Our sincere thanks to everyone who submitted to our 2017 Editor’s Reprint Award. The number of quality submissions was incredible, and we’re so very proud to present the results.
2017 Fiction & Nonfiction Winner
“Ichiban” by S. P. Tenhoff, Confrontation
2017 Poetry Winner
“What to Do with Leftovers” by Edison Jennings, Rattle
2017 Fiction & Nonfiction Runners-Up
“The Country of Husbands” by Suzanne Warren, Gulf Coast
“Come Back, Rita” by Jen Fawkes, Crazyhorse
“James Franco(s) at the Edge of the Universe” by James Brubaker, Michigan Quarterly Review
2017 Poetry Runners-Up
“Dancing on the Edge ” by Steve Tomasko, The Fiddlehead
“At the Nursing Home” by Leland James, Aesthetica Magazine
“Skin Memory” by John Sibley Williams, Salt Hill
“Survivor” by Diana Woodcock, Nimrod International Journal
Fiction & Nonfiction Finalists
“The Sex Life of the Fantastic Four” by Michael Martone, Bellingham Review
“Ghosts” by A. M. Kaempf, North American Review
“Boys on the Radio” by Caroline Crew, Quarterly West
“A Night at the Y” by Robert McBreaty, Missouri Review
“Tuba City” by J.S. Kierland, Playboy
Bent and Blue by CJ Spataro, PS Books
“Ramona” by Sarah Gerkensmeyer, American Short Fiction
Poetry Finalists
“My Personal Doom” by Kurt Luchs, Former People Journal
“The Rice Feilds” by Zilka Joseph, Poetry Magazine
“Between Boulders,” by Anders Carlson-Wee, Bluestem Quarterly
“an octopus escapes the fishing net…” by Amber Flame, TheTHE Poetry
“God Wants You to Go to Jail” by Annie Christain, Enizagam
“Milk: A Year in Chapters” by Michelle Lee, So to Speak
“Tanager” by Anna Scotti, Yemassee