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2006

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Philipp Ponomarev

Philipp Ponomarev

First Prize – Poetry
“Moonlight River Ballad”

Norah Charles

Norah Charles

First Prize – Memoir
“Terra Firma”

Christian Heimburger

Christian Heimburger

First Prize – Graduate Nonfiction
“Rise of the Atomic Sun: Japanese American Reactions to the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima…”

William C. Kovacsik

William C. Kovacsik

First Prize – Graduate Fiction
“Gone”

Josh Boissevain

Josh Boissevain

First Prize – Undergraduate Nonfiction
“Blood Meridian and the ‘Creation’ of Historical Narrative”

Jesse Case

Jesse Case

First Prize – Undergraduate Fiction
“The Book of John”

Cora Evelyn

Cora Evelyn

Honorable Mention – Poetry
“I am Your Cowboy”

Mary Micikas

Mary Micikas

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate Nonfiction
“Re-imagining Education through Bilingual Poetry”

Jean Strumbos

Jean Strumbos

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate Fiction

Adam Wilks

Adam Wilks

Honorable Mention – Undergraduate Fiction
“Shootout at the Brokaw Corral”

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