February 2020

Jānis Valks, Ventspiels, Latvia, fiction

January 2020

Jill Stukenberg, Wasau, WI, fiction
Maryclaire Torinus, Brookfield, WI, nonfiction
Catherine Jagoe, Madison, WI, poetry
Judith Woodburn, Madison, WI, nonfiction

December 2019
Jude Stewart, Chicago, IL, nonfiction
Katherine Shonk, Evanston, IL, fiction
Janice Deal, Downers Grove, IL, fiction
Jenny Magnus, Chicago, IL, playwriting
Baptiste and Miranda Paul, Green Bay, WI, children’s literature

November 2019
Jennifer Morales, Viroqua, WI, fiction
Lee Reilly, Chicago, IL, nonfiction

October 2019
Faith Sullivan, Minneapolis, MN, fiction
Cathryn Cofell, Appleton, WI, poetry
Karla Huston, Appleton, WI, poetry
Angie Stanton Tyler, Madison, WI, fiction
Valerie Biel, Randolph, WI, young adult literature
Anna Lee, Evanston, IL, fiction
Mary Carol Ghislin, Bartlet, IL, nonfiction
Karen Hering, St. Paul, MN, nonfiction
Naomi Cohn, St. Paul, MN, poetry

September 2019
Kim Suhr, Wales, WI, fiction
JoAnn Balingit, Newark, DE, poetry and memoir
Paul E Nelson, Seattle, WA, poetry

August 2019
James Mihaley, Los Angeles, CA, multi-genre
Jeremy Owens, Chicago, IL, playwriting and story telling
Zoe Zolbrod, Evanston, IL, fiction and memoir

July 2019
Nancy Fishman, Oakland, CA, fiction and memoir
Kelly Daniels, LeClaire, IA, fiction and memoir
Aaron Renier, Chicago, IL, graphic novel

June 2019
Vida Cross, Milwaukee, WI, poetry
Mary Losure, St. Paul, MN, children’s literature
Sylvia Cavanaugh, Cedar Grove, WI, poetry

May 2019
Robin Sauerwein, Minneapolis, MN, nonfiction
Judith Padow, New York, NY, memoir
Donna Hilbert, Long Beach, CA, poetry
Tamara Madison, Los Alamitos, CA, poetry
Diane LeBlanc, Northfield, MN, poetry

April 2019
Kay Collier McLaughlin, Carlisle, KY, nonfiction
Alexander Genty-Waksberg, New York, NY, playwriting

March 2019
Catherine Jagoe, Madison, WI, poetry
Judith Woodburn, Madison, WI, memoir
Judith Adrian, McFarland, WI, nonfiction
Agnes Marton, Luxembourg, poetry

February 2019
Kathleen Ernst, Middleton, WI, fiction
Amber Stoner, Eden Prairie, MN, nonfiction

January 2019
Liza Wiemer, Fox Point, WI, young adult fiction

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

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