Past Winners Of The Peter K. Hixson Award
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2022 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: E. Kerr
Poetry Honorable Mention: Rebecca Smolen
Short Story Winner: Brooke Dilling
Short Story Winner: Rae Phillips
Short Story Honorable Mention: Hardy Griffin
2021 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Anne Marie Wells
Short Story Winner: Melissa Knox
Short Story Honorable Mention: Alex Masse
2020 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Shirley Hilton
Poetry Winner: Ricardo Moran
Short story Winner: Beri Balistreri
Short story honorable mention: Mark Poe
2019 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Claudia Rojas
Poetry Honorable Mention:Cynthia Young
Short story Winner: Katherine Haro
Short story honorable mention: Cynthia McVay
2018 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Jessica Mehta
Poetry Wild Card: Denzel Scott
Poetry Honorable Mention: Damian Rucci
Short story Winner: Laura Pochintesta
2017 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Patti Swartz
Poetry wild card: Liz Bruno
Short story Winner: Matthue Roth
Short story honorable mention: Alexandra Rochman
2016 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Mary Newell
Short Story Winner: Melissa Heath-Lee
Short Story Honorable Mention: Bonnie MacDougall
Wild Card Winner: Serena Richardson
2015 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: T.K. Lee
Short Story Winner: Katie McClendon
2014 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winners: Ani Tuzman, Sheila Murphy
2013 (Poetry & Short Story Genres)
Poetry Winner: Brittany Tacconi
Poetry Honorable Mentions: Rachel Landrum Crumble, Robin Kalinich, Erik Richardson
Short Story Winner: Rachel Henry
Short Story Honorable Mentions: Elizabeth Klein, Aaron Schultz
2012 (All Genres)
Poetry Winner: Laura Wendorff
Short Story Winner: Josh DuBose
Book Winner: Barbara Cockrell
2011 (Poetry Only)
Lisa Cheby
Christina Kapp
Patricia McMillen
Lauren Yaffe
2010 (All Genres)
Poetry Winner: Kim Waggoner
(with honorable mentions for Heather Bartlett, Keith Gaboury, Marissa Mollot, and Adrienne Sneed)
Short Prose Winner: Elishia Heiden
(with honorable mentions for Byron Campbell, Pittershawn Palmer, and Maria Carvajal)
Book Winner: Rebecca Elswick
(with honorable mentions for Lynda Martin and Lynda Letona)
Wild Card Winners: Jackleen Holton and Daniela Petrova
