Previous Contests (2000-2010)
2000
Judge: Richard Currey
Winners
Mary L. Tabor - The Burglar: Stories
Maureen P. Stanton – Laundry
Carson H Wu – Different Brothers
Ira Sukrungruang – A Normal Thai Son
2001
Judge: Jayne Anne Phillips
Winners
Charlotte Gullick – By Way of Water
Kate Small – The B-Zone Open
Patricia Schaefer – Love Is Blue
Haruko Yamauchi – Witness
2002
Judge: Chris Offutt
Winners
Kenneth Cook – Last Call: The Texas Moon Stories
Cate McGowan – Thirty Men, Not One
Emily Raboteau – A Gesture of Belonging
W.A. Smith – Leaving and Girls, Past
2004
Judge: Richard Currey
Winners
Bethany Harvey – Falling Rock
Joseph M. Schuster – A Saint in the Family
Whitney Purvis – Cuentitos Caoticos
2005
Judge: Ayun Halliday
Winners
Anna Green - Brown Jesus
Michael Kardos – Mr. Marotta’s Ashes Have the Personality of a Grouchy Old Man and One Last Good Time
Jeff Fearnside – Making Love While Levitating Three Feet in the Air
2007
Judge: Robert Olen Butler
Winners
Jacob Appel – Natural Selection
Genaro Smith – Dailies
Katherine Crawford – Deep Breathing Under Big Sky
2009
Judge: Pagan Kennedy
Winners
Matthew Pitt – Listening for Life
Nicole Louise Reid – This One Last Thing
Adam Sturtevant – Ease Chest Tuck Hid Debt Art
2010
Judge: Robert Olen Butler
Winners
Tara Laskowski -Black Diamond City
Nicole Louise Reid – A Purposeful Violence
W.A. Smith – Einstein’s Fiddle
Screenplay Awards Grand Prizewinner: John Bengel – The Voyeur
2011: Poetry
Judge: Rose Solari
Winners
Jude Nutter – untitled selection
Katie Schmid – The Heaven and The Hangover
Charles Atkinson – untitled selection