Meet the winners:

Winner's List | Interview Times

Poetry Category

Sun., Oct. 19 @ 6:30 PM CST: 1st Place: Lou Bell: “What do you want, Blues, You, The Moon and the Sun, Tell me Something”Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 2nd Place: Esther Okossi: “Layla”Sat. Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 3rd Place: Jennifer Williams: “Her Story, Her Voice”

Non-Fiction Category

Sat. Oct. 18 @ 10:30 AM CST: 1st Place: Dorothy Lennon: “Pretty-Faced Boys”Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 2nd Place: Valerie Twyman: “Blue Butterfly: Exploitations of Innocence”Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 3rd Place: Jason (Jahsun) Dorsey: “Shades of Survival: A Poetic Life”

Fiction Category

Sun., Oct. 19 @ 5:00 PM CST: 1st Place: Cathelina Duvert: "Phinelie and Amelie"Sun., Oct. 19 @5:45 PM CST: 2nd Place: Gregory Newton: “This Holliday Ground”Sun., Oct. 19 @ 5:45 PM CST: 3rd Place: Christopher Doyle: “The Men From Macon"

Meet the winners:

Winner's List | Interview Times
Poetry Category
Sun., Oct. 19 @ 6:30 PM CST: 1st Place: Lou Bell: “What do you want, Blues, You, The Moon and the Sun, Tell me Something”
Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 2nd Place: Esther Okossi: “Layla”
Sat. Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 3rd Place: Jennifer Williams: “Her Story, Her Voice”
Non-Fiction Category
Sat. Oct. 18 @ 10:30 AM CST: 1st Place: Dorothy Lennon: “Pretty-Faced Boys”
Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 2nd Place: Valerie Twyman: “Blue Butterfly: Exploitations of Innocence”
Sat., Oct. 18 @ 11:15 AM CST: 3rd Place: Jason (Jahsun) Dorsey: “Shades of Survival: A Poetic Life”
Fiction Category
Sun., Oct. 19 @ 5:00 PM CST: 1st Place: Cathelina Duvert: "Phinelie and Amelie"
Sun., Oct. 19 @5:45 PM CST: 2nd Place: Gregory Newton: “This Holliday Ground”
Sun., Oct. 19 @ 5:45 PM CST: 3rd Place: Christopher Doyle: “The Men From Macon"

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