James Wright Poetry Award
Winner: Nancy Taylor Everett, "Glossolalia"
Chosen by Michelle Boisseau
Finalists: J.L. Conrad, "Surveillance: The River"
Nadine Meyer, "Effigy of John Donne Wrapped in His Death Shroud"
Michael Meyerhofer, "Real Courage"
John Pursley III, "Through the Slats of a Hay Truck"*
Maggie Smith, "Ohio" *

Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
Winner: Charles Yu, "Class Three Superhero"
Chosen by Jean Thompson
Finalists: J.D. Chapman, "Amanuensis"*
Lewis Moyse, "Marrying Barbara Eden"
Hun Ohm, "Tooth"
Bruce Taylor, "Defending Your Spouse"

Creative Nonfiction Award
Winner: Joseph Murtagh, "To Noah Daniel Kooperman"
Chosen by Robert Olmstead
Finalists: Adria Bernardi, "Path Crossed"
Jerry D. Mathes II, "An Absence of Motion"*
Brenda Miller, "Virtuoso"*
Cecilie Scott, "Acceptable Risk"

If you included an SASE with your entry, notification went out on January 19, and should reach you shortly.

2005 Competition Information

The 2005 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts