DECEMBER 2015

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

David l. Mizner for “Your Swim”

2nd-place winner:

Ezekiel N. Finkelstein for “Clayton and the Apocalypse: Scenes from an Earlier Life”

3rd-place winner:

Karen Malley for “Fragile”

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Kathy C. Ahn for “In My Father’s House”
Louise Aronson for “Choices”
Elizabeth Bernstein for “Concessions”
Melanie S. Bishop for “Home for Wayward Girls”
Doug Crandell for “Snow Days”
Alex C. Jaros for “Southwest Chief”
Meng Jin for “An Ordinary Man”
Richard Katrovas for “Meluzina”
Allison LaSorda for “Maybe Tonight, Maybe Tomorrow”
Amanda R. Leduc for “Man of Plenty”
Helen Elaine Lee for “Blood Knot”
Terrance L. Manning, Jr. for “Schwinn King”
Victor G. Matak for “Hiroshima Man”
Lee B. Montgomery for “Beautiful Other”
Christian P. Moody for “The Go Seekers”
Valli Jo Porter for “Animals in Kind”
Andrew B. Ross for “A Martingale System”
Denise P. Sherman for “Traveling”
Merrie Snell for “Clearing”
Kelly Lynn Thomas for “The Girl Who Only Sleeps on Planes”
Nkemdilim J. Ukwu for “Stats”
Eric G. Wilson for “Upon Waking Up”