2003 Faulkner Wisdom Competition Winners
Novel: Judged by Author Julia Glass
WINNER: What the Shadow Told Me by Kurt Ayau and David RachelsKurt Ayau's novel, Nana's House, won a Virginia Prize in Literature in 1988 and the Great American Novel contest of the Virginia Festival of the Book in 2003. He has published short fiction in The Villager, The Michiana Creative Arts Review, City Magazine, The Roanoke Review, and The Portland Review. He is an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA, and lives in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains with he wife, Kathleen, and daughters, Julia and Leah.
David Rachels, an Alabama native, is editor of Augustus Baldwin Longstreets Georgia Scenes Completed: A Scholarly Text and co-editor of The First West: Writings from the American Frontier, 1776-1860. He has published short fiction in such journals as Tamaqua and Souwester. His first published collaboration with Kurt Ayau recently appeared in The Portland Review. Rachels is an Associate Professor of English at Virginia Military Institute, and lives in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife, Angie, and their two sons, Aaron and Gus.
FIRST RUNNER-UP: The Beautiful Miscellaneous by Dominic Smith, Austin, TX
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Rook by E. A. Bagby, Chicago, IL
FINALISTS:
Decoys by S. Kirk Walsh, New York, NY
How the Sun Shines on Noise by Matthew Cashion, Statesville, NC
Water for the Tin House by Julie Morin, Tuscon, AZ
Novella: Judged by Susan Dodd
WINNER: The Goat Bridge by T.M. McNallyT.M. McNally is the author of a collection of short stories, Low Flying Aircraft, which received the Flannery OConnor Award for Short Fiction, and two novels, Until Your Heart Stops, an NYT Notable Book, and most recently, Almost Home. His stories appear in such publications as Conjunctions, Double Take, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and Yale Review. He teaches at Arizona State University, and lives in Scottsdale with Sally Ball and their three children.
FIRST RUNNER-UP:Beauty by Moira Crone, New Orleans, LA
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
The Poison That Fascinates by Jennifer Clement, Mexico
The Intervale by J.A. Pollard, Winslow, ME
Down at the Egyptian Room by Michael Pritchett, Overland Park, KS
FINALISTS:
Beulah Land by Krista McGrudger, New York, NY
Bloodletting by Jason Miller, Cartersville, GA
Fates Lieutenant by Tadzio Martin Koelb, Brooklyn, NY
Puzzle of Living by Xujun Eberlein, Wayland, MA
Ridge Weather by Josh Weil, New York, NY
The Rockaway Stories by Tara Ason, Sherman Oaks, CA
The Woman in Number Five by Kevin C. Stewart, Baton Rouge, LA
Zigzag Love by Latha Viswanathan, Houston, TX
Novel in Progress: Judged by Rita Ciresi
WINNER: That Social Jones by Brian RogersAfter graduating from the University of the Pacific, Brian Rogers moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and began as a stand-up comedian. He later enrolled in the graduate writing program at San Francisco State University, and subsequently taught at Napa Valley College. He received the George Bennett Fellowship (writer-in-residence) at Philip Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, later returning to California and settling in the Salinas-Monterey area, where he presently lives with his wife and two small children. Admittedly, That Social Jones is highly autobiographical, and the narrative largely explores how the protagonist transforms from an overly shy kid into a stand-up comedian.
FIRST RUNNER-UP:Tropical Depression by Rosary ONeill, New Orleans, LA
SECOND RUNNER-UP: The Taste of Persimmons by Patricia Brieschke, Port Jefferson, NY
FINALISTS:
After Piety by Debra Leigh Scott, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Among the Wonderful by Stacy Carlson, Tarrytown, NY
The Best Skinny Woman She Could Be by Sarah Stark Doyle, Santa Fe, NM
Boy Made of Light by Ron Nyren, Berkeley, CA
Consolation by Pam Thompson, Worthington, MA
Cooking Lessons by Tena Loveland Russ, Glencoe, IL
Corpus Hermeticum by Erica Obey, New York , NY
Courting Jane by Jennifer Veser, Dunedin, FL
Dark Lady of Hollywood by Diane Haithman, Studio City, CA
Divining Rose by Kory Wells, Murfreesboro, TN
The Fireball by Joanie Chappel, Franklin, TN
Hope of Glory
It's the Slipping by Kyla Foutch, Tempe, AZ
Jackson by George Bishop, Wilmington, NC
Johnny
Jupiter by Valerie Sinzdak, Oakland, CA
The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli, Tustin, CA
The Perfect Journey by George Wen, New York, NY
Push Play by Joyce Miller, Cincinnati, OH
Rollover by Ellen Greenfield, Brooklyn, NY
Strangers on Trains by Chris Buckle, Sunk Island, Near Hull, East Yorkshire, England
The Sudden Shape of Water by Lee Reilly, Chicago, IL
Tales of Black Living by Faye R. Grey, Chicago, IL
The Teahouse Fire by Ellis Avery, New York, NY
This Little Corner of Nowhere by Sharon Andrews, Jacksonville, FL
Touching the Veil by Ruth Abrams, Boca Raton, FL
Short Story: Judged by C. Michael Curtis
WINNER: Incompatible With Life by Thomas Jay BergerThomas Jay Berger, MD, is a board certified cardiac surgeon. After two years performing heart surgery as an active duty Lt. Commander in the US Navy, he started his own cardiac program in a small town in Montana. In 1998, vision problems caused him to retire from active practice. Since then, he has continued to work in medico-legal consultation and testimony. His winning story is part of a novel-in-progress, which chronicles the life of a fictional cardiac surgeon.
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Fire by Dylan Landis, Santa Monica, CA
FINALISTS:
After Math by Amy Boutell, Santa Barbara, CA
Dancing by Charles Holdefer, Poitiers, France
Dress the Goose by Andrea Malin, Los Angeles, CA
Fire by Dylan Landis, Santa Monica, CA
In Love with Martha Stewart by Mickey Clement, Huntington Bay, NY
Inukshuk by Julie Mason, Ottawa, ON
Lease by Morgan McDermott, Evanston, IL
Out of the Land of Egypt by Andrea Jackson, St. Louis, MO
Please Forgive Me Again, Hector by Unnamed, Los Angeles, CA
Rapture by Jennifer S. Davis, Spokane, WA
Traction by Morgan McDermott, Evanston, IL
Essay: Judged by Bret Lott
WINNER: Pilgrim Soul by Debra MarquartDebra Marquart is the author of two books of poetry, Everything's a Verb and From Sweetness, and a short story collection, The Hunger Bone: Rock & Roll Stories. An associate professor of English, she is the poetry editor of Flyway Literary Review and Coordinator of the Creative Writing Program at Iowa State University. She is currently at work on a memoir, The Horizontal Life: On Rebellion and Return, about growing up a rebellious farmer's daughter on a North Dakota wheat farm by and a novel, set in Greece, titled The Olive Harvest.
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Life Sentences by Sidney J. Burris, Fayetteville, AK
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Paul Is Dead, and We're All Listening: Rumor and Revelation, 1969 By Ned Balbo, Baltimore, MD
FINALISTS:
Black Dress by Anne Dimock, Afton, MA
Death of an Armadillo by Randall H. Nunn, Sherman, TX
Dying Southern by Kat Meads, Ben Lomond, CA
Filled with Pain by Linda Amato, Bellmore, NY
Fresh Air by I. Mosvald, Louisville, KY
Goggies Tavern by Garry Wallace, Powell, WY
The Guerillas Guide by Ellen Ann Fentress, Jackson, MS
In the Garden by Robin J. Townsley Arcus, Durham, NC
Life Sentences by Sidney J. Burris, Fayetteville, AR
Painting Cambodia for Judy by Karen J. Coates, West Bend, WI
Plague History and Plague Theology by Roberta Katechofsky, Marblehead, MA
Playing by the Rules by Alan Huard, New Orleans, LA
Rant by William J. Wood, Clackamas, OR
The Rhythm of Strife by Katie Barnes, Santa Monica, CA
Sinfully Agitated Blond by Dick Michener, Waynesville, NC
Skeletons of Stories by Katy Read, Minneapolis, MN
Venice by Robin J. Townsley Arcus, Durham, NC
What Men Dont Know About Our Own Rooms by Chiara Barzini
Poem: Judged by Rodger Kamenetz
WINNER: A Child's Evening at Oak Grove Church by Jan PresleyJan Presley teaches English at Carbondale Community High School in Southern Illinois. Her poetry has been published locally, and she recently won the Writers Digest first place award for her poem The Moon and the Spoken Word. She owes such recognition to her mothers relentlessly hopeful submission of her daughters poetry to national contests.
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Convergence by Scott Bailey, Raleigh, MS
SECOND RUNNER-UP: Cantaro by M. Michael McCamley, Stillwater, OK
FINALISTS:
2001 by Cindy Lou Levee, Baton Rouge, LA
Afoot Again by Elaine Dallman, San Francisco, CA
Angling by I. Mosvold, Louisville, KY
A Beautiful Disaster by Katie Bowler, Harahan, LA
Benny's Bar by Sidra Ellisor, New Orleans, LA
Burnt Black by I. Mosvold, Louisville, KY
The Church Burner by Bob Storm, Murray, KY
CNN Reports Ground Forces Extensive Near Baghdad by Cindy Lou Levee, Baton Rouge, LA
Cusp by Amy Marie Baird, Camden, OH
Fluoresce by I. Mosvold, Louisville, KY
Fore by Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Garden Lips by James Arturo Pounds, Austin, TX
Girl of Tankas by Lynn Veach Sadler, Sanford, NC
Guitar Solo by Jan Dawkins, Oceanside, CA
Haiku Lite by Walker Culpepper, New Orleans, LA
Hart Island by Ned Balbo, Baltimore, MD
Late Sentence by Gail Waldstein, Denver, CO
Maries Lascivious Dreaming Knees by Mary Barres Riggs, Oxford, MS
The Mess by Ian Siegel, Takoma Park, MD
My Oscar by Joe Hill, Exeter, NH
No Control by Nina Louton, Hot Springs, AR
Octogenarian Tea by Mark T. Kelly, London, UK
One Too Many by Dawn L. Bird, Wrentham, MA
Photographing the Alices by Susan Terris, San Francisco, CA
Stick Pilot by Antoinette Constable, Oakland, CA
This is the City by Kiel Hamm, Long Beach, CA
Torch Dancev by Amy Ruth Trussell, Santa Rosa, CA
Vision by Cole R. DeLaune by Jackson, TN
When by I. Mosvold, Louisville, KY
High School Short Story: Judged by Josh Clark
WINNER: Skin by Hallie RundleHallie Rundle was born in New Orleans in 1985. She attends the Academy of the Sacred Heart and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where she is now a third-year student in the Creative Writing Program, Her writing has won awards from the Quarante Club of New Orleans and the Hollins College Nancy Thorpe Poetry Prize.
RUNNERS-UP:
Scritch-Scratch by Rachel Cole, New Orleans, LA
Neither Burning nor Washing by Josslyn Lake, Clayton, MO
The Balconies of Camaguey by Daniel Castro, New Orleans, LA
FINALISTS:
Bella: A Burial by Steven Miller, New Orleans, LA
Bottleneck by Rebekah Olinde, New Orleans, LA
Correspondence by Gail McWilliams, New Orleans, LA
Cuidad Jardin by Colin Gilbert, New Orleans, LA
Monkey by Kezia Kamenetz, New Orleans, LA
The Divine Normalcy of Finster MacKnucklebee by Ricky Aucoin, Watson, LA
The Planets Are Aligned by Kate Mooney, New Orleans, LA
Sarah's War by Christa Blackmon, Miami, FL
September by Charmika Stewart
Straw by Cole R. DeLaune, Jackson, TN
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