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2021 Dogwood Literary Award Winners

The Spring 2021 issue of Dogwood features the 2021 Dogwood Literary Award Winners in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Nonfiction
“My Hundred Years of Solitude” by Marcos Villatoro

Poetry
“Ten-Foot Drop” by Maria Zoccola

Fiction
“Little Black Dress” by Roberta Gates

This year’s contest judges were Sejal Shah (nonfiction), Lauren K. Alleyne (poetry), and James Tate Hill (fiction). Visit Dogwood’s website for a celebration of each of the winners with words from the judges and bios for the winning writers.

2020 Dogwood Literary Award Winners

The Spring 2020 issue of Dogwood features the 2020 Dogwood Literary Award Winners in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

Nonfiction
“The Ritual of Smoking” by Rhonda Zimlich

Poetry
“Dear You” by Fay Dillof

Fiction
“Arbor Day” by Rebecca Timson

This year’s contest judges were Daisy Hernández (nonfiction), Ellen Doré Watson (poetry), and Ladee Hubbard (fiction). Visit Dogwood’s website for a celebration of each of the winners with words from the judges and bios for the winning writers.

Dogwood – Vol. 19 2020

The nonfiction in this issue asks difficult questions regarding the nature of power, self-concept, and family story; the stories explore the construction of self against one’s own misperceptions; and the poems callus toward our own inferiorities refracted by multi-layered experiences of loss and death. Read more at the Dogwood website.