2008 Winners

First Prize - Memoir

Christopher Rosales

Christopher Rosales
"The Thousand Yard Stare"

First Prize - Undergraduate Non-fiction

Adam Stetson

Adam Stetson
"I am a Pilgrim: The Road to Telluride Bluegrass Festival
Culture in the New West"

First Prize - Undergraduate Fiction

Richard Keehn III

Richard Keehn III
"Wounded Knee '73"

First Prize - Graduate Non-fiction

Christian Heimburger

Christian Heimburger
"Life Beyond Barbed Wire"

First Prize - Graduate Fiction

Christopher Rosales

Christopher Rosales
"Cinco de Mayo"

First Prize - Poetry

Rachel (Avy) Harris

Rachel (Avy) Harris
"Telling Stories"

First Prize - Special Topic: Immigration

William Kovacsik

William Kovacsik
"Old Glory"

Honorable Mention - Memoir

Casey Flynn

Casey Flynn
"The Same Road for the First Time"

Honorable Mention - Memoir

Michael Bragg

Michael Bragg
"We Pursue Catharsis Like a Dog Chases His Tail"

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate Non-fiction

Kate Flaherty

Kate Flaherty
"A Close Reading of the Virginian"

Honorable Mention - Undergraduate Fiction

David Carlberg

David Carlberg
"In the Valley of the Six-Armed Cross"

Honorable Mention - Graduate Fiction

Vivian Liao

Vivian Liao
"The Kitchen Master"

Honorable Mention - Poetry

Jennifer Kling

Jennifer Kling
"Bouldering"

Honorable Mention - Special Topic: Immigration

Leora Frankel

Leora Frankel
"Lulling Reaches"

Honorable Mention - Special Topic: Immigration

Cari Skogberg Eastman

Cari Skogberg Eastman
"Looking Back: The History of U.S. (Im)Migration"