists
Abelta, Dawn, Atlanta, Georgia, Take Away
Allen, Nancy, Dallas, Texas, A Method of Reaching High Altitudes
Arama, Roxana, Seattle, Washington, Extreme Vetting
Barr, Lois, Riverwoods, Illinois, The Golden Piano
Becker, Leslee, Fort Collins, Colorado, Cold River City
Benesh, Julie, Chicago, Illinois, Habits of Happiness and Other Compulsions
Bradley, Kim, Saint Augustine, Florida, Spillway
Brozewicz, Rita, Leechburg, Pennsylvania, Dark Bittersweet Morsels
Burns, Tuesday, Lake Forest Park, Washington, Well Intended
Carlin, Leslie, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Richley Chronicles
Carpenter, Charlene, Peoria, Arizonia, The Composer
Cilento, Cara, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, Many Roads to Rome/Roam
Cobb, Sherry, Union, Maine, Blameless
Comeau, Jennifer, Kennebunkport, Maine, A Moon in All Things
Dancoff, Judith, Los Angeles, California, The Calamity of Desire and Other Stories
Danderson, Sandra, Addy, Washington, The Hybrid Project
Fayeth, Karen, Kensington, California, A Delicate Pain
Friedman, Marcie, Evanston, Illinois, Residential Units
Gates, Roberta, Riverside, Illinois, At a Loss: Stories
Gordon, Donna, Cambridge, Massachusetts, What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me
Hogg, Amy, Berea, Kentucky, The Gift of Seeing
Horner, Kim, Richardson, Texas, -30-
Kahn, Lydia, Northampton, Massachusetts, The Sweetness of the Vine
Kennis, Lois, Ames, Iowa, Rise on Eagle’s Wings
Kirby, Margaret Farrell, Silver Spring, Maryland, Becoming Nora
Kirschner, Elizabeth, Kittery Point, Maine, Why is the Color of Snow
Lehman, Sara, Yonkers, New York, Socorro
Locke, Tracey, Wilsonville, Oregon, The Brown Eye
Lolis, Susan Isaak, Macon, Georgia, The Bootlegger’s Husband
Mairs, Rosemary, Ballyclare, County Antrim, UK, A Recycled Marriage
Marcotte, Christine, Deer River, Minnesota, What Amelia Knows
McGuire, Heather, Albuquerque, New Mexico, Her Father’s Daughter
Mathews, Judy, Rossford, Ohio, Storm Systems
McNeill, Bridget, Park Ridge, Illinois, Disney Hour at the Hunts: Family Stories
Ní Aódagaín, H., Murphy, Oregon, If Not for the Silence
O’Connor, Mary Beth, Brooktondale, New York, Make Something Beautiful from This
Ogawa, Margaret, Mercer Island, Washington, Sleeping on the Wet Spot
Plank, Ronit Feinglass, Seattle, Washington, Home is a Made-Up Place
Porter, Marianne, Truckee, California, When the Clock Strikes Five
Q., Colleen, Holmedel, New Jersey, Those Moments of Connection
Sanders, Judith, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Journey to the Interior
Seigel, Jessie, Washington, D.C., Tinker’s Damn
Stevens, Lyn, Bronx, New York City, New York, Gorilla Mother
Studer, Constance, Louisville, Colorado, Queen of the Sugarhouse
Sullivan, Jarmila, Naples, Florida, The Lone Sparrow
Tomkins, Deborah, Bristol, England, Wild
Wall, Emily, Douglas, Alaska, Pippa & the Gay Penguin Tattoo
White, S.E., Michigan City, Indiana, Blood Love
Winnich, Pamela, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Betrayed
Zimlich, Rhonda, Bethesda, Maryland, Renaming Panic
Finalists
Barr, Lois, Riverwoods, Illinois, The Golden Piano
Benesh, Julie, Chicago, Illinois, Habits of Happiness and Other Compulsions
Bradley, Kim, Saint Augustine, Florida, Spillway
Brozewicz, Rita, Leechburg, Pennsylvania, Dark Bittersweet Morsels
Burns, Tuesday, Lake Forest Park, Washington, Well Intended
Carlin, Leslie, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Richley Chronicles
Cobb, Sherry, Union, Maine, Blameless
Dancoff, Judith, Los Angeles, California, The Calamity of Desire and Other Stories
Danderson, Sandra, Addy, Washington, The Hybrid Project
Gordon, Donna, Cambridge, Massachusetts, What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me
Lehman, Sara, Yonkers, New York, Socorro
Locke, Tracey, Wilsonville, Oregon, The Brown Eye
Mairs, Rosemary, Ballyclare, County Antrim, UK, A Recycled Marriage
Mathews, Judy, Rossford, Ohio, Storm Systems
Ní Aódagaín, H., Murphy, Oregon, If Not for the Silence
Plank, Ronit Feinglass, Seattle, Washington, Home is a Made-Up Place
Q., Colleen, Holmedel, New Jersey, Those Moments of Connection
Stevens, Lyn, Bronx, New York City, New York, Gorilla Mother
Sullivan, Jarmila, Naples, Florida, The Lone Sparrow
Wall, Emily, Douglas, Alaska, Pippa & the Gay Penguin Tattoo
White, S.E., Michigan City, Indiana, Blood Love
Winner
Plank, Ronit Feinglass, Seattle, Washington, Home is a Made-Up Place
ELUDIA AWARD 2019
It is with great pleasure that we announce the winner of the 2019 Eludia Award as Elise Atchison of Livingston, Montana, for her wonderful novel, Crazy Mountain. The award carries a prize of $1,000 and publication with Sowilo Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
We are gratified for all the wonderful work that has been shared with us, and wish to thank all the writers who have entrusted their manuscripts to us. Please make sure you follow our blog so that you will receive the announcement regarding the Eludia Award, its winners and the titles in our Eludia Award series.
Semi-Finalists
Allen, Nancy, Dallas, TX, The Gospel of New Eyes
Atchison, Elise, Livingston, MT, Crazy Mountain
Bal, Jennifer, Madison, WI, The Book of Histories
Bartley, Nancy, Federal Way, WA, Beaumonde Blues
Bell, Victoria, Ottawa, Canada, The Weight of Air
Bennett, Jackie, Staten Island, NY, Marginalia
Brush, Lorelei, Annandale, VA, Uncovering
Byrne, Mary, Montpellier, France, Tales in Maghrebi landscapes
Carlsen, Ionna, Tesuque, NM, People of the World of Dust
Clay, Brenda, Lexington, KY, In the Time of the Sun
Clopton, Linda, Decatur, GA, Intimate Apparel
Closter, Lori, Plympton, MA, Riding the Elephant
Cochrell, Christie, Santa Cruz, CA, Dancing on Broken Glass
Connolly, Maureen, Oak Park, IL, A Million Miles From Yesterday
Cook, Nancy, St. Paul, MN, Talking About Hard Luck and Free Love…
Corsetti, Patrina, Steamboat Springs, CO., All Towns Sin and Other Wrongdoings
Cupolo, Lisa, Orange, CA, Two Elizabeths
Dale, Theresa, Quebec, Canada, Chrysalis
D’Amato, Robin, NYC, NY, Don’t Poke the Bear
Davidson, Lale, Saratoga Springs, NY, Calling Down the Mountain
Davis, Nancy, Park Ridge, IL, Elementall
Duck, Lexy, Daytona Beach, FL, The Tattered Black Book
Dupree, Jennifer, Harrison, ME, The Miraculous Flight of Owen Leach
Efird, Debra Madaris, Harrisburg, NC, Things Told and Untold
Egnoski, Tina, Barrington, RI, The Sound of an Untroubled Heart
Ets-Hokin, Judith, Belvedere/Tiburon, CA, Chance and Other Stories
Fantasia, Caroline, Lexington, MA, A Mother’s Fairy Tale
Franckowiak, Melissa, NY, NY, Another Five Patients
Gates, Roberta, Riverside, IL, At a Loss: Stories
Gerard, Jill, Wilmington, NC, Things Impossible to Hold
Gibbs, Pam, Pegram, TN, Coming Home to a Place I’ve Never Been
Goodman, Josephine, Williamstown, MA, A Dance in the Dust
Gordon, Donna, Cambridge, MA, What Ben Franklin Would Have Told Me
Grimes, Christine, Sackets Harbor, NY, T-Day
Hartman, Virginia, Rockville, MD, Drawing Water
Heipt, Wendy, Seattle, WA, Prologue
Hill, Mary Louise, Buffalo, NY, Past Remedies
Hoffman, Debora, Belmont, MA, #resist
Huebner, Karla, Dayton, OH, In Search of the Magic Theater
Immerman, Marion, Philadelphia, PA, Diminished
Johnson, Beth, Canton, MI, Trees With Names
Jones, Heather, St. Petersburg, FL, Tennessee Murder Ballad
Jones, Jeanne, Rochester, NY, Treasures of Richland County
Joyner, Kari, Newcastle, OK, Bloom Where You’re Planted
Kamat, Madhuri, Mumbai, India, Reemachiaiee
Kann, Lydia, Northampton, MA, The Sweetness of the Vine
Katz, Emily Alice, Durham, NC, The Book of Nut and Other Stories
Keller, Rebecca, Oak Park, IL, What the Body Remembers
Kitaj, Karma, Brookline, MA, Beguiled: A Novel
Kreisler, Edie, Cottrell, Piedmont, CA, Along the Seawall
Kroos, Dana, Las Cruces, NM, The Wayfinder’s Guide
Kunka, Jen, Great Falls, MT, Li – Right Conduct, Propriety – 礼
Lavinsky, Judith, Boulder, CO, Floaters
Lee, D.L., NYC, NY, Sisterly Love
Lethlean, Karen, Heathcote, NSW, Australia, Water’s Edge
Lewis, Jennifer, San Fransisco, CA, The New Low
Lundeen, Nan, Eau Claire, MI, The Great Preoccupier
Lupul, Lori, Alberta, Canada, A Sweet Pea in Baltimore
Mainardi, Priscilla, Montclair, NJ, Nineteen Steps
Martin-Wright, Leighanne, The Three Lifetimes of Yang Ya
McCafferty, Maureen, Milton, VT, Spy Birds Long Nesting
McCarthy, Peggy, Columbia, IN, The Road to Last Ditch
Miller, Carolyn, San Fransisco, CA, Notes to Zorro
Moore, Leslie, Northfield, MN, Shooting Cellos
Noelle, Catharine Allen, Seattle, WA, Go Away
Noll, Stephanie, Austin, TX, St. Ruby’s Academy for Boys and Girls
Owen, Chris Gordon, Brooklyn, NY, Path Cycle
Page, Jo, Schenectady, NY, Dating Beethoven
Pavis, Athar, Paris, France, The Pyramid
Pelekidis, Angie, Port Crane, NY, Patrimonium
Plotnick, Tamra, Brooklyn, NY, NY, Saudade Soup
Puma, Joanie, Sheridan, WY, The Myth of the Normal Person
Ramani, Susmita, Palo Alto, CA, What the Gods Want
Ray, Anne, Brooklyn, NY, Scenic Overlook
Reichle-Aguilera, Tisha Marie, Los Angeles, CA, Becoming Chicana
Repak, Terry, Seattle, WA, Swimming to Zanzibar
Rye, C., Burbank, CA, Exit the Western Gate
Rye, C., Burbank, CA, LA Anxiety: Sketches and Thumbnails
Scalia Rosalia, Baltimore, MD, Stumbling Toward Grace
Schmidt, Jan, NYC, NY, Collateral Regeneration
Scott, Dianne, Ontario, Canada, Squeeze
Shafer, Elizabeth, Saugerties, NY, The Last Fire
Slatkin, Marcia, Rhinebeck, NY, The Rain The Lets Things Live
Sleeper, Sarah, Rancho Santa Fe, NM, Suicide Forrest
Smith, Susie, Oxfordshire, England, Prime Numbers
Springsteen, Jennifer, Portland, OR, Wallace Farm
Stunkenberg, Jill, Wausau, WI, Labor Day
Tanner, Daryl, Tujunga, CA, What Feeds the Heart
Thomas, Dar, Pittsburgh, PA, Best Served Cold
Tilden-Lie, Judith, Watchung, NJ, The Flames of Dissent
Tseng, Jeannie, NYC, NY, Never Too Late
Walker, Cynthia, Eugene, OR, The Paradise Club
Walsh, Cheryl, Iowa City, IA, One of Us
Watson, Eudora, Canton, NY, Finding Christopher
Welsh, Susan, Lummi Island, WA, A Thread So Fine
Zurenda, Susan, Spartanburg, SC, Bells for Eli
Finalists
Atchison, Elise, Livingston, MT, Crazy Mountain
Byrne, Mary, Montpellier, France, Tales in Maghrebi landscapes
Carlsen, Ionna, Tesuque, NM, People of the World of Dust
Cochrell, Christie, Santa Cruz, CA, Dancing on Broken Glass
Corsetti, Patrina, Steamboat Springs, CO., All Towns Sin and Other Wrongdoings
Egnoski, Tina, Barrington, RI, The Sound of an Untroubled Heart
Fantasia, Caroline, Lexington, MA, A Mother’s Fairy Tale
Franckowiak, Melissa, NYC, NY, Another Five Patients
Huebner, Karla, Dayton, OH, In Search of the Magic Theater
Jones, Heather, St. Petersburg, FL, Tennessee Murder Ballad
Kamat, Madhuri, Mumbai, India, Reemachiaiee
Katz, Emily Alice, Durham, NC, The Book of Nut and Other Stories
Kroos, Dana, Las Cruces, NM, The Wayfinder’s Guide
Kunka, Jen, Great Falls, MT, Li – Right Conduct, Propriety – 礼
Lavinsky, Judith, Boulder, CO, Floaters
Lethlean, Karen, Heathcote, NSW, Australia, Water’s Edge
Lewis, Jennifer, San Fransisco, CA, The New Low
Moore, Leslie, Northfield, MN, Shooting Cellos
Pelekidis, Angie, Port Crane, NY, Patrimonium
Puma, Joanie, Sheridan, WY, The Myth of the Normal Person
Ramani, Susmita, Palo Alto, CA, What the Gods Want
Repak, Terry, Seattle, WA, Swimming to Zanzibar
Scalia Rosalia, Baltimore, MD, Stumbling Toward Grace
Schmidt, Jan, NYC, NY, Collateral Regeneration
Scott, Dianne, Ontario, Canada, Squeeze
Slatkin, Marcia, Rhinebeck, NY, The Rain The Lets Things Live
Smith, Susie, Oxfordshire, England, Prime Numbers
Thomas, Dar, Pittsburgh, PA, Best Served Cold
Tilden-Lie, Judith, Watchung, NJ, The Flames of Dissent
Tseng, Jeannie, NYC, NY, Never Too Late
Winner
Atchison, Elise, Livingston, MT, Crazy Mountain
Congratulations to Elise Atchison, and to all of our semi-finalists and finalists; congratulations as well to all those who have accomplished the very great feat of finishing a book-length work of fiction!
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The listing of our previous (2018) semi-finalists, finalists and winner are below:
ELUDIA AWARD 2018
We are pleased to announce Justine Dymond of Belchertown, Massachusetts, as our winner, for her wonderful story collection, The Emigrants and Other Stories. Justine will receive $1,000 in prize money and her manuscript will be published by Sowilo Press, an imprint of Hidden River Publishing.
Below are the semi-finalists and the finalists for the 2018 cycle.
We want to congratulae not only our winner and those who have been named here as semi-finalists and finalists, but ALL writers who have submitted. Finishing a book-length project is no easy feat, and we celebrate each and every one of you for your creativity and determination.
Semi-finalists
Adelstein, Marlene, Cottekill, New York, Bird Girl
Amon, Elizabeth, Seattle, Washington, High Dive
Andersen, Hope, Mooresville, North Carolina, The Book Sisters
Barr, Lois, Riverwoods, Illinois, Bess Cooper
Beal, Chris, Santa Cruz, California, Flesh of Enlightenment
Beaupre, Sylvia, Weare, New Hampshire, ‘Til
Bowen, Barbara, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Music is Murder
Braxton, Lisa, Weymouth, Massachusetts, The Talking Drum
Davis, Susan, White Plains, New York, Geoffrey the Short
Dymond, Justine, Belchertown, Massachusetts, The Emigrant and Other Stories
Greenleaf-MacEwan, Maplewood, New Jersey, Nineteen
Haladay, Joan, NYC, New York, The Book of Men
Hatsopoulos, Marina, Boston, Massachusetts, Through the Cracks, stories
Hope, Rebecca, Champlin, Minnesota, Silken Strands
Hopkins, Aliina, West Hartford, Connecticut, Coldsnap
Howell, Ann, Asheville, North Carolina, The Red Tin Chocolate Box
Joseph, Rachel, San Antonio, Texas, Men With Facial Hair and Other Hallucinations, stories
Kann, Lydia, Northampton, Massachusetts, Life’s Too Short
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, In the Garden, stories
Kuppers, Petra, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Ice Bar, stories
Langham, Simon, Homer, Alaska, The Improbabilities of the Marvelous Tale, stories
Larsen, Mareike, Lyons, New York, Something Wild
Letter, Kristie, Lafayette, Colorado, The Slow Expansions of Subterranean Possibility: Stories
Loomis, Laura Ruth, Pittsburg, California, Best Interests
Louie, Diane, Paris, France, Plumbing Olympus
Markwart, Sandy Speers, Hanover, Massachusetts, I Want You to Know
Matthews, Kelly, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Memorialist
McAfee, Deidre, Richmond, Virginia, The Circus of Bare Skin, stories
McKinnell, Julia, British Columbia, Canada, Vernette
Minor, Nancy, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Malheur August
Mullee, Susan, North Ridgeville, Ohio, Fraternal Tears
Pelekides, Angie, Port Crane, New York, One Stone, Two Turtledoves
Ramos-Chertok, Maria, Mill Valley, California, Rosie’s Blues
Roebuck, Sarah, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Friends Like These & Other Stories
Shaw, Suzanne, Lacey, Washington, Of Ships and Sealing Wax
Simmons, Cindy, State College, Pennsylvania, Wrong Kind of Paper
Simons, Wendy, Stevensville, Michigan, Weeding Out The Lies
Uroff, Catherine, Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Guests
Walsh, Cheryl, Iowa City, Iowa, Unequal Treatment
Wells, Janet, Berkeley, California, Bamboo Grows Straight Up to the Sky
Wolfson, Pamela, Arlington, Massachusetts, The Causeway
Worsham, Sandra, Milledgeville, Georgia, The Cows Chew Loud in Milledgeville, stories
Zarrow, Maria, Newark, California, Countertransference
Finalists
Bowen, Barbara, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Music is Murder
Dymond, Justine, Belchertown, Massachusetts, The Emigrant and Other Stories
Haladay, Joan, NYC, New York, The Book of Men
Hatsopoulos, Marina, Boston, Massachusetts, Through the Cracks, stories
Hopkins, Aliina, West Hartford, Connecticut, Coldsnap
Howell, Ann, Asheville, North Carolina, The Red Tin Chocolate Box
Joseph, Rachel, San Antonio, Texas, Men With Facial Hair and Other Hallucinations, stories
Krautkramer, Kate, Yampa, Colorado, In the Garden, stories
Kuppers, Petra, Ypsilanti, Michigan, Ice Bar, stories
Langham, Simon, Homer, Alaska, The Improbabilities of the Marvelous Tale, stories
Letter, Kristie, Lafayette, Colorado, The Slow Expansions of Subterranean Possibility: Stories
Louie, Diane, Paris, France, Plumbing Olympus
Markwart, Sandy Speers, Hanover, Massachusetts, I Want You to Know
McAfee, Deidre, Richmond, Virginia, The Circus of Bare Skin, stories
Minor, Nancy, Lake Oswego, Oregon, Malheur August
Wells, Janet, Berkeley, California, Bamboo Grows Straight Up to the Sky
Wolfson, Pamela, Arlington, Massachusetts, The Causeway
Winner
Dymond, Justine, Belchertown, Massachusetts, The Emigrant and Other Stories
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