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The Journal's Contest Winners

The Journal's Third Annual Short Story Contest

Steven Wingate.
Steven Wingate.
Winner: Steven Wingate, "Me and Paul"

Second Place: Lindsey Silken, "Esso"

Finalists:
Rick Craig, "Couch Burning"
Karen Embry, "Sanctuary"
Patricia Henley, "Red Lily"
Marianne Herrmann, "Signaling for Rescue"
Lydia Kann, "The Arrival"
Andy Mozina, "The Housekeeper's Confession"
Roger Sheffer, "Museum of Broken Guitars"
Kara Westerman, "The Flag"

Judge Lee K. Abbott has this to say about Steven Wingate's "Me and Paul," which will be published in our Fall/Winter issue:

"Here's a story that succeeds not least for its narrator's bittersweet understanding of himself, not to mention the verve of its prose. This is story told efficiently, its élan foremost in voice. Its characters are, happily, recognizably human, beset by the small wishes common to our tribe when it spies the future limping away into the distance. I like, too, the story's unpredictability and, yes, its inevitably ordained end."

The Journal's Annual William Allen Creative Nonfiction Contest

Connie Vaughn.
Connie Vaughn
Winner: Connie Vaughn, "Finding Oz"

Honorable Mention:
Deborah Thompson, "The Half-Life of Hope"
Ashley McCullough, "Zero Tolerance"

Finalists:
Jean Braithwaite, "Time Slices: My Body Fat and Thin"
Joseph L. Ozment, "A Moment in Time"
Sunshine O'Donnell, "Placement"
Gwen Weerts, "The Greatest Show on Earth"
Elizabeth Browne, "Nonpersons"
Edgar Martínez Schulz, "Thanksgiving"
Andrew D. Cohen, "7G"

Judge Robin Hemley has this to say about "Finding Oz," which will be published in our Spring/Summer 2007 issue:

"One of the things I admired about 'Finding Oz' was its technical control. I also admired the subtle turns in the piece and the way in which it combined research with a personal narrative, how it went from a public/personal disaster to a story about a father/daughter relationship."

The Journal's Second Annual Alumni Flash Writing Contest

Jeremy Lybarger.
Jeremy Lybarger.
Winner: Jeremy Lybarger, "Morning Spares Its Shape, the Heart Beating Alone"

Honorable Mention:
Jessica Alvarez, "En la Iglesia de Santa Lucia"
Sonya Huber, "Lakeview Café"
Kelly Magee, "Strawberries"
Kelly Magee, "Texas Faces Its Own Mortality"

Jeremy Lybarger's "Morning Spares Its Shape, the Heart Beating Alone" will be published in our Spring/Summer 2007 issue.

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