Wordfest Award Recipients

Congratulations to the spring 2005 winners of Wordfest prizes in poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction prose. The Academy of American Poets Award (in memory of Vivian S. Richards) and the Anna Zink Springstreen poetry prize have also been awarded. Judges for all categories are noted authors and editors outside of Valparaiso University. All Valpraraiso students are encouraged to compete.

ANNA ZINK SPRINGSTEEN PRIZE
(Poetry)

Benjamin Mueller. Pictured above with Prof. Edward Byrne.

ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS AWARD
(Vivian S. Richards Memorial Prize):

Evan Scott Bryson Academy of American Poets Award (honorable mention):
Benjamin Mueller Academy of American Poets Award (honorable mention):
Jonathan Boggs

WORDFEST POETRY AWARD

First place: Benjamin Mueller
Second place: Jonathan Boggs
Third place: Benjamin Mueller
Honorable mention: Rachel Musser
Honorable mention: Evan Scott Bryson
Honorable mention: Benjamin Mueller

Wordfest Short Fiction Award

First place: Sarah R. Werner
Second place: Tracy Lynn Monson
Third place: Philip Nadasdy
Honorable mention: Tommy Dean
Honorable mention: Steven A. Humphris
Honorable mention: Tracy Lynn Monson

Wordfest Nonfiction Award

First place: Dan Lesko
Second place: Jillian Nolan
Third place: Katie Benjamin
Third place: Liz Hanson
Honorable mention: Beth Adams