Winners of 2012 Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition

Congrats to winners and runner-ups of 2012 Faulkner-Wisdom Writing Competition.  Two of my novels did make the finals this year, A Perfect Day for an Expat Exit, novel, and The Girl in the Bathtub, novel-in-progress.  A third novel, The Resurrection of Jonathan Brady, was also a short-list finalist for the second year in a row.

Novel, Judged by Jeff Kleinman, Folio Literary Management
Winner:
Jerusalem As a Second Language by Rochelle Distelheim of Highland Park, IL

Runners-up: 

First:
An Organized Panic, The Author Has Asked to Remain Anonymous
Second:
Antonia Lively Breaks the Silence, David Samuel Levinson, Durham, NC

Novella, Judged by
Winner:
Inspection, Daniel Castro, Madrid, Spain
Equal Runners-up:
Albert's Lark: A Concerto for Black Hole
Gary Bollick, Clemmons, NC
The Odd Sea
Petra Perkins, Highlands Ranch, CO
The Saltonfell Case
Alice Leaderman, University Park, MD

Novel-in-Progress, Judged by Deborah Grosvenor, Grosvenor Literary Agency
Winner:
A Boy Called Riot, Kim McLarin, Mattapan, MA
Runners-up
First:
Chiaroscuro
Jennifer Steil, London, England
Equal:
Lower Case Love, Geoff Schutt, Gaithersburg, MD
Ridgeland, Paul Byall, Savannah, GA

Short Story, Judged by Short Fiction Writer and Novelist Justin Torres
Winner:
The Bottom, Alison Grifa Ismaili, Baton Rouge, LA
Runners-up
First:
Longingly, Milly Heller, New Orleans
Second:
And The Sun Sets on Walker Street, Will Thrift, Columbia, SC

Essay, Judged by Narrative Non-Fiction Writer, Andrew Lam
Winner:
Tango Face, Emily Staat, New Orleans, LA
Runners-up
First:
Fossils, Elsie Michie, Baton Rouge, LA
Second
April's Fool, Mary Ann O'Gorman, Ocean Springs, MS

Poetry, Judged by Laura Mullen, Poet and Writer-in-Residence, Louisiana State University
Winner:
Aftermaths, Peter Cooley, New Orleans, LA
Runners-up:
First:
Sugar Maple, Judith White, Chevy Chase, MD
Second:
Words Then Space, James Bourey, Dover, DE
Third:
Last Will and Testament of L. J., Jennifer Bartell, Columbia, SC

Short Story by a High School Student
Winner:
Leigh Vila, Metairie, LA,  New Orleans Center for Creative Arts
Runners-up:
First:
The Cult of Happiness,
Ryanne Autin, Metairie, LA
Second:
Misery, Agony, Heartbreak
Tyler DeSpenza, New Orleans, LA
Third:
History,
Sophia Derbes, Mandeville, LA

*Here's a link to the winners, runner-ups and finalists for the  2012 Faulkner-Wisdom.  From there you can link on to all others who placed in the competition.

Here are links to some of my author-to-author interviews of first novelists:

Ivy Ngeow author of Cry of the Flying Rhino, winner of the 2016 Proverse Prize.

Golda Mowe author of Iban Dream and Iban Journey.

Preeta Samarasan author of Evening is the Whole Day. 

Chuah Guat Eng,  author of Echoes of Silence and Days of Change. 

Plus:

Five part Maugham and Me series

Beheaded on Road to Nationhood: Sarawak Reclaimed—Part I