Our sincere thanks to everyone who submitted to our 2015 Editor’s Reprint Award. The number of quality submissions was incredible, and we’re so very proud to present the results.
From a homicidal Santa’s workshop employee to a riddle-obsessed widow, from a sister’s love to a lobotomized southerner, these are the 2015 Editor’s Reprint Award selections.
2015 Editor’s Reprint Award Winner
“Riding Shotgun” by Charisse Coleman, Passages North
Runners-Up
“Woman, Running Late, in a Dress” by Dallas Woodburn, Arcadia Magazine
“An Obedient Girl” by Amy Bridges, The Nervous Breakdown
“Too Late for a Lot of Things” by Josh Denslow, Third Coast
Finalists
“All of Me” by Erika Krouse, Glimmer Train
“Angel” by Jim Clark, The Nightshade Nightstand Reader
“The Dancer Horse” by Hal Ackerman, Crab Creek Review
“The Yangtze” by Laurie Frankel, Alaska Quarterly Review
Honorable Mention
“An Israeli and Palestinian, Brought Together by Breast Cancer” by Ruth Ebenstein, The Atlantic
“Do it Yourself” by Ron A. Austin, Black Warrior Review
“The Professor’s March” by Robert Garner McBrearty, Green Hills Literary Lantern
“The Bridge” by Shiv Dutta, Tin House
“Lies That Bind” by Leslie Tucker, Press 53
“Miami Redux” by Corey Ginsberg; Best American Essays, Notable; Third Coast
“Baby’s Breath” by Jason Kapcala, The Summerset Review
“Phantom Language” by Elizabeth Hoover, Lunch Ticket
“Effigy of a Princess” by Rachel Ann Brickner, IDK Magazine
“Somewhere Better Than This Place” by Andrew Farkas, The Florida Review
“American Daughters” by Mariya Taher, Prism Review
“Things Blow Up” by Jaimee Wriston Colbert, The Hawai’i Review
“The Lifted Corner” by N. West Moss, Memoir Journal
“Magic Affinities” by Evelyn Sharenov, Glimmer Train