Center for Women Writers is pleased to announce
the Winners of our 2009 International Literary Awards!
- selected from over 500 entries representing 43 states and 9 countries -

2009 Reynolds Price Short Fiction Award Winner

Jacob M. Appel, New York, NY
"The Vermin Episode"

Honorable Mentions
Patricia Engel, Key Biscayne, FL, for "Madre Patria"
Midge Raymond, Seattle, WA, for "Fire Season"

Judged by: John McNally

2009 Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award Winner

Maria Hummel, San Francisco, CA
"The Curtain"

Honorable Mentions
Carolyn Chamberlin, Westport, MA, for "Somewhere in the North Atlantic"
Margaret MacInnis, Iowa City, IA, for "My Father in Cars"

Judged by: Jennifer Niven

2009 Rita Dove Poetry Award Winner

Susan Lilley, Maitland, FL
"Hegemony"

Honorable Mentions
Tanya Olson, Durham, NC, for "Serving with Schrodinger's Cat"
Marcella Remund, Beresford, SD, for "Maid of Fire"

Judged by: Molly Peacock

Updated information on the 2010 International Literary Awards
will be on our website this summer: http://www.salem.edu/go/cww