Ruminate Magazine Contest Winners

The most recent issue of Ruminate Magazine announces the winners of the VanderMey Nonfiction Prize sponsored by Dr. Randall J. Vandermey and judged by Leslie Leyland Fields.

First Place
Jessica Wilbanks: “Father of Disorder”

Second Place
Lili Wright: “Shopping for Virgins”

Honorable Mentions
Colleen Clayton: “Mud Fork Holler”
Bryan Parys: “Shape of a Ghost”

Finalists
Emily Brown: “Seeing What Happens if I Do the Same Thing Over and Over Again”
Tristan Mercado: “Virtually Qualified”
Kaethe Schwehn “Tailings”
Natalie Vestin: “Purple Light in the House of God”
Lori Vos: “A Cloud of Mothers”