Excerpts

Excerpts Poetry

• 2013: Gaylord Brewer – “Ghost Cleans Himself Up Before Visiting Monument of the War Dead“
• 2013: Alice B. Fogel – “House of Hoarding” and “The Living Room“
• 2013: Michael Harty – “Joyce Street Underpass, Near the Pentagon“
• 2013: Lawrence O’Brien – “Debris“
• 2013: Mariela Griffor – “Crisis“
• 2013: Cleopatra Mathis – “Revenant“
• 2012: William Winfield Wright – “My Soul, the Size of a Bee“
• 2012: Jonathan Blake – “Those Lords of the Flies“
• 2012: Jeanne Wagner – “Losing Her“
• 2012: Daniel Williams – “Pluto to Persephone“
• 2012: Hope Jordan – “Woman Photographed by Paul Watson, Pulitzer Prize Winner, 1994“
• 2012: Joanne M. Clarkson – “My Father, The Butcher“
• 2012: Simon Perchik – “Still“
• 2012: Bill Glose – “Blind Dog“
• 2012: James Scruton – “Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary“
• 2012: James Dickson – “Concerto“
• 2011: Philip Dacey – “Against Rushing“
• 2011: Diane Hueter – “Facing the Storm“
• 2011: Ann Falcone Shalaski – “The Nature of Healing“
• 2011: Rochelle Jewel Shapiro – “Every Day We Can Take into Our Vision“
• 2010: Jodi L. Hottel – “The Cage“
• 2010: Rachel de Baere – “In the Garden with Father“
• 2010: Jim Ferris – “Patron Saint“
• 2010: Mary Elizabeth Parker – “Well“
• 2009: Mary Makofske – “Dear Editor“
• 2008: Trent Busch – “Balanced at Forty“
• 2008: Jonathan Blake – “Dusk: Isle Sur La Sorgue“
• 2008: Janelle Adsit – “Postcard I“
• 2007: Baron Wormser – “Bax“
• 2007: Dan Nowak – “Drunk Dial as the Sun Rises Over an Empty Bottle of Vodka in a Cheap Hotel in Tampa,” “Naked and Ugly, It’s What We Love“
• 2007: Nathan Leslie – “All Is Food“
• 2007: Nan Byrne – “Morning Glory“
• 2007: Anele Rubin – “I Like“
• 2006: Frederick Lord – “The Roofer“
• 2006: Gail Hanlon – “Daguerrotype of Emily Dickinson,” “Still Life with Pears“
• 2006: Damon McLaughlin – “Instincts“
• 2006: Laurel Bastian – “Elope,” “Scruples“
• 2006: Joanne Lowery – “Worry, the Kangaroo“
• 2006: Joe Benevento – “Tough Guys Don’t Write“
• 2005: Kenneth O’Keefe – “In Search Of New Life“
• 2005: Frank Giampietro – “Confessional Poem #783“
• 2005: Damon McLaughlin – “From a Diner Window“
• 2005: Lita Sorenson – “Reports of Being Easily Crazed, Like Snow—“

Fiction

• 2013: John DeBon – “Sunday Nights“
• 2013: Trisha M. Cohen – “Harmonica Eater“
• 2013: Nat Schmookler – “The Can Down the Road“
• 2012: William Jensen – “Kingdom of Heaven“
• 2012: William Cass – “What Goes Around“
• 2012: Andy Plattner – “Adored“
• 2012: Vanessa Furse Jackson – “Cat’s Cradle“
• 2012: Leslie Jamison – “All The Goats Are Born in The Hills“
• 2012: Abe Aamidor – “Delivery“
• 2011: Richard Dokey – “Stuff“
• 2010: Phil Nerges – “They Must be Hungry“
• 2010: Diane Les Becquets – “Wild Spaces“
• 2010: Greg Bachar – “Perhaps Some Sun“
• 2009: Steve Himmer – “I Grow Potatoes“
• 2008: Ann Robinson – “The Muse Lottery“
• 2008: Francine Witte – “Little Things“
• 2008: Merle Drown – “Sixth Grade“
• 2007: Dolores de Leon – “Deception“
• 2007: Aaron Hellem – “Everything in a Place that Needs Finding“
• 2007: Holly Hages Perrault – “The Red Hat“
• 2007: Francine Witte – “My Father, Like a Bird,” “Just Like Camp Songs“
• 2006: Lisa Ohlen Harris – “Wild Berries“
• 2006: Damon Stewart – “Turning Dust“
• 2006: Kyle Torke – “Courage“
• 2005: Katherine MacKenzie – “Cherries“
• 2005: Natalie Pepa – “For Those Who Wait“
• 2005: Kelcey Parker – “I Heard a Fly Buzz“
• 2005: Becca Deysach – “On Beauty“
• 2005: Merle Drown – “Man With A Comb“

Non-fiction

• 2012: Barry North – “The Truth“
• 2012: Traci Moore – “Reflections on Water“
• 2012: Delia Malamud – “Grandmothers of the Disappeared“
• 2012: Ayana Mathis – “Amos Interview – Allan Gurganus“
• 2011: Tara Lindis – “Collecting Stillness“
• 2010: P. A. Moed – “Breaking Bread“
• 2010: Megan Baxter – “Northern Lights“
• 2009: Gail Folkins – “Light in the Trees“
• 2009: Tara L. Masih – “Be Prepared to Evacuate“
• 2007: Jessica Bacal – “I Eat My Pets“
• 2006: Tracy McCabe – “Chaos and Composition“
• 2003: Robert M. Colley – “Fiction-Reading as an Exercise in Moral Education” (PDF)

NH High School Contest winners

• 2012: Brianna Coykendall – Twins I Never Met (Poetry winner)
• 2012: Amanda Mitchell – Outbreak (Fiction winner)
• 2011: Grace Hoefs – “Brown” (Poetry winner)
• 2011: Bethany Clarke – “Sanctuary” (Fiction winner)
• 2010: Emilie Vansant – “Simple Fragments” (Poetry winner)
• 2010: Raychel Rapazza – “Prices of Freedom” (Fiction winner)
• 2009: Bridget Gill – “Unearthly Earth” (Non-fiction winner)
• 2009: Abby Franklin – “The Saw-Whet” (Poetry winner)
• 2008: Davi da Silva – Sick (Non-fiction winner) (Note: due to the personal nature of this story, the link has been removed at the request of the author.)
• 2008: Hillary Casavant – “Masquerade” (Poetry winner)
• 2007: Tara Isabella Burton – “We Are Dust and Shadows“(Fiction winner)
• 2006: Paul M. Capobianco – “Constellation make up: a true story, except for the parts about a yellow flower” (Fiction winner)
• 2006: Matthew Lemoyne – “in toaster town the xmas children love,” “gratias however i prefer extra crispy , Col Sanders” (Poetry winner)

SNHU Contest winners

• 2012: Jena Peterson – Balancing Girl (Poetry winner)
• 2012: Taylor Meeks – The Silence Without You (Fiction winner)
• 2011: Susan E. Ruhl – “On the Road with Lester” (Poetry winner)
• 2011: Susan E. Ruhl – “The Day Walt Whitman Made me Blush” (Poetry winner)
• 2011: D.C. Crawford – “Tomorrow” (Fiction winner)
• 2010: Julie Page – “Beige” (Poetry winner)
• 2010: Louis Berceli – “Le Petit Mort” (Fiction winner)
• 2009: Melissa Hurley – “Cold Chai” (Fiction winner)
• 2009: Alicia Beane – “My Lost Shoe” (Poetry winner)
• 2009: Mckendy Fils-Aimé – “Bullies” (Poetry honorary mention)
• 2008: Nate Boesch – “The Good Child” (Fiction winner)
• 2008: Alicia Beane – “Suitcase and Left” (Poetry winner)
• 2007: Rob O’Hanlon – “Cancer” (Poetry winner)
• 2006: Michael Chadwick – “Come Back Home” (Fiction winner)
• 2006: Rory J. Parnell – “The Last Chess Game” (Fiction honorable mention)
• 2005: Susan Kennedy – “Light of Hope” (Fiction winner)

SNHU MFA Contest winners

• 2012: Jerri Clayton – Suicide (Prose winner)
• 2011: Rebecca Mahoney – “Querencia” (Fiction winner)
• 2010: Darren Cormier – “Opus No. 1” (Fiction winner)