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Pen 2 Paper 2014 Results

A mountain of admiration and gratitude to all who entered this year's contest! Our staff and judges thoroughly enjoyed everything we read, and we hope to see more wonderful work from you next year. Winners and finalists in each category are listed below. Entries posted with permission; authors retain all rights.

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Grand Prize

Riding, Falling, Sandy Hiortdahl Read in PDF

Fiction

1st Place: Everyday Imperatives Rebekah Orton Read in PDF

Finalists:

• Grandma's Farm, Lela De La Garza Read in PDF
• Hands, Jon Wesick Read in PDF
• Losing Face, Janet Garber Read in PDF
• Nurse Allegra and Nurse Jane, Jim Fischer Read in PDF
• Poppy and Me, Nancy Armstrong-Sanchez Read in PDF
• Silence Speaks, Tennessee Hill Read in PDF
• A Stringless Violin, Fabiyas MV Read in PDF
• The Tuesday Man, Irving Greenfield Read in PDF

Non Fiction

1st Place: In Defense of the Ice Bucket Challenge, John Florio Read in PDF

Finalists:

• Abled, Wendy Kennar Read in PDF
• Certainty, Celena Diana Bumpus
• Dancing, Michael McConnell Read in PDF
• Gun Control, Carol Murphy Read in PDF
• I'm Not Fat, I'm Pregnant, Desiree Simons Read in PDF
• Misfit, Sue Ellis Read in PDF
• Oddism, Chels Knorr
• The Vicious Cycle, Renee Carver
• Zoo Bronx, Baby Cat, T.K. Dalton

Poetry

1st Place: I Want One, Cathy Bryant Read in PDF

Finalists:

• After Hell, Kim Malinowski Read in PDF
• Dis-ability, Casey Bottono Read in PDF
• Entrapped, Krystal Cates Read in PDF
• Gifts, Thomas Cannon Read in PDF
• How I Made Peace with Waiting, Anuja Ghimire Read in PDF
• Just Hey, Celena Diana Bumpus
• Nursing Home Visit, Dorian Kotsiopoulos
• The Strongman's Lament, Diya Banerjee Read in PDF
• To My Little Sister, Barbara Blanks

Comics

• Wrapped in Plastic, Georgina Chadderton Read in PDF (page 1 only)