Editorial Content
Before The Page: Just Start Writing—John J. Walsh IV
The First Fifty—Andrea Hurst & Brandon LaFave
The Way Of The Emerging Writer: Bharti Kirchner—Sarah Martinez
Let Go; There’s Beauty in the Breakdown—Renda Belle Dodge
Comic Books as an Editorial Medium—Stephen Moles
Make a Decision—Terry Persun
Professions for Women—Virginia Woolf
Solace in the Shadows: The Power of Memoir—Sheila Hageman
Music Spotlight: Bumbershoot—Paul Blake
Photography Essay: Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival—Randi Stumpp
The Synopsis is a Taco Salad (a silly bit)—Ken Davis
Publish or Perish: Organizing the Author Tour—Nathan Everett
Storycrafting: How to Hook Your Readers—Jason Black
Poetry
WINNER: Catherine Warren – Apiary
Editor’s Choice: Anne Champion Dabbling in the Occult
Editor’s Choice: Joel Kabakov – Night Singer
Teresa Floreano Goertz – Ho Chi Minh Anew
Anne DeJarnette – The Desert
Sarah Lucille Marchant – Exact
Kirby Wright – Sunrise at Crater Lake Lodge, Oregon
Nico Mara-McKay – Fishwife
Catherine Warren – Daydream
Nicholas YB Wong – In/Outdoor Love
Literature
WINNER: Bryan Berge – Ribcage
Editor’s Choice: James Fowler – Flight
Editor’s Choice: Ruth Schemmel – Shine
Deena Metzger – La Negra y Blanca
Elizabeth Blandon – Creatures of Habit
Jeffrey Bakkensen – The Waking House
James Gapinski – Liberty Lane
Julianne Pachico – Newport
Art & Photography
WINNER: Madane Bastero
Editor’s Choice: Kelly-Shane Fuller
Editor’s Choice: Kelsey Thomas
Jenna James, Jeff White, Eleanor Bennett, Sarah Page, Hush, Adam Firestone, Nick Fochtman, Victor Hernandez, Julia Bruk, Shelli Park, Paris Isaacs
