#1 President’s Prize—Fiction

Short fiction to 2000 words.
Prizes - 1st: $175, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50

#2 Green River Grande—Poetry

Any subject, any form, to 50 lines.
Prizes - 1st: $175, 2nd: $100, 3rd: $50

#3 Green River Lean—Fiction

Short short fiction or flash fiction to 1,000 words, must have all elements of story. Make every word count.
Prizes: 1st: $50, 2nd: $30, 3rd: $20, HM: $10
Sponsor: Marj Bixler

#4 Suzanne Suddeth Memorial Prize— Prose or Poetry

Prose (double-spaced) or poetry (rhymed or free-verse) written for children 12 years old and younger, 500 words or less.
Prizes: 1st: $30, 2nd: $20, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Chuck Suddeth

#5 Rubye Fowler Memorial Prize— Creative Nonfiction

3,000 words or less.
Prizes: 1st: $50, 2nd: $30, 3rd: $20
Sponsor: Elaine Fowler Palencia

#6 The Beat of Our Own Drum—Poetry

Any form, no line limit
Prizes: 1st: $50, 2nd: $30, 3rd: $20
Sponsor: Clear Creek Writers, Shelbyville, KY

#7 Hub City Prize—Poetry

Sonnet, any standard form (must be 14 lines, iambic pentameter), any subject.
Prizes: 1st: $30, 2nd: $20, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Ruth Falk Redel

#8 Jim O’Dell Memorial—Poetry

One limerick, standard form (5 lines), wild and absurd.
Prizes: 1st: $30, 2nd: $20, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Mary O’Dell

#9 Sometimes You Can’t Be Saved From Yourself—Poetry

Poetry, no line restrictions. Poems using rhyme and meter will be held to exceptionally high standards.
Prizes: 1st: $30, 2nd: $20, 3rd: $10
Sponsors: Judy Milford & Terri Alekzander

#10 Poem Written For Myself, Kate Hawkins Memorial—Poetry

Any form, any subject, any style. Up to 32 lines.
Prizes: 1st: $50, 2nd: $35, 3rd: $15
Sponsor: Barroom Bards

#11 Just Us—Poetry

Poetry that addresses social injustice or environmental issues surrounding how we live on this planet, but tell it in a new way. 32 line limit, no rhyming.
Prizes: 1st: $25, 2nd: $15, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Pam Gibbs

#12 Persona Poem—Poetry

The Greek word “persona” means mask. In a persona poem, written in the first person, the writer imagines that he/she is an object, an animal, another person. The writer dons a mask and writes from another’s point of view.
Prizes: 1st: $25, 2nd: $15, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Sheri Wright & Michele Shoemaker

#13 Black Holes & Time Warps—Poetry

Any form, but no rhyme. 40 line limit.
Prizes: 1st: $25, 2nd: $15, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Christine Strevinsky

#14 Short Attention Span—Poetry

20 lines or less, free verse, any subject
Prizes: 1st: $35, 2nd: $25, 3rd: $15
Sponsor: Anna Lucas

#15 In Search of the Found—Poetry

Poetry created by taking words, phrases, or whole passages from other sources (newspapers, street signs, graffiti, etc.) and rewriting them by changing lines and spacing. Please identify your source. Any length or style.
Prizes: 1st: $40, 2nd: $25, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Barb McMakin

#16 More Than Meets the Eye—Poetry

A Poem embodying an extended metaphor, 32 lines max.
Prizes: 1st: $30, 2nd: $20, 3rd: $10
Sponsor: Jean Tucker

#17 Strange Duck, In Honor of Sue Bayes—Poetry

Poems of humor & wit.
They must be a one-page fit.
No limericks, please.
Nothing vulgar or sleaze.
To win, send a poem well-writ.
Prizes: 1st: $56.19, 2nd: $30, 3rd: $20
Sponsor: Barroom Bards

#18 Green River Tales—Short Fiction

Short fiction up to 10,000 words, any subject.
Prizes: 1st: $100, 2nd: $50, 3rd: $25
Sponsor: Tim Dawe