2007 Contest Winners

THE MARK CRAVER POETRY AWARD

Judge: Forrest Gander

          Winner: Robb St. Lawrence,  for  "Via Dolorosa"

                    Honorable Mention: Wade Fletcher,  for "Back to Back, Forward"

                    Honorable Mention: Nicole Foreman,  for "Via Negativa"

                    Honorable Mention: Danika Stegeman,  for "Moths"

THE MARY ROBERTS RINEHART AWARDS, POETRY

Judge: Brian Barker

          Winner: Robb St. Lawrence, for "Somnelle" and "Silhouette for Margaret Schilling"

                    Honorable Mention: Shawn Flanagan,  for "Sedalia Locket"

THE MARY ROBERTS RINEHART AWARDS, FICTION

Judge: Wendi Kaufman

          Winner: Rion Scott, for "202 Checkmates"

                    Second Place : Alyson Foster, for "Blight"

                    Second Place : Sara Hov, for "Pretend"

                    Third Place : Caron Martinez, for "Black Ice"

THE MARY ROBERTS RINEHART AWARDS, NONFICTION

Judge: Lisa Page

          Winner: Penny Gilchrist, for "King of Ginos"

                    Honorable Mention: Mike Scalise, for "Writing Him Off"

THE VIRGINIA DOWNS POETRY AWARD

Judge: Betsy Andrews

          Winner: Regan Douglass, for "Mrs. Park"

THE JOSEPH A. LOHMAN III POETRY PRIZE

Judge: Rebecca Dunham

          Winner: Sara Hov, for "Visiting"

                    Honorable Mention: Chris Tanseer, for "For My Father Who has Less to Say Now"

THE SHELLEY A. MARSHALL FICTION PRIZE

Judge: Leslie Pietrzyk

          Winner: Sara Hov, for "Remind Me What I Won"

THE DAN RUDY FICTION PRIZE

Judge: Jessica Anthony

          Winner: Ryan Call, for "Sometimes Babies Act like This and Who Are We to Question Them?"