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