2017 Literary Award Winners
Poetry: Erin Rodoni, "Lullaby with Fireflies and Rising Seas" (Judge: Lo Kwa Mei-en)
Runner up: Shawn Fawson, "Cloudlands"
Fiction: Cady Vishniac, "Drill" (Judge: Rachel Cantor)
Runner up: Micah Dean Hicks, "Missing in the City of the Wind"
Runner up: Gwen Cullen, "The Little Sisters of the Dissent"
Creative Nonfiction: Ellyn Gaydos, "Summer of Love" (Judge: Kathleen Rooney)
Runner up: Nina Yun, "Half Speak"
2016 Literary Award Winners
Poetry: Brandon Rushton, Five Poems (Judge: Tarfia Faizullah)
Honorable Mentions: Jim Whiteside, Anne Champion
Fiction: Megan Cummins, "The Beast" (Judge: Roy Kesey)
Creative Nonfiction: Anna Leahy, "Marrying Absurd" (Judge: Sue William Silverman)
2015 Literary Award Winners
Poetry: Corey Van Landingham, "In the Year of No Sleep" (Judge: Kathy Fagan)
Runners Up: Rachael E. Katz, "All About Flash"
Monica Sok, "Here Is Your Name"
Fiction: Kristen N. Arnett, "See also: A history of glassmaking" (Judge: Jac Jemc)
Runner Up: Zach Vandezande, "Status Updates"
Creative Nonfiction: Michael Gracey, "My Own Good Daemon" (Judge: Matthew Gavin Frank)
Runner Up: Julie Marie Wade, "The Regulars"
2014 Literary Award Winners
Poetry: Anders Carlson-Wee, "The Low Passions" and "Dynamite" (Judge: Traci Brimhall)
Fiction: Rachel Goldman, "Steps" (Judge: Matt Bell)
Literature in Translation: Nansorhon Ho, "Poem Given to a Nun While Staying in a Taoist Monastery" translated by Ian Haight (Judge: G. J. Racz)
Creative Nonfiction: Nicholas Neely, "The Book of Agate" (Judge: Ander Monson) (download the pdf)
2013 Literary Award Winners
poetry: R. A. Villanueva, "Aftermaths" and "Sacrum" (Judge: G. C. Waldrep)
Fiction: Caitlin O'Neill, "The Change Over Day" (Judge: Margot Livesey)
Literature in Translation: Shen Wei, A Dictionary of Xinjiang (excerpt), translated by Eleanor Goodman (Judge: Alexis Levitin
Creative Nonfiction: Jessica Wilbanks, "On the Far Side of the Fire" (Judge: Lia Purpura)
