Past Winning Entries
Please enjoy the winning entries from our past contests. They are presented here in the order we added them to our website. To view winning entries by contest and year, please see our Contest Archives.
Return to India
By K. Lang-Slattery
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
#metoo?
By Anne-Marie Corley
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
How You Get There
By Yolande Clark-Jackson
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
My Fiancé Is a Robot
By Sarita Shera
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
Whitney in the Real World
By Stephanie Pushaw
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
Ash Wednesday
By Joseph Hernandez
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
The Pastures of My Eccentric Uncle
By Tamako Takamatsu
First Prize, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
The Act of Vanishing
By Megan Falley
First Prize, Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest 2021
Awaiting What the Train Brings
By Jonathan Delp
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2021
The Five Stages of Confusion
By Sarah Totton
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2021
A Visit from St. COVID-19
By Denise Shelton
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2021
Ode to Two-Ply Toilet Paper
By Christiana Crabill
Honorable Mention, Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2021
Everything Is Normal (Unless You Know Better)
By Kathryn Etters Lovatt
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2020
Ghazals Connected as Though Cargo Freights
By Kayleb Rae Candrilli
First Prize, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2020
Why I Don’t Use the Word Nigger
By Amber Edwards
Honorable Mention, Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest 2020
Goodbye, My Dear Grandma: An Activity Book for Grieving Children
By Emma Sondergaard
Honorable Mention, North Street Book Prize 2020