In case you missed it, at last Friday’s reading Connie Hales announced the winners of the 2011 Creative Writing Awards for graduate and undergraduate students in all genres. Here’s a list of winners and honorable mentions:
Creative Nonfiction, judged by Marilyn Abildskov
Undergraduate Winner: “A Boundless Bind” by Sally Brown
Graduate Winner: “Traffic Jam: Lagos, Nigeria” by Carole Firstman
Graduate Mentions: “The Fall” by Ashley Wells, “The Spirit of Consumption” by Andrea Mele, “Crevice Dwellers” by Liza Butler-Aveson, and “Action Potentials” by Brenda Rankin
Fiction, judged by Liza Wieland
Undergraduate Honorable Mentions: “Ripples and Foam” by Grant Dempsey, “Maria” by Heather Ashcroft, and “Girls With Wings” by Blair Olivia Nishkian
Undergraduate Winner: “Foxes Have Homes” by Hannah Thompson
Graduate Honorable Mentions: “Hard” by Rafael Sanchez, “White Bear Lake” by Anders Peterson, and “Growing Season” by Tiffany Crum
Graduate Winner: “Lucky” by Peter Driscoll
Poetry, judged by Philip Levine
Undergraduate Honorable Mentions: “Blown Away” by Hilary Pacheco and “whiteblonde” by Carleigh Takemoto
Undergraduate Winner: “To My Mother” by Sean Patrick Kinneen
Graduate Honorable Mentions: “Debt” by Michelle Brittan, “Garage Sale” by Gabriel Ibarra, and “Insomnia” by Andre Yang
Graduate Winner: “If You Set Your House on Fire” by Megan Baptista Geist
Congratulations to all of our winners and honorable mentions! What a great way to end a great year.
