Year
2014
Final Judge
Peter Markus
Form
Fiction
Winner
A Book So Red, Rachel Levy
Runner-Up
Lemons, Kathryn Scanlan
Also Notable
An Occasional History, Laura Davenport
Some People, Their Oblations, Joel Hans
After the Wars of Fruition, Bryson Newhart
Year
2013
Final Judge
Tan Lin
Form
Poetry
Winner
Half Out Where, Joseph Aguilar
Runner-Up
Disposable Epics, Thibault Raoult
Also Notable
Carrying the TV out into the Snow, Emily Anderson
Words on Edge, Michael Leong
The Animals, Colin Winnette
Year
2012
Final Judge
Michael Kimball
Form
Fiction
Winner
Collected Alex, A.T. Grant
Runner-Up
Lake of Earth, William VanDenBerg
Also Notable
Letters to the Devil, Lena Bertone
Air Hunger, Lindsay Herko
I Don’t Want to Win Things, Megan Martin
Year
2011
Final Judge
Rosmarie Waldrop
Form
Poetry
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
Year
2010
Final Judge
Deb Olin Unferth
Form
Fiction
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
Year
2009
Final Judge
Michael Burkard
Form
Poetry
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
Year
2008
Final Judge
Brian Evenson
Form
Fiction
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
Year
2007
Final Judge
Claudia Rankine
Form
Poetry
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
Year
2006
Final Judge
Denise Duhamel
Form
Poetry
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
Year
2004
Final Judge
Jim Daniels
Form
Poetry
Winner
Check-In, Elizabeth Skurnick
Runner-Up
The Reservist, John Davis