NMU Sponsored Contests for Fiction

Like putting your toenail clippings in a stranger's coffin

The 2006 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize
Judged by Bret Anthony Johnston, author of Corpus Christi: Stories


Winner: Tracy Winn, “Izabel Tiago”



Honorable Mentions:
Thomas L. Small, “The Librarian’s Assistant”
Midge Raymond, “Floaters”

  

The 2004 Waasmode Short Fiction Prize

The staff of Passages North thanks everybody who submitted to the 2004 Waasmode Fiction Contest.  The quality of entries was extremely high, making final decisions difficult for our guest judge, Lee Martin.  Congratulations to all of our finalists.

First prize winner:

Brett Garcia Myhren, "The Wife of Pedro Fages"

 

Finalists:

Marla Becking, "North of the 53rd"

Alma Garcia, "Truly"

Deborah Gerlach Klaus, "Freedom Ride"

Erika Mikkalo, "Pick Up Sticks"

Aaron Michael Morales, "Flashflood"

Guest Judge, Lee Martin, teaches at Ohio State University. His publications include a novel, Quakertown (Dutton, 2001); a memoir, From Our House (Dutton, 2000); and a story collection, The Least You Need to Know (Sarabande, 1996).