Judged by Bret Lott

WINNER

"Petals" by Ellis Reece

Honorable Mentions

"Low-Sky Dreaming" by Heidi Durrow

"snaketown" by Kathleen Wakefield

Finalists

"Cherry's Last Trick" by Hunter Austin

"A Boy" by Xiaofei Chen

"Jones" by Mark Lane

"Trainsong" by James Porter

"Navalencia" by Carol Roh-Spaulding

"The Smell of Meat" by Sandra Scofield

"Love Hollow " by Mark Spencer

Our sincere thanks go out to all of this year's contestants.The excellent quality of the work submitted made this year's choices extremely difficult. Thank you all for keeping this exciting and underappreciated art form thriving. We hope to see you all again in two years!