This week, the Council for Wisconsin Writers announced its annual awards. My book received an Honorable Mention! I mention this because, of course, I am honored. I am also humbled to be in the company of recent Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Margaret Rozga, and Wisconsin's favorite historian and regular on Around the Corner with John McGivern, John Gurda.
Below is the announcement:
COUNCIL FOR WISCONSIN WRITERS ANNOUNCES CONTEST RESULTS FOR 2021 WORK
Sixteen Wisconsin writers won First Place Awards and Honorable Mention Recognition in the Council for Wisconsin Writers contests for work published or produced in 2021.
Award winners were celebrated on Saturday, May 14, 2022 at the Arts + Literature Laboratory, 111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin. Below is a photo of the winners.
Apparently, we were so amazing that the Council for Wisconsin Writers dissolved almost immediately after giving these awards. In the future, the Wisconsin Writers Contest will be administered by the Arts + Literature Laboratory (ALL) in Madison, Wisconsin.
NORBERT BLEI/AUGUST DERLETH NONFICTION BOOK AWARD
Lawrence Tarak
FOXCONNED: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government
University of Chicago Press
Bruce Campbell - Honorable Mention
A Fullness of Uncertain Significance: Stories of Surgery, Clarity, and Grace
TEN16 Press | Orange Hat Publishing
EDNA FERBER FICTION BOOK CONTEST
Anthony Bukoski
The Blondes of Wisconsin: Stories
University of Wisconsin Press
Shannon Schuren - Honorable Mention
Where Echoes Lie
Philomel Books
EDNA MEUDT POETRY BOOK AWARD
Dewitt Clinton
Hello There
Word Poetry Press
Margaret Rozga - Honorable Mention
Holding My Selves Together: New and Selected Poems
Cornerstone Press
ZONA GALE SHORT FICTION AWARD
Jennifer Morales
“The Doorman”
Fire & Water: Stories from the Anthropocene
Black Lawrence Press
Kathie Giorgio - Honorable Mention
“Recipe”
Evening Street Review
LORINE NIEDECKER POETRY AWARD
Jenna Rindo
Five poems published in various journals
Lora Keller - Honorable Mention
Five poems published in various journals
KAY W. LEVIN AWARD FOR SHORT NON-FICTION
Craig Reinbold
“What WE Might Salvage”
AGNI Magazine
John Gurda - Honorable Mention
“Education of a Southside Barfly”Milwaukee Magazine
TOFTE/WRIGHT CHILDREN’S LITERARY AWARD
Rochelle Melander
Mightier than the Sword: Rebels, Reformers, and Revolutionaries Who Changed the World Through Writing
Beaming Books
Jon Etter - Honorable Mention
Yet Another Dreadful Fairy Book
Amberjack Publishing/Chicago Revie
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YOUNG WRITERS
Cara Wreen
Poem: “Tea Assortment”
Addison Rahmlow - Honorable Mention
Poem: “Nobody, etc.”