The 2014 COR Student Writing Awards in Poetry, Fiction, and Literary Nonfiction The COR Student Writing Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry honor the exceptional creative work of undergraduate and graduate students who are enrolled at least part-time in a U.S. college or university. Each winner receives $1,000.00 and publication in Crab Orchard Review.
The 2014 Allison Joseph Poetry Award winner is “Orbital” by Jocelyn Heath (Georgia State University). We would also like to congratulate the finalists for the 2014 award: “The Glenn Hotel, Colbert, Georgia” by Jo Brachman (University of West Georgia); “Camphor” by Julia Carino (University of Virginia); “The Crows” by Lawrence Eby (California State University, San Bernardino); and “The Blues” by J.P. Grasser (The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University). The 2014 Charles Johnson Fiction Award winner is “Shipyards” by Matthew Dougherty (Ohio University). We would also like to congratulate the finalists for the 2014 award: “Pool Party” by Michael Angel (University of California, Irvine); “Underwater Bells” by Lee Conell (Vanderbilt University); “Errands” by Ryan Habermeyer (University of Missouri, Columbia); “Perchance to Dream” by Jake Patin (University of Arkansas at Monticello); and “Fifteen Ways to Lose a Mother” by Kate Stoltzfus (Goshen College). The 2014 Rafael Torch Literary Nonfiction Award winner is “How Much for That Pair of Shoes?” by Caitlin McGill (Emerson College). We would also like to congratulate the finalists for the 2014 award: “A Certain Kind of Man” by Mardi Link (Queens University of Charlotte); “Identify Yourself ” by Erica Sklar (University of North Carolina Wilmington); “Work of Art” by Diana Trapp (Northern Kentucky University); “Yield” by Chris Wiewiora (Iowa State University); and “Carrara Marble” by Talya Zax (Washington University in St. Louis).
For more information about the COR Student Writing Awards and the past winners, and about Allison Joseph, Charles Johnson, and Rafael Torch, visit:
CrabOrchardReview.siu.edu/COR_SWA.html