2021 - Judge Lan Samantha Chang
1st Place: Alan Sincic - The Slapjack
2nd Place: Suzanne Bailey - This Bright Court
3rd Place: Mariam Bazeed - The Boy Made of Air
4th Place: Phil Taylor - The Absence of Color
5th Place: Stephanie Mullings - Walk Good
Readers’ Pick: Zoë Bossier - Welcome to Cactus Country
2020 - Judge Sebastian Faulks
1st Place: P.J. McKay - The Telling Time
2nd Equal: Elisheva Emerson - from the verb: to know
2nd Equal: Carrie Coogan - Disappear Here
4th Place: Tej Rae - Bush Babies
2019 - Judge Paul McVeigh
1st Place: Sarah Johnson Allen - We Make them Pay
2nd Place: Sandra Jensen - Seagull Pie
3rd Place: Sarah Fuchs - Mississippi Goddam
Honorable Mention: Eleanor Roth - C8
Honorable Mention: Lori Jakiela - The Trailing Edge
2018 - Judge Adnan Mahmutovic
1st Place: Adam McCulloch - The Silver Trail
2nd Place: Kristy Keller - Harper Holloway and the Disappearance of Arabella Sent
3rd Place: R.S. Deeren - The Mirror
4th Place: Katie Simon - Plagued
5th Place: Anna Delaney - Islanders