Katy Grabel of Santa Barbara, CA won the $1,000 Fiction Award for "Woman by Chemistry." Anne Collier Rehill, of Lamont, PA won the $1,000 Nonfiction Award for "The Drug Run." There was tie in the $1,000 Poetry Prize between John Canaday of Arlington, MA, who was chosen for his poem, "Song of Myself," and Diane Thiel of South Miami for "Memento Mori in Middle School." The Spring & Summer 2000 issue is due out in mid-May.
Runners-up and semi-finalists will be contacted in coming weeks. Some of them, along with the winning entries, will be showcased with other outstanding writers in our Special Year 2000 Summer Issue of NMW, which contestants should receive in June. That issue also features an interview with prize-winning writer Samuel R. Delany, a memoir of Paul Bowles, a special section—A Y2K Reader—devoted to writings we received on the Year 2000; the fiction of acclaimed prize-winning writer Brian Griffin, illustrations by artist Mark Maxwell, commentary by yours truly, and much more.
See also the list of winners of the Y2K Writing Prize.
Those receiving Honorable Mentions are listed as follows, by category:
| Fiction | Poetry | Nonfiction |
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Lienna Silver, 2nd Tara Ison Larry Hill Louie Cronin Clay Campbell Kelly L. Shire Meg Moceri Sharon Weiss Jack Barry Michael Steinberg Jeanne Carney Elaine Winer Mary Potter Engel Marjorie Rhem Ray Lapica Jean Chang M. F. Drummy |
Donna Doyle, 2nd Susan Thomas Tom Meschery Ellen Handler Spitz Scott Withiam Jeanne Shannon Cynthia Roth Linda Nemec Foster John E. Simonds Steve Lautermilch Arthur J. Stewart Michael Sweeney Alyssa A. Lappen Sassy Ross Nancy Burke Sabra Loomis Kate Murphy |
Susan L. Feldman, 2nd Karen Rizzo Paul Terrill Sigrun Kuefner Juliet Wittman Craig Barnes Jimmy Carl Harris Alicia Blessing Lin Fenno Gallagher Judy Fort Brenneman Steve Kettmann Gail Ann Kenna Sarah de Bienville Gail Waldstein Chuck Bowers Peter Scott Cameron Jean Bateman |
For information on the current competition, view the New Contest Guidelines