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Pen 2 Paper 2018 Results

2018 was another record-breaker for Pen 2 Paper! Thank you so much to everyone who submitted over 360 pieces of disability fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and comics (yes, we got some comics!). Since we had so many high quality pieces of work, we decided to increase our finalist pool compared to previous years. We quickly realized that choosing only ten entries per category would not only be very difficult for us, but it also meant too many outstanding entries would have gone unrecognized. We just couldn't let that happen!

We are proud to announce the following finalists from each division. Entries posted with permission; authors retain all rights. Please note that starred entries may contain strong language, violence, or sexual content.

Grand Prize

Disarmed Georgette Mallory

Non Fiction

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First Place: For the Star * Erin Clark
Second Place: (tie) Stable Mary-Pat Hayton | Tell Me About Today Bobbi Junior
Audience Favorite: Disarmed Georgette Mallory
Finalists:

• Affliction Mathew Schmalz
• Bingo Nina Fosati
• Chronic Optimism Jennifer Willis
• The Dangerous Horse Angela Pryce
• Fighting the Panic Dawn Carrington
• An Extra Lens * Susan Dashiell
• Into a Memory Robert Kingett
• Living in Colorado Ruth Lee
• M O V I N G L E T T E R S Sarah Canterbury (originally published in GNU Journal, Jan. 2018)
• Mommy Has a Boo-Boo Leg: Talking to My Son About My Autoimmune Disease Wendy Kennar
• My Keyboard Benjamin Alexander
• Still Light Out Maia Evrona
• To Go or Not To Go Dana Carpenter
• To Whom it May Concern * Krystal Cates
• Without a Net Catherine Gove

Fiction

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First Place: The Monster Inside Cohl Warren-Howles
Second Place: Numbers in the Park Michael Pesant
Audience Favorite: Spinne the Spider's Big City Adventure Lindy (MaeMae) Spencer
Finalists:

• Bad Neighborhood Anne Pyle
• The Brakeman's Caboose * Cory Lovell
• Broken Donna Walker
• The Chasm K Dearsley
• A Cup of Coffee Evan Guilford-Blake
• Kisses Mike Wilson (orginally published in The Moon Magazine, Feb. 2018)
• The Last Thing Jill Brooks
• The Lemon Falcon Steven Wight
• Mermaids Don't Die of Thirst Cathy Bryant
• One Smart Cookie Patricia Hines
• Paradise Henry Stanton
• Pieces of Broken Porcelain Shaun Kafka
• Revenant Dave Kavanagh
• The Revenge of Turtle Man Kimberly Anne Bussing
• Saturday Morning Oats LaVa Payne
• Talking is Hard Jennifer Floyd
• The Show Outside Rick Borsten
• We Need to Talk Clarissa Gosling (previously published in Short Fiction Break)

Poetry

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First Place: Tales of an Injured Warrior Nica Rodriguez
Second Place: (tie) The Autistic Voice Andrew Blitman | Sclerotic Disambiguation AT Hincaple | Speech Therapists Will Give Stickers to Anyone Jill Hawkins
Audience Favorite: The Autistic Voice Andrew Blitman
Finalists:

• Cane-Cane Raymond Luczak
• 138 Maya Jackson
• Alzhie's Gerard Sarnat
• An Honest Attempt at a Composition Addressed to You, Dad Dorothy Poon
• Aspergirl Kylie Hough
• Bryce Pamela Sumners
• Dear Mom, I See Your Pain Destiny Robeson
• Dear Pain anonymous
• Did I Write a Love Letter or a Suicide Note Christ-y-marie Garcia
• Disappearing Act Lara Pazek
• Displaced Elizabeth Ferenczy
• Going to Sleep Preston Frasch
• JAZZ Dan Kaufman
• Juncture Courtney Felle
• Lisa at Church in May Janelle Stear
• Lucy Alexes Lester
• Magnapinna Kristopher Cooley
• Mainomai Cole Stanulis
• Mania The Poet Spiel
• Memoirs of a Residential Treatment Center Maxwell Kaufman
• My Deep Nicky Apap
• On Living with PMDD Erin Moynihan
• Painting Your Soul on My Fading Screams Dawn Cunningham
• Praying Naked Jenna Pashley
• Schizophrenia Greg Manning
• Some Bried Escape Ben Jorisch
• Space and Time Heather Prost
• The Migraine Rita Martinez
• The Nursing Home Robert Robeson
• The Pain You Don't See Amanda Steel
• The Walking Miracle Ashley Rummel
• They Call Me Wheelchair Bound Brian Koukol
• To My Future Son I Hope I Never Have William Gould
• Trips Down Manic Episodes Miranda Holman
• Unresolved Mary Kaye
• Wet Blanket Stella Carruthers
• You Wouldn't Ask a Sighted Person Niki White

Comics

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First Place: Faceplant * David Borden & Eric Clow
Second Place: Oh Brother Georgina Chadderton
Audience Favorite: Oh Brother Georgina Chadderton
Finalists:

• Once Upon an Accommodation: A Book about Learning Disabilities Nina G & Mean Dave
• Wish Keren Acosta