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2004 Contest Winners
(presented in Spring 2005)

The Council for Wisconsin Writers, Inc. is pleased to recognize Wisconsin writers for their outstanding contributions to the literature of the state in 15 categories.

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Larry and Eleanor Sternig Short Fiction Award

   
Susan Engberg - Milwaukee
"Moon" (The Threepenny Review, Fall 2004)

Honorable Mention:

Rebecca Meacham - Oneida
"Good Fences" (Michigan Quarterly Review, 2004)

Ted Hertel, Jr. - Mequon
"It’s Crackers to Slip a Rozzer the Dropsey in Snide" (Small Crimes Anthology, Betancourt/Wildside Press, 2004)
 
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Kenneth Kingery Book-Length Scholarly Award
   
Victor Greene - Whitefish Bay
A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants between Old World and New, 1830-1930 (Kent State University Press)

Honorable Mention:
Jo Ortel - Beloit
Woodland Reflections: the Art of Truman Lowe" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2004)
 
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Kay W. Levin Short Nonfiction Award
 
   
Jack Bushnell - Eau Claire
"A Baseball Boy Turns Fifty" (Elysian Fields Quarterly)

Honorable Mention:

Mary Van de Kamp Nohl - Oconomowoc
"A Second Chance" (Milwaukee Magazine, May 2004)

Richard Thieme - Fox Point
"I Remember Mama" (Heartlands, Fall 2004)
 
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Juvenile Nonfiction Book Award
 
   
TIE
Ann Bausum - Beloit
With Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote (National Geographic, September 2004)
Michael V. Uschan - Franklin
The Iraq War: Life of an American Soldier (Lucent Books, May 2004)

Honorable Mention:

Rick Chrustowski - River Falls
Blue Sky Bluebird (Henry Holt, April 2004)

Jack Bushnell - Eau Claire
Farm Crossing: The Amazing Adventures of Addie and Zachary (Chippewa Valley Museum Press, November 2004)
 
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Arthur Tofte Juvenile Fiction Book Award
 
   
Kathleen Ernst - Middleton
Betrayal at Cross Creek (American Girl, March 2004)

Honorable Mention:

Stephanie Golightly Lowden - Madison
Time of the Eagle: A Story of an Ojibwe Winter (Blue Horse Books, May 2004)
 
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Betty Ren Wright Children's Picture Book Award
 
   
Barbara Joosse - Cedarburg
Hot City, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie (Philomel, July 2004)

Honorable Mention:

Julie Dunlap and Marybeth Lorbiecki - Hudson
John Muir and Stickeen: An Icy Adventure with a No-Good Dog, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth (Northword Books for Young Readers, October 2004)

Kevin Henkes - Madison
Kitten's First Full Moon (Greenwillow Books, March 2004)
 
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Posner Book-Length Poetry Award
 
   
Alice D'Alessio - Madison
A Blessing of Trees (Cross+Roads Press)

Honorable Mention:

Marilyn Taylor - Milwaukee
Subject to Change (David Robert Books, April 2004)

Harriet Brown - Madison
The Promised Land (Parallel Press, 2004)
 
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Anne Powers Book-Length Fiction Award
 
   
Rebecca Meacham - Oneida
Let's Do (University of North Texas Press)

Honorable Mention:

Judith Claire Mitchell - Madison
The Last Day of the War (Pantheon)

Tenaya Darlington - Madison
Maybe Baby (Back Bay Books)

Gordon Weaver - Cedarburg
Last Stands (University of Missouri Press)
 
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Ellis/Henderson Outdoor Writing Award
 
   
James Campbell - Lodi
The Final Frontiersman (Atria Books)

Honorable Mention:

Tom Davis - Green Bay
The Tattered Autumn Sky (Lyons Press)

Justin Isherwood - Plover
Potato Bin, selected columns (Wisconsin Vegetable & Potato Growers Magazine)
 
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August Derleth Book-Length Nonfiction Award
 
   
Paul Zimmer - Soldiers Grove
Trains in the Distance (Kent State University Press)

Honorable Mention:

Doug Moe
Lord of the Rings: the Triumph and Tragedy of College Boxing's Greatest Team (University of Wisconsin Press)
 
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CWW Drama Award
 
   
Ludmilla Bollow - Glendale
Flickering Fireflies (performed by Fire Rose Productions, North Hollywood California, 2004)
 
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Rediscovering Wisconsin Writers Essay Award
 
   
Robert Wake - Cambridge
Walden West and the Twilight of Transcendentalism

Honorable Mention:

Kevin Ducey - Madison
Lorine Niedecker: Water Spirit
 
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Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award
 
   
Karl Elder - Howards Grove
Group of five poems - various literary journals

Honorable Mention:

Kathryn Gahl - Two Rivers
Group of five poems - various literary journals

Susan Elbe - Madison
Group of five poems - various literary journals
 
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