#27, Fall 2023
Winner, 2023 The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction Kevin Hershey, Three Fairies
Notable: Sarah Harley, Lost at Sea
Finalists: Elizabeth Bird, The Grandma You Get Graham Campbell, Losing Camelot Michael Cannistraci, Family Day at the Psych Ward Laili Gohartaj, Fossils Kathryn Jankowski, Bothered and Bewildered Tawnya Layne, A Desert Pilgrimage: Walking towards Our Wildish Selves Robin Michel, The Bride Doll Gloria Nixon-John, The Apricot Tree Delia Rainey, Damp Documents
#26, Spring 2023
Alan Caldwell, Gravel Melissa Greenwood, Colored Pencils Summer Hammond, Pulling Away Linda Petrucelli, Imaginary Friend Ryan Walker, Five Melissent Zumwalt, Games of Chance
#25, Winter 2022-23
John Backman, My Short and Tragic Tap Dancing Career Melissa Greenwood, Help, Please! James Morena, Descended into the Carnage Rina Palumbo, Asthma Mike Wilson, My Bike
#24, Fall 2022
Winner, 2022 The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction Shana Ross, Story with Dog Notable: Emily Choate, Field Day, 1990 Wendy Fontaine, Game of Life Finalists: M Tamara Cutler, Michigan: A Divorce Story Rachel Laverdiere, Everything Leads Back to Where It Starts Zachary Ostraff, Chasing That Pig
#23, Early Fall 2022
Brad Gibault, Uncle Monty Tara Guy, Broken Bread Anita Kestin, Chatham
#22, Spring 2022
Catherine Con, Mangifera Indica Brad Gibault, The Myth of Pat Mark Lucius, When You Wish Upon a Star Beverley Stevens, A Proper Sunday Lunch Marianne Worthington, Young and Red-headed
#21, Winter 2021-22
Wendy Fontaine, Green Pepper Standoff Garry Howze, Learn Your Letters Ann Kathryn Kelly, Propped Dana Shavin, All You Can't Eat Catherine Stratton, Our Secret Melissent Zumwalt, The Swing Set
#20, The Barnhill Prize 2021
Winner, 2021 The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Beatrice Y. Motamedi, How to Make Jeweled Rice (Shirin Polo)
Notable:
Anita Cabrera, The Benefit of Others Frances Thomas, Learning Shame
Finalists:
Catherine Con, Fueillemort
Carroll Grossman, Handlebar Ride
Douglas Imbrogno, The Egg
Lina Lau, Good Girl
Paulina Pinsky, Other Mother
#19, Spring 2021
d. e. fulford, 1992-1996 Diane Gottlieb, Deadman's Float Linda Jordan, Boyhood in 3 Parts Marie Manilla, Sasquatch Anna Oberg, Thundersnow Virginia Watts, Sleds
#18, Winter 2020-21
Miriam Glassman, The Bibliosquatter Therése Halscheid, Incident Kent Jacobson, What She Didn't Say Janine Kovac, Breaking Character Sharon Waters, Straight Hair Be Damned Hannah Williams, Ring and Rabbit
#17, The Barnhill Prize 2020
Winner, 2020 The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Marsha Lynn Smith, 4 Generations of Black Hair Matters
Finalists Desi Allevato, Compartment Syndrome Elana Margot, Big Blue Vanessa Remmers, A History of Butterflies Cheryl Skory Suma, If The Snow Never Melted
#16, Spring 2020
Sarah Ahrens, Wonder Woman and The Wolf Philip Arnold, The Miraculous Marvel of Lightning Eyes Miriam Glassman, Baby Steps Brendan Shea, Phillip's Burial Brenna Sowder, Breathing Lessons
#15, Winter 2019-20
Wendy Fontaine, Bouncing in Place Billie Hinton, Places I Went with My Dad Stephen J. Lyons, Young Chicago Boy Talks to God Amie McGraham, Silent Spring Amy Miller, On Stevens Creek Charlotte Roth, Rings and Witches
#14, The Barnhill Prize 2019
Winner, 2019 The Anne C. Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction Mary J. Mahoney, Suburbs Plagued by Foraging Deer Finalists Neema Avashia, A Hindu Hillbilly Elegy Rochelle Harris Cox, North Georgia Gothic Dorian Fox, The Fence Jenna Korsmo, Sister Cats Jessica Langlois, Ways to Die in Alabama Elizabeth Lantz, The Imaginary Writer Elizabeth Muller, Revival of The Fittest Lisa López Smith, Turning 37 Laura Stanfill, Birdsong in The Key of Brain Injury
#13, Winter 2018-19
John Jacobson, Eight-Millimeter Film Stephen Lottridge, What’s the Point of Rabbits? Tracy Line, Traversing Icy Roads Virginia Petrucci, Who Is Ben? Dana VanderLugt, The Orchard
#12, Fall 2018
Christopher Cascio, Kid Heidi Davidson-Drexel, Your Boss Aliza Dube, Loved to Death David McVey, On the Wonder of the World Anne Noonan, Stink Tree Joan Potter, Do You Think of Yourself as Jewish? Lisa Rizzo, Snowsuit Prisoners Nikki Sambitsky, Penny Drop
#11, Spring/Summer 2018
Luanne Castle, The Secret Kotex Club Sam Chiarelli, When the Leaves Forget to Be Green Ginger Dehlinger, Clouds from Up and Down Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Portrait of My Mother in Black and White Risa Nye, Visions of LaDonna Scott Peterson, Cars: An Unrequited Love Story
#10, Winter 2017-18
Melissa Mesku, In All Caps Heather Pegas, Free Range Dorothy Rice, Prom and Other Fairy Tales Nora Seilheimer, Back into Movement Paulette Zander, Dominoes and Biscuits
#9, Fall 2017
Gina Ferrara, Victims or Others? Andy Harper, How to Be on Time Anne Muccino, Sepia Jonathan Sonnenberg, Shooting Stars Victoria Waddle, A Bowl Full of Jelly Teige Weidner, Sentence Enhancers
#8, Summer 2017
Mary Gustafson, The Price of Hunger Whitney Mackman, David Duchovny, I Know You Could Love Me Amy Miller, Cigarettes: It’s What’s for Dinner Joey Nicoletti, Extinction Wednesday Jody Peltason, The Third Strongest Girl in the Third Grade William Reichard, A Burning Man Natalie Rodriguez, The Permission of Alcohol
#7, Spring 2017
Abby Burns, Uninvited Hauntings Michael Chin, The Bionic Elbow Minna Dubin, Closer to Her Susan Grant, The Gate Amanda Kay, The Weight of Smoke Gleah Powers, The Three Times I Saw My Father Helen, Ruggieri, The Introvert’s Survival Guide Gretchen Uhrinek, Dan
#6, Winter 2016-17
Sarah Bigham, The Drill Ann Fisher, Major, Minor Michelle Kendall, Butterball Kate E Lore, The Go-Cart Sheila Luna, The Lipstick Helps Michelle McMillan-Holifield, After the Fire Jere Pfister, The River
#5, Fall 2016
Emma Bolden, The Shalt Nots Jan Charone-Sossin, The Day Chatty Cathy Stopped Talking Nadia Greasley, The Map of France Mary Gustafson, Time Stops Therése Halscheid, We All Fall Down Angela Lush, The Shears Melinda Renkin, Last Night I Found Your Headstone Nancy Wick, The Big Lie
#4, Summer 2016
Gregory Fletcher, manhood, /ˈmanˌho͝od/, noun Rich H. Kenney, Jr., Sink or Swim Karen McDermott, Doll Blanket Mariana McDonald, The Snake J.R. Tappenden, Heritage Pass Bobby Wilson, That Good Hair
#3, Spring 2016
Rebecca Chekouras, July 11 Ryan C. Daily, Home/Life Janet Garber, A Closet of One’s Own Tom Lin, Godzilla Ana Christina Peters, War Emily Rems, Extra Help Allison Spector, The Bucket Boys Margaret Redmond Whitehead, Over the Limit
#2, Winter 2015-16
Daniel Blokh, Listen Vincent J. Fitzgerald, Thanksgiving Mourning Trista Hurley-Waxali, A Steady Application Kara Knickerbocker, The Mark I Left Jane Rosenberg LaForge, The Egg
#1, Fall 2015
Faith Gong, Within an Inch of My Life Patricia Hopper, Temple Bar Connie Kinsey, Marybelle Susan Krakoff, The Space in Between Jeremy Paden, Doubt Matters Amy Sprague, Beauty Walks a Razor’s Edge
Launch Issue
Douglas Imbrogno, Happy Again Margaret Ward McClain, The Simons House Jeremy Dae Paden, This World Is Not My Home
