Ohio Writer Becomes Muse: A Quarterly Journal of The Lit
Starting January 2008, the magazine formerly known as Ohio Writer will now be known as Muse: A Quarterly Journal of The Lit. Contact The Lit with any questions.
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Best of Ohio Writer 2007 Winners Announced!
Poetry
First Place: “Many Bright Mansions Above” by Thomas Dukes
Second Place:“Land of Fire” by Ralph Pitman
Fiction
First Place: “Salmon” by Cynthia RosiSecond Place: “What I Want on my Tombstone” by Tonya Mitchell
Creative Nonfiction
First Place: “Initiation Rites” by Linda ClarkSecond Place: “Metronome” by Arielle Stambler
Judges
Poetry: Will Greenway
Fiction: Mary Grimm
Creative Nonfiction: Paula McLain
Writers on Writing: Ron Antonucci
(Note: No prize was awarded in the category Writers on Writing)
Best of Ohio Writer 2006 Winners Announced!
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Best of Ohio Writer 2006 Winners
Poetry
First Place, $150 Prize
Beverly Potter, Seville, Varieties of Buzz and the End of History
Second Place - $50 Prize
Lou Suarez, Sheffield Lake, "Science"
Honorable Mention
Mindi Kirchner, Youngstown, Dancing After Work and Making Snow Angels
N. Nixon, Loudonville, King Dealer
Lou Suarez, Sheffield Lake, Birthday and The Good Joke
Maureen Fry, Conover, Heirloom, I Forget You and Wildfire
Jack McGuane, Lakewood, Bones of a Crow
Thomas Dukes, Richfield, Lambing
William Greenway, Youngstown, Battle of the Bulge and Pray for the Night is Coming
Daniel Hunter, Medina, Buehler's Check-out Reverie #2
Natalie Palmieri, Cleveland, Sedentary
Mary O'Malley, Avon Lake, On Reading an Old Copy of the New Yorker
Kelly A. Harris, University Heights, Garrett Grove Elementary, 1962
Elaine Costanzo, New Concord, No More
Stephanie Kight, The Plains, The Summer He Lost His Words
Fiction
First Place, $150 Prize
Jenny Patton, Dublin, For Sale
Second Place - $50 Prize
Carolyn Totten, Canton, Long Story Made Short
Honorable Mention
Michael Keith, Twinsburg, Party Animals Inc.
Stacey Battles, Akron, Sideview
Creative Non-fiction
First Place, $150 Prize
Bob Carson, Strongsville, Beans and Wieners
Second Place - $50 Prize
Thomas Dukes, Richfield, Lost in the Outfield
Honorable Mention
Ed Davis, Yellow Springs, '61 Corvette: The Impossible Puzzle
Laura Walter, Lakewood, A Way to Disconnect
Richard Livingston, Mentor, Shadows from Mom and Dad
Adrienne Deckman, Beachwood, The Forty-Year Funeral
Margaret Barnes, Springboro, Dangriga
Mary Barbara Gerson, Rocky River, First Communion
Ann Brimacombe Elliot, Columbus, Learning Columbus Ohio
Stephen Cabrera, Shaker Heights, Fluency
Writers On Writing
First Place, $150 Prize
Douglas Watson, Columbus, Author Sentenced for Life
Second Place - $50 Prize
Christopher Meyer, Danville, The Sheep Issue
Honorable Mention
Dianne Borsenik, Elyria, Heart Swept by Smoke and Under a Tombstone Moon
David Lee Garrison, Dayton, What Ovid Knows and The Home of Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Cathryn Essinger, Troy, Note Written on a Hillside
Best of Ohio Writer 2005 Winners
Poetry
First Place, $150 Prize
Jennifer Sullivan, Akron, Today
Second Place, $50 Prize
Richard Hahn, Youngstown, The Sadness of Bees
Honorable Mentions
Elton Glaser, Akron, Report from the Select Committee on the Identification of Angels;
Jack McGuane, Lakewood, Department of Homeland Security Makes Adaptations for America;
Matthew Butler, Ashtabula,Deus Ex Machina; Maureen Fry, Conover, Men at Work; Barbara McDowell, Shaker Heights, Unspoken Words
Fiction
First Place, $150 Prize
Ed Davis, Yellow Springs, The Boys of Bradleytown
Second Place, $50 Prize
Terry L. Shears, Boardman, Mat
Honorable Mention
Nikol Zdinak, Cleveland, Jump; Steve Smith, N. Canton, Appalachohioan; Nikol Zdinak, Cleveland, Conditions of Unconditional
Creative Non-fiction
First Place, $150 Prize
Sharon Peerless, Beachwood, Returning to
Gate #12
Second Place, $50 Prize
Ann Brimacombe Elliot, Columbus, Harvest
Honorable Mention
Jan Sherbin, Cincinnati, Lyuba’s Story: War is not a Game; Jan Sherbin, Cincinnati, Kseniya’s Story: I Didn’t Die When I Should Have
Writers on Writing
First Place, $150 Prize
Joyce Dyer, Hudson, Listening to the Rabbit
Second Place, $50 Prize
Steve Smith, N. Canton, Lyricism as Genre: Why the Hassle at the Gate?
Honorable Mention
Jo Gibson, Cleveland, Preoccupied; Anthony Marchionda, Jr., Struthers, Writer’s Cramp; Sandra Inskeep-Fox, Cleveland, Foraging; Nita Sweeney, Columbus, The Eskie Muse
Our thanks to this year’s judges:
Poetry: Neil Carpathios; Fiction: Mary Grimm; Creative Non-Fiction, Ted Schwarz;
Writers on Writing: Ron Antonucci
