Fiction Winners Fiction Winners The Oil Burns at Both Ends February 18, 2026 Written by: Jenna Ulizio Winner of the 2026 Aetna Prize for Creative Writing for Children & Young Adults The Oil Burns at Both Ends ... Are You Still Using This Device? February 18, 2026 Written by: Jenna Ulizio Third Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction I was stuck in the... Check Engine February 18, 2026 Written by: Piper Kimball Second Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction The armistice had become routine, and so it... Stars Made Anew February 18, 2026 Written by: Joei D’aloia First Place Winner of the 2026 Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction I. On Wednesdays, the uniform is... Ashes, Ashes February 12, 2026 Written by: Paige Annecchino Prose Winner of the 2026 The Edward R. and Frances Schreiber Collins Literary Prizes The club was too loud, the... The Untitled Body Project May 7, 2025 Written by: Sophie Wallis Buckner Winner of the 2025 Edwin Way Teale Award for Nature Writing The experience of the body as part of the self is... Eleven Things You Don’t Do May 1, 2025 Written by: Jenna Ulizio Winner of The Edward R. and Frances Schreiber Collins Literary Prize When you leave, don’t make a sound. Getting out of... A Requiem for the Endling May 1, 2025 Written by: Lucy Lyttle Third Place Winner of the Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction An endling is the last known individual of a... Letter from 1968 May 1, 2025 Written by: Karen Lau Second Place Winner of The Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Short Fiction “Mom, I’m at the state police barracks in... 123456