The Long River Review is in full swing for the spring semester. We are diligently putting together the journal for our April release, trudging through submissions, proofreading, and making all sorts of disclosed-behind-the-locked-door-on-the-QT-off-the-record-very-hush-hush editorial decisions. We are pleased to announce the winners for the English Department’s Creative Writing awards for 2009-2010. Congratulations to all the winners!

The Wallace Stevens Poetry Contest
First Prize, $1000: Phillip Korth
Second Prize, $500: Katelyn Aguilar
Third Prize, $250: Matt Salyer
Judges: Penelope Pelizzon, Roger Wilkenfeld, Charles Mahoney

The Jennie Hackman Memorial Award for Short Fiction
First Prize, $1000: Jesse Williams, “How Gary Met Melisa”
Second Prize, $300:  Miranda DePoi. “Shadows on the Wall”
Third Prize, $200: Sierra Ryan, “Funeral Reds”
Judges: Lynn Bloom, Richard Peterson, Fred Roden

Collins Literary Prizes
Prose Award, $4000: John Allie,  “Lander”
Poetry Award, $4000: Duncan Campbell, “Aesthetics”
Honorable Mention: Nikki Rubin
Judges: Jonathan Hufstader, Ellen Litman, Beth Ann Fennelly

Aetna Creative Nonfiction Award
Graduate Award, $500: Zara Rix, “Knowing the Enemy”
Undergraduate First Place, $300: Timothy Stobierski, “He Had Some Tears”
Undergraduate Second Place, $200: Jennifer Few, “The Man with the Lopsided Birthday Cake”
Judges: Regina Barecca, Liz Hart, Sam Pickering

The Aetna Creative Works in Progress Grant
$1000, Matthew Salyer, “Homecoming” from the novel in progress, Tenino
Honorable Mention:  Jennifer Holley, “White Portals”
Judges: Fred Biggs, Theodore Van Alst, Roger Wilkenfeld

The Long River Graduate Writing Award
$250, Zara Rix, “Deliberate Decisions”
Judges: Regina Barreca, Anna Mae Duane, Ellen Litman

The Edwin Way Teal Nature Writing Award
Graduate First Place, $125: Zbigniew Grabowski, “Husbandry”
Graduate Second Place, $75: Caitlin Shirts, “Climate”
Judges: Sam Pickering, Sydney Plum, Bob Tilton

Thank you to all who entered and we encourage all students to enter again next year! Be the first in line to grab a copy of this year’s journal at the Long River Review release party at the UConn Co-op on Thursday, April 29th at 7 p.m. For more Creative Writing events, visit creativewriting.uconn.edu.