The 2007
Mid-American Review

Sherwood
Anderson
Fiction Award
Creative
Nonfiction
Award
James
Wright
Poetry Award

Mid-American Review's editors would like to congratulate the winners of its 2007 competitions:

James Wright Poetry Award
1st Prize: Bryan Walpert, of Palmerston North, New Zealand, for his entry "Thank You, Persia"
Finalists:
         Wendy Barker of San Antonio, Texas, "Why I Dread Teaching The Sun Also Rises"
         Hannah Faith Notess of Bloomington, Indiana, "The Multitude"
         Ryan Teitman of Bloomington, Indiana, "The Cartographer Revises His Premise"
         Katherine Bode-Lang of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, "Lament for Pluto"

Sherwood Anderson Fiction Award
1st Prize: Andrew Brininstool, of Houston, Texas, for his story "Peppermint Schnapps"
Finalists:
         Matthew Batt of St. Paul, Minnesota, "The Power Ballad of West Allis"
         B.J. Hollars of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, "Loose Lips Sink Ships"
         Kara Hughes of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Flat Ralphie"
         Mary Ashley Chatneuff of Richmond, Virginia, "Unscripted"

Creative Nonfiction Award
1st Prize: Simmons B. Buntin, of Tucson, Arizona, for his essay "The Sum of All Species"
Finalists:
         Molly Beer of Albuquerque, New Mexico, "Up Ilamatepec"
         Linda Johnson of Marquette, Michigan, "Sitting in the Rain"
         Nick Kowalczyk of Iowa City, Iowa, "Cary Grant, Grandpa, or 'Me'"
         Josie Milliken of Tucson, Arizona, "Seven Tangents of Space and Distance"

We would like to thank everyone who entered for letting us read their work, and for supporting the magazine through the contest.

Guidelines for the 2008 Competitions

The 2008 Fineline Competition for Prose Poems and Short Shorts