Congratulations to Abhimanyu Acharya (Fiction), Celia Chandler (Nonfiction), and James Nowak (Poetry), the winners of our 2024 Read at the Fringe Literary Contest!

Chandler and Nowak will read their winning entries as part of “Emerge!” at the 2024 festival. Acharya will unfortunately not be able to attend the festival.
 
Thank you to our 2024 contest judges: Greg Rhyno, Hajer Mirwali, Natalie Turvey, and Theresa Ebden.

We would like to extend a special mention to the contest runners-up, including:
 
Fiction
MJ Malleck, “Animal Lovers”
Elizabeth Nash, “Driving Lessons at the End of the World”
Stephanie Grella, “Kittens”

Creative Nonfiction
Tiffany Burtch, “Du Maurier Special Mild – Regular”
MJ Malleck, “Playing with Abandon(ment)”
Rudy Buller, “Rules of Eating Roadkill”
Tracey Galloway, “Small Ghosts” 

Poetry
Irina Moga, “Beachhead”
Susan Wismer, “On Distance”
Arianna Zimmerman, “waterbug”

Congratulations to all!