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Award Winners for Work Published in 2007

The Council for Wisconsin Writers has named winners of its awards for work published in 2007. Fourteen Wisconsin writers selected by out-of-state judges were honored at its luncheon banquet 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at the Wisconsin Club, 900 W Wisconsin Ave in Milwaukee. .

The Council's Christopher Latham Sholes Award of $500, for outstanding support and encouragement of Wisconsin writers, will go to Linda Aschbrenner of Marshfield, WI, editor and publisher of Free Verse and Marsh River Editions.

Winners in each of the eight writing awards categories receive $500 and a one week residency at Edenfred, the Madison creative artists residency program dedicated to supporting new creative work, part of the Terry Family Foundation.

Jean Feraca of Madison won the Kingery-Derleth Award for Book-Length Non-Fiction for I Hear Voices: A Memoir of Love, Death and the Radio (University of Wisconsin Press). Rebecca O'Conner of Banning, Calif., judged.

Benjamin Percy of Stevens Point won the Anne Powers Award for Book-Length Fiction for Refresh, Refresh (Graywolf Press). Madeline Mysko of Baltimore, Md., judged.

Paul Zimmer, Soldiers Grove, won the Posner Award for Book-Length Poetry for Crossing to Sunlight Revisited: New and Selected Poems (The University of Georgia Press). Susan Elbe of Madison received an honorable mention for her collection Eden in the Rearview Mirror (Word Press). Bruce Bennett of Aurora, N.Y., judged.

Abby Frucht of Oshkosh won the Kay W. Levin Short Nonfiction Award for her article "Blue Shirt" in Brevity Journal; Frank Bures of Verona received an honorable mention for "Spirits in the Material World" in Washington Post Magazine. Susan Morehouse of Alfred, N.Y., judged.

Christi Clancy of Whitefish Bay won the Larry and Eleanor Sternig Short Fiction Award for "Little Frozen Universes" in Hobart Journal. Honorable mentions went to John Campbell of Brookfield for "Breaking into Print" from Timber Creek Review and Abby Frucht of Oshkosh for "Is Glistening" in Narrative Magazine. Tatyana Mischel of Seattle, Wash., judged.

Ann Bausum, Beloit, won the Arthur Tofte/Betty Ren Wright Children's Literature Award for her book Muckrakers: How Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, and Lincoln Steffens Helped Expose Scandal, Inspire Reform, and Invent Investigative Journalism (National Geographic Society). Honorable mention went to Dori Chaconas of Germantown for Pennies in a Jar (Peachtree Publisher). Cathy Nelson of Minneapolis, Minn., judged.

Tom Davis of Green Bay won the Ellis-Henderson Award for Outdoor Writing  for "Middle Lake" in Sporting Classics. Amy Jenkins, Wauwatosa, received an honorable mention for "Shepherded Flights" in The Florida Review. Stephen Bodio of Magdalena, N.M., judged.

David Krump of LaCrosse won the Niedecker Award for Five Poems for work published in various journals. Debra Bruce of Chicago, Ill., judged.

The Council for Wisconsin Writers is a non-profit organization of volunteers established in 1964 to promote awareness of Wisconsin's literary heritage. Edenfred, established in 2004, is a part of the Terry Family Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization.

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