2011 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Rosmarie Waldrop
Poetry Genre

Winner
Mistake, Meredith Stricker.

Runner-up
Listening for Earthquakes, Jasmine Dreame Wagner.

Also Notable
The Land Is a Painted Thing, Carrie Bennett.
Dismantling the Rabbit Altar, Natasha Kessler.
Cathexis Edelweiss, Thibault Raoult.

2010 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Deb Olin Unferth
Fiction Genre

Winner
Tongue Party, Sarah Rose Etter.

Runner-up
Short Dark Oracles, Sara Levine.

Also Notable
TV, Spencer Thomas Campbell.
Rope & Other Yarns, Joshua Harmon.
Here, Alec Niedenthal.

2009 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Michael Burkard
Poetry Genre

Winner
Ghost Machine, Ben Mirov.

Runner-up
Bird Any Damn Kind, Lucas Farrell.

Also Notable
Fables, Sarah Goldstein.
Hauptstrasse, A. Minetta Gould.
Minimum Heroic, Christopher Salerno.

2008 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Brian Evenson
Fiction Genre

Winner
All the Day’s Sad Stories, Tina May Hall.

Runner-up
The Collectors, Matt Bell.

Also Notable
A State of Unbelief and Hawthorn Blossoms, Andrew Borgstrom.
Personas, J.C. Miller.
Springtime and Important Things to Remember, Ben Stein.

2007 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Claudia Rankine
Poetry Genre

Winner
afterpastures, Claire Hero.

Runner-up
scenic fences | houses innumerable, Aby Kaupang.

Also Notable
Dear Sound of Footstep, Jane Ashley.
Terrible Person, Rebecca Gopoian.
Lot 16, Christof Scheele.

2006 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Denise Duhamel
Poetry Genre

Winner
Dolls, Tom Whalen.

Runner-up
Obscura: The Daguerreotype Series, Julie Gard.

Also Notable
Lion-Shaped Parade, Tom Christopher.
Narcissus Resists, Matthew Hittinger.
Scar Letters, Theodore Worozbyt.

2004 Caketrain Chapbook Competition
Final Judge Jim Daniels
Poetry Genre

Winner
Check-In, Elizabeth Skurnick.

Runner-up
The Reservist, John Davis.