The 2006
Mid-American Review

Creative
Nonfiction
Award
Sherwood
Anderson
Fiction Award
James
Wright
Poetry Award

The results of last year's competitions are in, and the editors of MAR would like to congratulate the following winners for 2006:

Nonfiction
as selected by Phillip Lopate

First Place
Shawn Fawson
of Salt Lake City, Utah
"Poplars"

Finalists
Ashley David, "How to Hunt & Gather"
Margaret MacInnis, "Carrier"
Jennifer Davis, "On Love and Destruction"
Kate Krautkramer, "A World of Want"


Fiction
as selected by Aimee Bender

First Place
David Madden & Adam Peterson
of Lincoln, Nebraska
"The Single Father"

Finalists
Tanya Underwood, "The Circus of the Black Hole"
B.J. Hollars, "The Pumpkin Patch"
Gwen Quirk, "Transparent "
Nina Uppal, "Color"


Poetry
as selected by Rafael Campo

First Place
Michael Meyerhofer
of Carbondale, Illinois
"Ode to Dogs"

Finalists
Anna Journey, "Ars Poetica"
Kimberly Lojek, "[Crime and Ornament]"
Susie Meserve, "City"
Cori A. Winrock, "[Bias I]"

Guidelines for the 2007 Competitions

The 2007 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts