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West Virginia Fiction Competition Winners

2019 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Crystal Wilkinson
First Prize: Jessica Salfia’s “Fear,” Martinsburg, WV
Second Prize: Jordan Carter’s “Nymphs,” Morgantown, WV
Third Prize: Seán Patrick Duffy’s the “The Photograph,” Wheeling, WV
Judges’ Choice: Nolan Nelson’s “Address Happiness,” Calhoun County Middle/High School, Dr. Mary G. Gainer’s Senior English Class, Mt. Zion, WV

2018 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Karen Spears Zacharias

2017 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Wiley Cash

2016 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Charles Frazier

Second Prize: Kelly Fiore-Stultz’s “Shine”
Third Prize: Rhonda Lancaster’s “To Have a Home”

2015 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Nikki Giovanni
First Prize: Karin Fuller’s “Hobbledean”
Second Prize: Kathleen Furbee’s “Rabbits”
Third Prize: Faith Shearin’s “What the Neighbors Think”

2014 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Homer Hickam

2013 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Frank X Walker

2012 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Gretchen Moran Laskas

2011 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Ron Rash

2010 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Bobbie Ann Mason


Third Prize: “Sounds True” by Dawn Baldwin

2009 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Silas House

2008 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Adriana Trigiani

Second Prize: Jennifer Cavender, Huntington, WV, “Janice”
Third Prize: Kathryn Wilson, Beckley, WV, “A Bunch of Roosters”
Judges’ Choice: Elizabeth Johnston, Martinsburg, WV, “Seminary”

2007 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
First Prize: Ann Claycomb, Morgantown, WV, “Proof of a Wedding Photo, 1969”
Second Prize: Jim Koenig, Harpers Ferry, WV, “Love 1969”
Third Prize: Barbara Townsend, Springfield, WV, “Dan”
Honorable Mentions: John Shumate, Morgantown, WV, “My Lil’ Reminder” and D. C. Gallant, Harpers Ferry, WV, “Coin Purse”

2006 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Terry Kay

Second Prize: Jim Koenig, Harpers Ferry, WV, “Get Moving”
Natalie Sypolt: Kingwood, WV, “Fire Makes It New”

2005 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Jayne Anne Phillips

Second Prize: Shawn Beckner, Huntington, WV, “White Room”
Joint Third Prize:  Gregory W. Leatherman, Fairmont, WV, “Baptism” and Mary Claire Johnson, Morgantown, WV, “Personal Consultation”

2004 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Fred Chappell

Second Prize: Justin S. Batton, Martinsburg, WV, “He Is My Sandman”
Third Prize: Brittany A. Conkle, Wheeling, WV, “Broken Down Belle”

2003 Winners Selected by Appalachian Heritage Writer-in-Residence Robert Morgan

Second Prize: Abigale Aikens, Morgantown, WV, “Fung Shwee”
Third Prize: Natalie Sypolt, Masontown, WV, “Flaming Jesus”