E.M. Koeppel Short Fiction Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions since 2004


$1,100 Grand Prize Winners

2010

The Once and Missing Captain of Commerce by Rodney Nelsestuen

Editors' Choices 2010:

Frank and Me by Lester Colodny

Absence by Evan Guilford-Blake

 

2009

Rational Actions by Noah Edelson (nominated for the Pushcart Award)

Editors' Choices 2009:

The Limits of My World by Johanna Lipford

La Esperanza by Rodney Nelsestuen

 

2008

Round Trip by A. Molotkov (nominated for the Pushcart Award)

Editors' Choices 2008

What Could Be Said about Pedris Road by Ru S. Freeman

On the Case by Jeff Kass

The Transparent House by Edith Pearlman

 

2007

When the Brakes Went by Stephen Schaurer (nominated for the Pushcart Award)

Editors' Choices 2007

Breakfast with Strangers by Sara L. Gmitter

Between the Lines by Olga Levinzon

Sunday's Catch by Catherine Mitchell

 

2006

Sun Kissed by A.R. Kahn

Editors' Choices 2006

Babies on Rafts by Lones Seiber

Bat by Sallie Bingham

Esso by Lindsey Silken

 

2005

Death and Popcorn by Megan Somogyi

Editors' Choices 2005

Living with Fingers Crossed by Daniel Cubias

Nameless by Sarah Halford

 

2004

Dozen Wheelbarrows by Gregg Cusick

Editors' Choices 2004

At the Fair by Martine Fournier

Conquering Gravity by Sandra Bestland

  


Honorable Mention

2010

    Dawn Baldwin, Sounds True (West Virginia)

    Kathy Golden, Rev. Bingham's Discovery (Florida)

    Robert O. Harder, My Turn in the Barrel (Illinois)

    Jason Hinojosa, Then I will steal Europe for you too (West Bengal, India)

    Nancy Jesse, Creative Non-fiction (Wisconsin)

    Miriam Karmel, Chopsticks (Minnesota)

    Diane De Pisa, Transformations (California)

    Bryce Steffen, The Memphis Street Sanctuary (Wisconsin)

    Eleanor Swanson, Stray Dogs (Colorado)

    Paul Takeuchi, Protection (New York)

2009

    Shannon Baldwin, The Death of Dena Begay (New Mexico)

    Jeffrey Clark, Shakespeare's Dog (California)

    Greg Cusick, Hidden Ball Trick (North Carolina)

    Myha Thi Do, To Boil Water (California)

    Judith Kirscht, The Camera's Eye (Washington)

    Elizabeth Kraushar, Melanie's Favorite (Kansas)

    Carolyn Moore, Numbers, Photography, and the End of Days (Oregon)

    Holly Patrone-Swiderski, Of Mermaids and Dolphins (New York)

    Matthew Pitt, Ugly American Understudies (Mississippi)

2008

    Greg Cusick, Latin for Ponder (North Carolina)

    Jaclyn Dwyer, Sisters, Eclipsed (Pennsylvania)

    Bruce Graham, Virgin Birth (Florida)

    Scott A. Jones, Blood (New Mexico)

    Amelia Kahaney, The Temp (New York)

    Alexander Maggio, Barnacles (Massachusetts)

    Eric Rawson, Glad to Be Going (California)

    M.A. Tuohy, Color Me Stupid (Georgia)

2007

    Thomas Gough, To Keep Ahead of Spring (New Zealand)

    Jeff Kass, The Naked Guy Is Dead (Michigan)

    Nancy McKinley, Goat Meat (Pennsylvania)

    Lydia Paar, Negative Space (Arizona)

    Edith Pearlman, Safari Shrink (Massachusetts)

    Jendi Reiter, Julian's Yearbook (Massachusetts)

    Anne Ring, The Festival (California)

    Arlene Sanders, Charlie Feathers (Virginia)

2006

    Ayala Cnaan, Interrogation Room (Pennsylvania)

    Jeff Kass, Don't Mess (Michigan)

    Clay McDermott, Generations (Iowa)

    Peter Ohren, Parting (Michigan)

    Eleanor Swanson, Harry Tristano (Colorado)

    Linda Warren, Once or Twice a Year, Tops (Louisiana)

2005

  • Dorothy K. Fletcher, My Singing Wheels (Florida)
  • Sarah Flygare, Learning to Squander (Washington)
  • Martine Fournier, Angelina's Scar (Michigan)
  • Andrew C. Gottlieb, The End of a Season (Washington)
  • Valerie M. Griggs, Floodgate (New York)
  • Henry E. Hack, Betrayal (New York)
  • Rick Jankowski, The Promise (Illinois)
  • Jocelyn Johnson, Pseudocyesis (Virginia)
  • John B. Kachuba, Foremost a Son (Ohio)
  • Ruth Moon Kempher, The Dog Fable (Florida)
  • C. Evans Mylonas, Assault by Cat (Texas)
  • Sally M. Nielsen, The Man from Illinois (Florida)
  • Elaine Neil Orr, The Hair Cut (North Carolina)
  • Sally Pont, My Starting Line (Maryland)
  • Macy Gardner Raymond, Get Your Goat (Massachusetts)
  • Franklin David Richardson, A Touch of Violence (Florida)
  • Amy Root, Solstice (Texas)
  • Arlene Sanders, Red Roses (Virginia)
  • Lones Seiber, Steps (Tennessee)
  • Miriam Wolf, Damnation (California)
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2004
  • Eric Flamm, My Partners (Oregon)
  • Kate Blackwell, Scaffolding (D.C.)
  • Judith Behrendt, Meeting the Mother (Arizona)