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2010 Contest Winners
(awards presented at our banquet on May 14, 2011)

The Council for Wisconsin Writers, Inc. is pleased to recognize Wisconsin writers for their outstanding contributions to the literature of the state in nine (9) categories plus the Major Achievement Award. Read brief biographies of the winners and check out some of their web sites. (.pdf)

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Larry and Eleanor Sternig Short Fiction Award

   
Christopher Mohar - Madison
"The Five Points of Performance", The Southwest Review (November 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Jennifer Morales - Milwaukee
"Heavy Lifting", The Long Story (No.28, March 2010)
 
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Kingery/Derleth Book-Length Nonfiction Award
   
Ann Angel - Brookfield
Janis Joplin: Rise Up Singing (Amulet Books, 2010)

Honorable Mention:

M. Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman - Milwaukee (with Zane Williams, photographer) - Madison
Wisconsin’s Own: Twenty Remarkable Homes (Wisconsin Historical Society Press, 2010)
 
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Kay W. Levin Short Nonfiction Award
 
   
Krista Eastman - Madison
"Layers of Ice", Witness, (UNLV, January 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Tom Matthews - Wauwatosa
"Heart Breaker", Milwaukee Magazine (December, 2010)

 
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Tofte/Wright Children's Literature Award
 
   
Jacqueline Houtman - Madison
The Reinvention of Edison Thomas (Boyd’s Mills Press, March 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Michael V. Uschan - Franklin
Eye on Art: Grafitti (Gale, October 2010)

 
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Posner Book-Length Poetry Award
 
   
Nick Lantz - Madison
We Don’t Know We Don’t Know (Graywolf Press, 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Rebecca Dunham - Bayside
The Flight Cage (Tupelo Press, 2010)

 
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Anne Powers Book-Length Fiction Award
 
   
Douglas Armstrong - Whitefish Bay
Even Sunflowers Cast Shadows (iUniverse, 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Angela Woodward - Madison
End of the Fire Cult (Ravenna Press, 2010)

 
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Ellis/Henderson Outdoor Writing Award
 
   
Amy Lou Jenkins - Wauwatosa
Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting, (HolyCow! Press, 2010)

Honorable Mention:

Jill Sisson Quinn - Scandinavia
"Sign Here if You Exist" (Ecotone, November, 2010)

 
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Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award
 
   
David Krump - La Crosse
Group of five poems - various literary journals

Honorable Mention:

Catherine Jagoe - Madison
Group of five poems - various literary journals

 
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CWW Essay Award for Young Writers
 
   
Caroline Brown - Williams Bay High School, Williams Bay
"Surviving the Hill"

Honorable Mention:

Jacob Carrel - Madison West High School, Madison
"James Buchanan’s Presidency: A Crisis Without A Leader"

 
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Major Achievement Award
 
   
Alden Carter - Marshfield
 
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