Awards and Prizes

Scholarship Recipient

Sean Young (Virginia F. Ireys English Teacher Scholarship, 2012)

R. V. Williams Short Fiction Award - '13

First Prize – "Cravings," by Samantha Kennedy

Second Prize – "J and Parker," by Rhiannon V. Williams

Third Prize – "Euphrates," by Harris Hancock

Honorable Mention

First Honorable Mention – "Emerald," by Sharon R. Wolfe

Second Honorable Mention – "Chess," by Spenser Babyak

Third Honorable Mention – "Tangles," by Anna Towers

Judge:  Mariah K. Young, the author of Masha'allah and Other Stories, winner of the James D. Houston Award and published by Heyday. She is a graduate of Cal State Hayward and holds an MFA in Creative Writing from UC Riverside.

Donald Markos Poetry Prize - '13

First Prize: "Gathering the Serpents" by Christopher Morgan

Second Prize: "In a World That Is Only Humming" by Michael Young

Third Prize: "Knee Deep" by Samantha Kennedy

Honorable Mention: "Yamaha in Slow Motion" by Samantha Kennedy

Poetry Judge: Berkeley poet Nellie Hill, author most recently of the chapbook My Daily Walk. Her poems have been published in The Harvard Magazine, Commonweal, Poetry East,  among many others.

De Clercq Poetry Prize - '13

First Prize: "Fragile" by Gabrielle Brown-Wing

Second Prize: "At Eden Valley" by Samantha Kennedy

Third Prize: "Adventures at Grandma's" by Brittney Hill

Honorable Mentions: "Kindling" by Candice Evenson and "Attempting to Place Myself in a Long Line of Tragedy" by Thomas (TJ) Lyons