The Nimrod/Hardman
Writing Awards
2007

The 29th Nimrod/Hardman Awards:
The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction & The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry

FIRST PLACE: $2,000 AND PUBLICATION
SECOND PLACE: $1,000 AND PUBLICATION
Contest Rules
Contest Begins: JANUARY 1, 2007

Postmark Deadline: APRIL 30, 2007

Poetry: 3-10 pages, one long poem or several short poems.  

Fiction: 7,500 words maximum.
No previously published works or works accepted for publication elsewhere.
Author's name must not appear on the manuscript. Include a cover sheet
containing major title and subtitles, author's name, full address, phone & fax
numbers. Work must be in English, or translated by the original author.  Contest Entry" should be clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet. Manuscripts will not be returned. Nimrod retains the right to publish any submission. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted on Nimrod’s Web site. Entrants must have a U.S. address by October 2007 to enter the contest.

Entry/Subscription Fee: $20 includes both entry fee & a one-year subscription
(two issues). Each entry must each be accompanied by a $20 fee. Make checks
payable to:

NIMROD
Literary Contest--Fiction or Poetry
The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College
Tulsa, OK 74104 

Nimrod/Hardman Awards 2006

The editors of Nimrod International Journal are delighted to announce the winners, honorable mentions, and finalists of the 2006 Nimrod/Hardman Literary Awards 

Nimrod/Hardman Awards: The Pablo Neruda Prize in Poetry 

FIRST PRIZE $2,000 John Surowiecki, “American Stroke”

SECOND PRIZE $1000 Daniel Lusk, “The Shower Scene from Hamlet”

HONORABLE MENTIONS: Susan Landgraf, “Tunnel”
Francine Marie Tolf, “Letter to a man whose home is rain” and other poems
Diana Woodcock, “Buffalo Stew” and other poems

Nimrod/Hardman Awards: The Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Fiction

FIRST PRIZE $2,000 Toni Jensen, “At the Powwow Hotel”

SECOND PRIZE $1,000 Brendan James O’Farrell, “I Am Your Father
You Are My Son”

HONORABLE MENTION: Erica Johnson Debeljak, “Water”
AC Lambeth, “Last Best Local”
Zoe Stikeman, “Stillpoint”

            Nimrod extends deep appreciation to all who submitted. There were 684 poetry manuscripts and 496 short stories submitted to the 2006 competition. Selecting poetry finalists and fiction finalists from these was a task that dominated the lives of 35 Nimrod editors. They approached their mission with dedication and discretion, reading and rereading the final group, comparing notes, speaking for favorites, etc. The finalists’ manuscripts, without cover letters or names, were sent to the judges for 2006, Colleen McElroy, poetry, and Gina Ochsner, fiction. They chose the winners and honorable mentions from the finalist group.

The 2007 Nimrod/Hardman competition begins January 1, 2007; the postmark deadline is April 30, 2007. We welcome your submissions, knowing that each year brings new discoveries often from those who have submitted to the competition several times.

Finalists Poetry 2006 (listed in order of number they received at check-in)

035, Anne Woodhull, MA, “The Creation of Destruction” and other poems
081, Jude Nutter, MN, “Selling Honey on the Road to Sarajevo” and other poems
105, Robert Randolph, PA, “Blessed One: An Appalachian Archive”
171, Kate Marshall Flaherty, ONT, “Far Away” and other poems
172, Patricia Corbus, FL, “Astronomy” and other poems
219, Ysabel de la Rosa, TX, “Inside the Circle”
255, William Orem, MA, “Farmhouse” and other poems
256, Nicole Walker, UT, “Covet” and other poems
313, Ingrid Wendt, OR, “A Gathering” and other poems
336, David Sullivan, CA, “House of Grief”
346, Alison Townsend, WI, “Splinter” and other poems
347, Daniel Lusk, VT, “The Shower Scene from Hamlet”
421, Corrinne Clegg Hales, CA, “Homefront: A Legacy” and other poems
439, Diana Woodcock, VA, “Buffalo Stew” and other poems
537, John Surowiecki, CT, “American Stroke”
608, Christine Klocek-Lim, PA, “Cicadas” and other poems
625, Francine Marie Tolf, MN, “Letter to a man whose home is rain” and other poems
633, Susan Landgraf, WA, “Tunnel”
644, Adelle Leiblein, NH, “The Augury” and other poems

Semi-Finalists Poetry 2006
038, Jeanne Lohmann, WA, “First Light in Winter” and other poems
039, Alvaro Cardona-Hine, NM, “The Grammarians” and other poems
049, Phyllis K. Collier, WA, “Ordinary Odds”
106, Anne Guzzardi, TN, “The Lumber Yard” and other poems
123, Kamla Kapur, CA, “The Center, if It Occupies”
223, Margarita Engle, CA, “Pollination” and other poems
250, Carol V. Davis, CA, “Birding” and other poems
252, Glenn Morazzini, ME, “The Year I Won the Cy Young Award” and other poems
254, Wendy Drexler, MA, “When I Could Eat Again”
333, Claudia Van Gerven, CO, “The Grand Staircase”
402, Roy Bentley, FL, “Magnificent Strangers”
415, Nancy Esposito, MA, “You Belong to Me: A Lesson in Fractals” and other poems
426, Eric L. Kaplan, MS, “Rehearsing HUAC” and other poems
433, Mark Chapman, CA, “The Kiss, Divining” and other poems
594, Anna Ross, MA, “Flight” and other poems
511, Sarah Kennedy, VA, “The Visions of Bertie Hoskins”
574, John Minczeski, MN, “dialogue 2”
581, Anita Skeen, MI, “Never the Whole Story”
610, John Flynn, WV, “Discovering the New World”
615, Johnie O’Neal, OK, “Centennial” and other poems
651, Melissa Stein, CA, “Blue Trio”
670, Devon McC Jackson, NM, “When She Gets Back” and other poems

Finalists Fiction 2006 (listed in order of number they received at check-in)

040, Leni Fleming, CA, “One Hundred Cats”
052, R. A. Lopata, PA, “Fixing Things”
082, Erica Johnson Debeljak, Slovenia, “Water”
089, AC Lambeth, LA, “Last Best Local”
101, Paula W. Peterson, IL, “Black Fridge”
219, Mary M. Davies, MA, “Dead Horses”
306, Brendan James O’Farrell, TN, “I Am Your Father You Are My Son”
349, Janette Turner Hospital, SC, “The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon”
381, Toni Jensen, TX, “At the Powwow Hotel”
468, Zoe Stikeman, NV, “Stillpoint”

Semi-Finalists Fiction 2006

044, Robley Wilson, FL, “The Dark”
046, Jon L. Adams, OH, “Cherry Flakes Falling”
053, Kathleen Silver, MA, “Lightening”
057, Mary Beth Keane, VA, “Dora’s Gift”
150, Carolyn Michaels Kerr, MA, “Redemption”
154, Christiana Langenberg, IA, “Maybe It’s a Wednesday”
173, Nick Antosca, NY, “Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten”
183, Rosalie Herion Freese, NJ, “No Face Like Home”
220, Veronica Yates, OR, “The Smudge”
264, Ruby Wile, OK, “Watching for the Boat: A Journal, of Sorts”
268, Emma Wunsch, NY, “yesterday, today, tomorrow”
270, Gimbiya Kettering, MD, “A Natural History”
300, Judy Scherr, MO, “My Benz and I”
310, Jeri L. Blazek, MN, “Run”
354, Ellie June Rahochik, NC, “Bull Dog Men”
358, Douglas C. Jackson, VA, “Cities Lost and Won”
360, Daryl Brand, IL, “Devil’s Claw”
369, Sukie Brown, CA, “Flipping Out”
473, Katie Connor, NY, “Let Me Tell You, or Not”
489, Lee Bauknight, SC, “Reading Amelia”

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