The 2003
Mid-American Review

Sherwood Anderson
Fiction Award
James Wright
Poetry Award

1st Prize, each genre: $500 + Publication
Four Finalists: Notation + Possible Publication

2003 Final Judges

Fiction: Stuart Dybek

Poetry: Bob Hicok

2003 Winners

2003 Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
First Prize: Michael Guerra "Taco Night at the Jon Neimelmeier Memorial Drive-in"

 Finalists: Gayla Chaney: "Traveling Light"
Michael J. Davis: "Death and Texas"*
Aimee Parkison: "Blue Train Summer"
Andrew J. Wilson: "Victor in the Club"*


2003 James Wright Poetry Award
First Prize: Andy Stallings "Elegy With the Striking of a Single Note on a Piano"

 Finalists: Kathleen Balma: "An Amnesiac's Letter
to Herself"* and "What's Mine"
Stephanie Lenox: "Inheritance"
Andrew Mulvania: "Black Walnut"

* denotes an Editors' Choice, and will be printed in the Spring 2004 issue of MAR with the winners.


2004 Competitions

The 2004 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts

The 2004 James Wright Poetry Award, Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award, and Creative Nonfiction Award