2012 Contest Winners
The Bellingham Review
is pleased to announce
Winners of the 2012 Literary Contests
The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
Final Judge: Sheila Bender
First Place: Anittah Patrick
“The Math”
Runner Up: Aaron Alford, “Dead Man’s Land”
Finalists: Natalie Vestin, Kate Washington, Sharon Carmack, Gina Troisi, Cathy Warner,
The 49th Parallel Award for Poetry
Final Judge: Linda Bierds
First Place: Anna Marie Craighead-Kintis
“A Bosque Burns on the Feast of John the Baptist”
Runner Up: Marcia Popp, “you can sit over there”
Finalists: Hadara Bar-Nadav, Wesley Rothman, Traci Brimhall, Amy Miller, Kristina Moriconi, Kumani Gantt, Shawn Fawson
The Tobias Wolff Award for Fiction
Final Judge: Robin Hemley
First Place: Dalia Rosenfeld
“Swan Street”
Runner Up: Patricia Brieschke “Beans, Love, and Revolution”
Finalists: Allyson Armistead, Amalia Gladhart, Judy Myers, Karen Uhlmann