And the Winners Are…
Alligator Juniper National Literary Awards
Grand Prize Winners Receive $1,000
2015 Winners
Creative Nonfiction: “The Particulars”
by Rosemary Jones of Seattle, WA
Fiction: “Astronaut House”
by Justin Chrestman of Houston, TX
Poetry: “On the Patio After Reading Democritus”
by Christopher Buckley of Santa Barbara, CA
AJ 2015 Finalists
Poetry
Christopher Buckley of Santa Barbara, CA for “Monday Passes” & “Creed”
Elton Glaser of Akron, OH for “Bleeding Through”
Pamela Johnson Parker of Murray, KY for “Victorian Ladies Once Read in the Dark by Tracing the Raised Type on a Book’s Edges”
Jim Natal of Marina del Rey, CA for “Bonneville and “Uprooted”
Brooke Sahni of Portland, OR for “Chapati”
Nell Smith of Nobleboro, ME for “On Combating Loneliness”
Fiction
Judith Alexander-McGovern of Seattle, WA for “Means of Expression”
Corrina Carter of Ames, IA for “In the Foaling Barn”
Creative Nonfiction
Judy Catterton of Rehoboth Beach, DE for “When Will It Stop Raining?”
Tanya Ward Goodman of Los Angeles, CA for “In the Clearing, A Boxer”
Michael Palmer of Lubbock, TX for “What Else”
2013 Winners
Creative Nonfiction: “How to Be Analog”
by Natalie Singer, Seattle, WA
Natalie Singer, National Creative Nonfiction Prizewinner
Poetry: “Ex Libris”
by Allan Peterson, Gulf Breeze, FL
Allan Peterson,
National Poetry Prizewinner
Fiction: “Hero”
Esther Welsh, Brooklyn, NY
Esther Welsh,
National Fiction Prizewinner
AJ 2013 Finalists
Creative Nonfiction:
“Consciousness” by Judith Barrington
“Frank’s Buick” by David G. Pace
“Orphan” by Martha Schulman
“Gumshoes” by Julie Marie Wade
Poetry:
“Bacon Grease” by Rupert Fike
“Unslaked” by Pamela Johnson Parker
“Wishing” by Allan Peterson
“The Given Lines” by Rita Mae Reese
Fiction:
“Carminutti’s Knees” by Richard Cass
“Sanctuary” by Sara Dupree
“The Man in the Barn” by Jim Gish
“The Double” by Andrea Jackson
“Palindromes” by Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
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2013 National Photography Awards
1st Place, Grand Prize $500 “Intersections and Shells” by Don Fike
2nd Place “Suburban Cowboy” by Mark Lipczynski
3rd Place “Condor #55” by Wayne Johnson
Honorable Mention “Penguins Running to Sunset Antarctica” by Micheal Leggero
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While I’m disappointed that I didn’t win, I’m very glad that I had the opportunity to enter this competition. Thank you for sending such a wonderful reply back!
We are writers too, and we understand what it is like to submit your work out into the world. We strive to invest ourselves in all of our authors, not just those that win this year’s contest. We hope you keep submitting. Thanks for the comment!
I will, thanks! I loved entering your competition!