WRITING AWARDS 44 • 2017
FIRST PLACE AWARDS
44th New Millennium Award for Poetry
Mary Makofske of Warwick, New York for Doldrums Near the End of Empire
44th New Millennium Award for Fiction
Evan McMurry of Brooklyn, New York for Nothing Kinky
44th New Millennium Award for Flash Fiction
Adam Sifre of Wayne, NJ for Papa’s Parrot
44TH New Millennium Award for Nonfiction
Anne Gudger of Portland, Oregon for Dendrites
— FINALISTS —
POETRY
Sarah Van Arsdale
“Undertow”
New York, New York
Rachel Berghash
“Dialogue and Chorus”
New York, New York
Anna Bernsein
“Fly Trap”
Brooklyn, New York
Harlan Bjornsad
“Perennial Selection”
Valparaiso, Indiana
Bill Garten
“Packing”
Hudson, Ohio
Megan Gieske
“The Makura-kazari”
Newton, New Jersey
Georganne Harmon
“And Clay”
Nashville, Tennessee
Desiree Hellegers
“Kodak Moments”
Portland, Oregon
Ryan Hibbett
“Having Booked a Vasectomy”
Sycamore, Illinois
Trish Lindsey Jaggers
“The Dinghy Speaks of Sinking”
Smiths Grove, Kentucky
Nicole Johnson
“First Prayer”
Del Mar, California
Jen Karetnick
“Elegy for a Gambler”
Miami Shores, Florida
Katharyn Machan
“Gingerbread”
Ithaca, New York
Berwyn Moore
“Fig Tree”
Erie, Pennsylvania
Lisa St John
“The Whens of Now”
Cottekill, New York
Ken Stahl
“For Judi”
Tucson, Arizona
Shay Alexi Stewart
“RIPE or PRO-LIFE or THE DEFINITION OF LIVING”
Atlanta, Georgia
Ruth Thompson
“Hero’s Return”
Hilo, Hawaii
Vernon Waring
“Conclusion”
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Laura Budofsky Wisniewski
“In Favor of Emotional Eating”
Hinesburg, Vermont
FICTION
Nancy Allen
“The Gospel of New Eyes”
Dallas, Texas
Alex Apuzzo
“When the Sun Rises”
Clintondale, New York
Raymond Philip Asaph
“Working with Sunshine”
Long Island, New York
Angela Blair
“Safe House”
Encino, California
Chad V. Broughman
“Check Mate”
Harbor Springs, Michigan
Silas Coghill
“In the Velocity of Thought”
Roseville, Minnesota
Mikaila Daniel
“She Comes with the Rain”
Sunrise, Florida
Daniel Draper
“The Gardener’s Wife”
Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Paula Friedman
“The Workings of the Flashlight in the Darkness”
Gresham, Oregon
Amalia Gladhart
“Star Turn”
Eugene, Oregon
Gail Israel
“Into The Night Woods”
Los Angeles, California
Deb Jannerson
“Empty Eyes”
New Orleans, Louisiana
Alexander Jones
“Good Times”
Jersey City, New Jersey
Dennis Littrell
“Jug Chablis”
Kula, Hawaii
Susan Lowell
“Ironwork”
Tucson, Arizona
Tyler Lynch
“Word for Word”
Somerville, Massachusetts
Michele Ruby
“A Little Night Music”
Louisville, Kentucky
Terri Scullen
“Go Fish”
Alexandria, Virginia
Jusin Vibbert
“Form and Void”
Sunnyside, New York
Bonnie West
“I’m Here”
Saint Paul, Minnesota
FLASH FICTION
Alex Apuzzo
“Rain”
Clintondale, NY
Sarah Bradley
“Sweet Potato Baby”
East Haven, CT
Laine Cunningham
“The Merboy in Her Life”
Hillsborough, NC
Madie Dhaliwal
“Woolmates”
Beverly Hills, California
Elizabeth Erbeznik
“Fly Season”
Austin, TX
Jaclyn Fowler
“Mama Joanne”
United Arab Emirates
Joel Freiburger
“A Letter, Three Bodies, and a Car Wreck”
Glen Ellyn, IL
Lorien House
“The Perfect Essay”
Tijeras, NM
Michelle Hsu
“Venus, from the Sea”
Studio City, CA
Eubert McLeod
“Fog”
Bronx, NY
Joe Milan Jr.
“Oarsmen Wanted”
Las Vegas, NV
Jason Miller
“What Are the Chances”
Bloomington, IN
Eli Mitchell
“Ferrying the Dread”
Knoxville, TN
Frank Ortega
“Cherokee Blue”
Cold Spring, NY
Sebasian Sangervasi
“Caught”
San Francisco, CA
Susan Segal
“Nosalgia”
Irvine, CA
Jesse Sensibar
“One More Reason Not to Sleep with People You Don’t Know Very Well”
Flagstaf, AZ
Luke Tennis
“On Puraran Beach”
Baltimore, MD
Lyzette Wanzer
“Portrait”
San Francisco, CA
Emma Whitehall
“Litter”
Northumberland, United Kingdom
NONFICTION
David Berner
“The Runaway”
Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Laura Carey
“Father Figure”
Chico, California
Ioanna Carlsen
“My Mother Comes from Another World”
Tesuque, New Mexico
Linda Chase
“He Was Henry Hudson”
Rhinebeck, New York
Maryah Converse
“What Never Happened with Ahmed”
Newark, New Jersey
June Mears Driedger
“Bearing Witness”
Lansing, Michigan
Eden Elief
“The Will To Find a Testament”
Dallas, Texas
Maya Fanjul- Debnam
“Lessons from my mother”
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Megan Fulwiler
“Sanctuary Sites”
Vergennes, Vermont
Calvin Hennick
“The World’s Mos Boring Drinking Problem”
Milton, Massachusetts
Gina Iaquinta
“Tastes They Left”
Brooklyn, New York
Ella Jacobson
“Ten Years of Signs”
Brooklyn, New York
Lisa Lebduska
“The Things We Saved”
Salem, Connecticut
Sandra Miller
“A Heart Song in Four Chambers”
Arlington, Massachusetts
Varley O’Connor
“The Little Coat”
Cleveland Heights, OH
Reg Saner
“The Road’s Motion”
Boulder, CO
Colette Sartor
“The House on Bentley Avenue”
Los Angeles, California
Morgan Smith
“Hidden Treasures”
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Tomi Tunrarebi
“Orphan”
Los Angeles, California
Mary Wysong-Haeri
“Black Friday”