Previous Winners
2023 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Allison Hong Merrill
Fiction
Njoroge Mungai
Poetry
Mathew Weitman
2022 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Amy Goldmacher
Fiction
Tochukwu Okafo
Poetry
huiying b. chan
2021 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Ajibola Tolase
Fiction
Maya Sisneros
Poetry
Miles Liss
2020 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Claire Agnes
Fiction
Emily Flouton
Poetry
Leigh Lucas
2019 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Vanessa Mártir
Fiction
Nick Fuller Googins
Poetry
Cristina Correa
2018 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Sarah Cheshire
Fiction
Noah Bogdonoff
Poetry
Hannah Perrin King
2017 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Erica Berry
Fiction
Nathan Go
Poetry
Sean Patrick Mulroy
2016 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Emily Withnall
Fiction
Lydia Conklin
Poetry
Lisa Hiton
2015 Winners
Creative Nonfiction
Aurvi Sharma
Fiction
Lesley Arimah
Poetry
Emily Yoon
2014 Winners
Poetry
Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán
Fiction
Lacy Arnett Mayberry
Attended the Writers' League of Texas 2014 Agents & Editors Conference
2013 Winners
Poetry
Caitlin Doyle
Attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Fiction
Jean-Marie Saporito
Attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
2012 Winners
Poetry
Keith Leonard
Attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Fiction
Justin Quarry
Attended the Sewanee Writers' Conference
2011 Winners
Poetry
James Arthur
Fiction
Terri Scullen
2010 Winners
Poetry
Dilruba Ahmed
Attended the AWP Conference & Bookfair
Fiction
Chidelia Edochie
2009 Winners
Poetry
Celeste Doaks
Fiction
Kelly Luce
Attended the Sewanee Writers Conference
2008 Winners
Poetry
Christina Lovin
Attended the Bread Loaf Writers Conference
Fiction
Jeffrey Voccola
Attended the Prague Summer Program hosted by Western Michigan University
2007 Winners
Poetry
Ching-In Chen
Attended the Squaw Valley Community of Writers Workshop
Fiction
Deirdra McAfee
Attended the Wesleyan Writers Conference
2006 Winners
Poetry
Jocelyn Casey-Whiteman
Attended the Paris Writers' Workshop
Fiction
Hosanna Patience
Attended the Tin House Writers' Conference
2005 Winners
Poetry
Jillian Weise
Attended the Sewanee Writers Conference
Fiction
Morgan McDermott
2004 Winners
Poetry
J.W. Richardson
Attended the Santa Fe Writers’ Conference
Fiction
Heidi Durrow
Attended the Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop
