December 2018
Sandra Bloom, Minneapolis, MN, fiction
Colleen Breen, Minneapolis, MN, nonfiction
Nancy Webb, Madison, WI, essay
Jenny Magnus, Chicago, IL, playwriting
Beau O’Reilly, Chicago, IL, playwriting
Barbara Williams, Park Forest, IL, fiction and translation
November 2018
Marianne Boruch, West Lafayette, IN, poetry and essay
Eloisa Gomez, Milwaukee, WI, poetry
Katherine Shonk, Chicago, IL, fiction
October 2018
Cindy Crebbin, Wauwatosa, WI, poetry
Max Garland, Eau Claire, WI, poetry
Deidre Pope, Scandia, MN, poetry and children’s literature
Lora Hyler, Milwaukee, WI, middle grade fiction
Marianne Borch, West Lafayette, IN, poetry and essay
September 2018
Leslie Adrienne Miller, St. Paul, MN, poetry
Denise Low Weso, Lawrence, KS, poetry
Thomas Pecore Weso, Lawrence, KS, memoir
August 2018
Andrew McDonnell, Beaver Dam, WI, fiction
Lan Samantha Chang, Iowa City, IA, fiction
Nan Cohen, Los Angeles, CA, poetry
Karla Huston, Appleton, WI, poetry
July 2018
Paul Wiegel, Berlin, WI, poetry
Rebecca Meacham, Green Bay, WI, fiction
Katie McKy, Brookline, ME, children’s picture books
Faith Sullivan, Minneapolis, MN, fiction
James Mihaley, Los Angeles, CA, poetry, fiction, middle grade fiction
June 2018
Melissa Gorzelanczyk , Green Bay, WI, young adult fiction
Debotri Dhar, Ann Arbor, MI, fiction and nonfiction
Zoe Zolbrod, Evanston, IL, fiction and nonfiction
Gary Eldon Peter, St. Paul, MN, fiction
May 2018
JoAnne Nelson, Hartland, WI, nonfiction
Ed Werstein, Milwaukee, WI, poetry
Donna Hilbert, Long Beach, CA, poetry
April 2018
Lora L. Hyler, Milwaukee, WI, middle grade fiction
Kay Collier McLaughlin, Carlisle, KY, nonfiction
Mary Louise Dean, Lexington, KY, nonfiction
March 2018
Judith Gwinn Adrian, Madison, WI, nonfiction
John C. Costello, Seattle, WA, fiction and poetry
February 2018
Kathleen Ernst, Middleton, WI, middle grade and adult fiction
Amber Stoner, Eden Prairie, MN, nonfiction
Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee, WI, young adult fiction
December 2017
Kimberly Blaeser, Milwaukee, WI, poetry
Max Garland, Eau Claire, WI, poetry
November 2017
John Coy, Minneapolis, MN, children’s and young adult literature
October 2017
Lauren Bellg, Green Bay, WI, memoir
Lan Samantha Chang, Iowa City, IA, fiction
Ann Marie Cunningham, New York City, NY, nonfiction and fiction
September 2017
Dawn Hogue, Plymouth, WI, poetry
Lisa Randelli Albert, Green Bay, WI, children’s literature
Linda White, Minneapolis, MN, nonfiction and fiction
Sarah Stonich, Minneapolis, MN, fiction
August 2017
James Mihaley, Los Angeles, CA, poetry and fiction
Scott Winkler, Casco, WI, fiction
Ronda Miller, Lawrence, KS, poetry and memoir
July 2017
Dion Kempthorne, Richland, WI, Poetry
Kathryn Kysar, Saint Paul, MN, Poetry
Denise Low Weso, Lawrence, KS, Poetry
Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee, WI, Young adult literature
June 2017
Thomas Pecore Weso, Lawrence, KS, Memoir
Denise Low Weso, Lawrence, KS, Poetry and memoir
Miranda Paul, Green Bay, WI, Children’s literature
Michael Brecke, Prairie Village, KS, Nonfiction
Zoe Zolbrod, Evanston, IL, Fiction and nonfiction
May 2017
Johnathan Wlodarski, Hubbard, OH, Fiction
Athena Kildegaard, Morris, MN, Poetry
Donna Hilbert, Long Beach, CA, Poetry
Diane LeBlanc, Northfield, MN, Poetry
April 2017
Tami Mohammed Brown, Bloomington, MN, Memoir
MJ Gabrielsen, Chicago, IL, Poetry
Hanna Kjeldbjerg, Minneaplis, MN, Fiction
John Toren, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
March 2017
Naomi Shihab Nye, San Antonio, TX, Poetry, prose, children’s books
Fred Amram, Minneapolis, MN, Memoir and fiction
February 2017
Kathleen Ernst, Middleton, WI, Fiction, mystery, children’s books
Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee, WI, Young adult novels
January 2017
Kevin Rich, Boulder, CO, Playwriting
Amber Stoner, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
November 2016
John Hartig, Detroit, MI, Nonfiction
Nancy Carlson, Minneapolis, MN, Children’s Picture Books
October 2016
Fred Amram, Minneapolis, MN, Memoir
Todd Fleming Davis, Altoona, PA, Poetry
Tim Southwick Johnson, Lake Geneva, WI Songwriting
Anne-Marie Oomen, Empire, MI, Poetry, Memoir, Playwriting
Denise Low Weso, Lawrence, KS, Poetry, Memoir
Thomas Pecore Weso, Lawrence, KS, Memoir
September 2016
Miranda Paul, Green Bay, WI, Children’s Literature
August 2016
Kathie Giorgio, Waukesha, WI, Fiction
Michael Giorgio, Waukesha, WI, Mystery
July 2016
Todd Boss, Minneapolis, MN, Poetry
Michael Perry, New Auburn, WI, Nonfiction
Margaret Hasse, St. Paul, MN, Poetry
Joe Master, St. Louis, MO, Poetry, Fiction
Jim Mihaley, Los Angeles, CA, Poetry, Fiction, Children’s Literature
June 2016
Donna Hilbert, Los Angeles, CA, Poetry
Diane LeBlanc, Northfield, MN, Poetry
Faith Sullivan, Minneapolis, MN, Fiction
Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee, WI, Young Adult Literature
May 2016
Holly Day, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
Rachel Shane, Lexington, KY, Nonfiction
Ellen Rosewall, DePere, WI, Nonfiction
February 2016
Kathleen Ernst, Middleton, WI, Children’s Literature, Fiction
January 2016
D. Allen, Minneapolis, MN, Poetry, Nonfiction
Emily Strasser, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
November 2015
Liza Wiemer, Milwaukee, WI, Young Adult Literature
Ellen Rosewall, DePere, WI, Nonfiction
October 2015
Bruce Dethlefsen, Westfield, WI, Poetry
Kelly Barnhard, Minneapolis, MN, Young Adult and Middle Grade Fiction
Dale Kushner, Madison, WI, Fiction, Poetry
September 2015
Moheb Soliman, Minneapolis, MN, Multimedia Art
August 2015
Jim Mihaley, Los Angeles, CA, Poetry, Fiction, Children’s Literature
Sheila O’Connor, Minneapolis, MN, Fiction, Young Adult Literature
Dylan Frederick, New York, NY, Playwriting
Brooks Tevan, Chicago, IL, Fiction
July 2015
Patricia Skalka, Chicago, IL, Mystery
Dale Kushner, Madison, WI, Fiction, Poetry
May 2015
Max Garland, Eau Claire, WI., Poetry
Athena Kildegaard, Morris, MN, Poetry
Carolyn Byrne, Minneapolis, MN, Fiction
Veronica Kavass, Minneapolis, MN, Memoir
April 2015
Robert Nordstrom, Mukwonago, WI, Nonfiction
March 2015
Kathie Giorgio, Waukesha, WI, Fiction
January 2015
D. Allen, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction, Poetry
Katie Rensch, Minneapolis, MN, Poetry
Emily Strasser, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
December 2014
Katie Dahl, Baileys Harbor, WI, Songwriting
November 2014
Kathryn Kysar, St. Paul, MN, Poetry
Genevieve Davis, Madison, WI, Memoir, Fiction, Screenwriting
October 2014
Dale M. Kushner, Madison, WI, Fiction, Poetry
August 2014
John Hildebrand, Eau Claire, WI, Nonfiction
July 2014
Margaret Hasse, St. Paul, MN, Poetry
Dale Kushner, Madison, WI, Fiction, Poetry
June 2014
Moheb Soliman, Minneapolis, MN, Multimedia
May 2014
Sonya Larson, Boston, MA, Fiction
April 2014
Nancy Carlson, Minneapolis, MN, Children’s Picture Books
Linda Myers Shelton, Minneapolis, MN, Nonfiction
Larry Shelton, Minneapolis, MN, Fiction