2016 Denise Gess Literary Awards

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Edward Czwartacki Prize for Fiction
First Place
Fat Loser—Michael Comoroto

Second Place
Nightmare in Suburbia—Colin Boyle

Third Place
How the Seasons Changed—Stephanie Daley

Honorable Mention
Selene—Mark Ackerman
Fire Sucks—Joe Jordan

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Rowan University Prize for Poetry
First Place
Tuckahoe Road—Robert Henhaffer

Second Place
Nodus Tollens—Vasiliki Dinoulis

Third Place
Gloucester County—Jennifer Martin

Honorable Mention
Doublethink—Ethan Stoetzer
Then Brutus Spoke of Honor—Joe Jordan

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Pat B. Tweedie Prize for Creative Nonfiction
First Place
Eyes of the Storm—Alicia Rodriguez

Second Place
Never Ending—Susette Brooks

Third Place
Uncle Jab and the House of Pain—Daniel DeLuise

Honorable Mention
My Brother’s Ashes—Michael Comoroto
A Perfectionist’s Playbook—Liz Ditzel
Calendar—Rachel Barton
Now I Know—Nah’Ja Washington

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