Mary Kinzie Prizes
2022-23
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Grace Valaskovic “What Makes Up a Woman”
Honorable Mention
Ahlaam Moeldina “On Taking Space”
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Fiction
April Li “粥”
The Mary Kinzie Prize for Poetry
Ahlaam Moledina “As an Alternative for Dying”
2020-21
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Laurisa Sastoque “Contradicting Home; Anecdotes and Aphorisms”
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Fiction
Grace Gay “San Mateo Campground”
The Mary Kinzie Prize for Poetry
David Lee “The Escapist - Excerpts”
2019-20
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Katherine Packard “Lost”
Honorable Mention
Ahlaam Moeldina “On Taking Space”
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Fiction
Lydia Wuorinen “A Texan Summer: Part One”
Honorable Mention
Tanisha Tekriwal “Baby Spine”
The Mary Kinzie Prize for Poetry
Jon Wolf “Parable of the Interior Plains”
2018-19
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Creative Nonfiction
Annabel Dafiaghor "Boys"
The Mary Kinzie Essay Prize for Fiction
Mason McVeigh "Class 5"
The Mary Kinzie Prize for Poetry
Sloane Scott "Ode to Times Beach, Missouri (1925-1985)"