Adult Winners

 

2017 (Judging by Prof. Rick Hilles of Vanderbilt University)

 

1st Place    T. Dwayne Davis   Miscegenation

 

Tied for second & third place

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Dorothy Howe Brooks             That Moment You Know Your Life Is Going to Change”

Peter Cooley                            Immortality Intercept

Linda Hughes                          A Day Trip Home

Karla Linn Merrifield                Beyond the Brink

Laura Shannon                       Alchemy

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2016  (beginning in 2016 College and Adult entries were combined into one category)

Judging by MFA students at Vanderbilt University under direction of Prof. Rick Hilles

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1st Place            Candice Shy Hooper                        Fawns in the Field

2nd Place           Dorothy Firestone                            Offering

3rd Place            Carlo Andre                                     Getting Over It

 

2015 – Adult

Judging by MFA students at Vanderbilt University under direction of Prof. Rick Hilles

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1st Place            Deirdre G. Callanan                         Ice Tarantella

2nd Place           Deirdre G. Callanan                         Something Else

3rd Place            Karla Linn Merrifield                        WKLM Florida Report, December 24

 

2015 – College

Judging by MFA students at Vanderbilt University under direction of Prof. Rick Hilles

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1st Place            Laura Hackett   (Florida Southern)    Everything is Sinking

2nd Place           Cari Robaldo    (Ringling College)    Windowstrike

3rd Place            Allya Yourish     (New College)          Elementary Hebrew

 

2014 – College was the only adult category in 2014

Judging by MFA students at Vanderbilt University under direction of Prof. Rick Hilles

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1st Place            Fusha Del Mar   (New College)            Out of Context

2nd Place           Dylann Turffs      (Univ. of Miami)         Chokoloskee Diptych

3rd Place            Kyla Stevens      (New College)            Burial

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2013 – Only middle and high school entries were considered for this year

 

2012 -  Only adult entries were considered for this year

Judging by Prof. Robert Cording, College of the Holy Cross

 

1st Place            Tom Boswell                                           The Devil’s Grandmother

2nd Place           Debra Gingerich                                     Letter Home

3rd Place            Bill Morgan                                             Elegy