First Prize
Author: Peter Newton | middle age
in the mirror
the turn toward it |
Second Prize
Author: Marilyn Appl Walker | wedding day
the time he takes
to knot the tie |
Third Prize
Author: John Stevenson | stick figures
including one
i recognize |
Honorable Mention
Author: Michelle Schaefer | boy girl party
the slow speed
of the blender |
Honorable Mention
Author: Julie Warther | life and death decisions
the need to feel
the satin lining |
Honorable Mention
Author: Ernest J. Berry | perfect storm the perfume not hers |
Honorable Mention
Author: Jayne Miller | phantom pain—
the shape of her
in a stranger |
