RASH AWARD IN FICTION
WINNER
Tom Howard of Arlington, Virginia, for “Grandfather Vampire”
HONORABLE MENTION
Kendall Klym of Acworth, Georgia, for “The Continental”
James A. Jordan of Greenbrier, Tennessee, for “The Cellist’s Lover”
FINALISTS
Jan Bowman of Columbia, Maryland, for “Flight”
Gregg Cusick of Durham, North Carolina, for “Welding Girl”
Will Donnelly of Rome, Georgia, for “Thanksgivings”
Jacqueline Guidry of Kansas City, Missouri, for “Trust”
Adam Padgett of Charlotte, North Carolina, for “The Outlier”
Pat Spears of Tallahassee, Florida, for “Whelping”
Donna Vitucci of Covington, Kentucky, for “Eagle River”
RASH AWARD IN POETRY
WINNER
Jessica Glover of Stillwater, Oklahoma, for “The Tillage”
HONORABLE MENTION
Christine Swint of Marietta, Georgia, for “Illinois, 1973”
Cary Waterman of St. Paul, Minnesota, for “After War”
FINALISTS
Allen Braden of Lakewood, Washington, for “Parable of the Lick”
Susan Elliott Brown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for “Oyster”
Sharon Charde of Lakeville, Connecticut, for “Incandescence”
Elizabeth Drewry of Landrum, South Carolina, for “Despair”
Patricia L. Hamilton of Jackson, Tennessee, for “To a Friend in a Dark Time”
Elizabeth W. Jackson of Raleigh, North Carolina, for “Driving Home Late after a Party”
Alice Owens Johnson of Black Mountain, North Carolina, for “Canebrake”
Sally Stewart Mohney of Atlanta, Georgia, for “McDowell County Understory”
Teddy Norris of St. Charles, Missouri, for “Bedtime Story”
Grace Ocasio of Charlotte, North Carolina, for “Granddaddy Graham”
Helene Pilibosian of Watertown, Massachusetts, for “Clam Chowder Manners”
Diana Pinckney of Charlotte, North Carolina, for “Yeats Exhibit, Downstairs National Library, Dublin 2010”
Maureen Sherbondy of Raleigh, North Carolina, for “Old Lovers”
Matthew J. Spireng of Kingston, New York, for “Calling in the Wild Bird”
Jo Barbara Taylor of Raleigh, North Carolina, for “Window on the Night”
Jonathan Travelstead of Murphysboro, Illinois, for “Money Tree, Border Patrol Detention Center”
Lisa Zerkle of Charlotte, North Carolina, for “Particulate Matters”