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All LIT Up:
An Evening of Literary Excellence....
On September 11, 2010 at The Palace Theatre in historic PlayhouseSquare
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Final Nominees Announced!
I. Poetry:
Book Length Collections:
George Bilgere: The White Museum
Will Greenway: Everywhere At Once
Lou Suarez: Traveler
Single Published Poem:
Eric Anderson: “A Couple of Scars on My Back”
J. Thomas Dukes: “A Woman Bathes in the Ohio River”
Sarah Gridley: “Sonnet on Fire”
II. Fiction:
Novel:
Dan Chaon: Await Your Reply
Sheila Schwartz: Lies Will Take You Somewhere
Thrity Umrigar: The Weight of Heaven
Short Fiction:
Grant Bailie: “Saint Bob”
Tricia Springstubb: “In The Dark”
Eric Wasserman: “The Golden State”
III. Graphic Novel:
Derf: Punk Rock And Trailer Parks
Harvey Pekar: The Beats
IV. Memoir:
Kazim Ali: Bright Felon
Thrity Umrigar: First Darling of The Morning
V. Creative Nonfiction:
Book length:
Victoria Greenleaf: Envy
Jimi Izrael: The Denzel Principle
Michael Ruhlman: The Elements of Cooking
Essay:
Heather Bentoske: “Septic”
Charlotte Morgan: “Plagued”
Kristin Ohlson: “Watching TV in Kabul”
VI. Journalism: Personal Interest Story
Joanna Connors: Beyond Rape
David Giffels: The American Dream
Michael Gill: Sacrificial Lambs
VII. Playwriting/Performance:
Raymond Bobgan & Chris Seibert: Cut to Pieces
David Hansen: And Then You Die
Michael Oatman: Eclipse
VIII. BLOG, BLOG, BLOG
Michael Salinger (et al): Clevelandpoetics Blogspot
Karen Sandstrom: Pen in Hand
Erin O’Brien: Owner’s Manual for Human Beings
Jurors will judge finalists by four categories:
Excellence of Craft
Originality
Accessibility
Overall Appeal
Judges By Category:
Single Published Poem
John Gabel
Nina Gibans
The Honorable Dan Polster
Poetry Collection:
Felton Thomas, Jr.
Len Steinbach
Joshua Smith
Novel
The Honorable Ann Weatherhead
Suzanne DeGaetano
Neal Chandler
Short Story:
Michael Bloom
Richard Gildenmeister
Annie Holden
Johnathan Forman
Book Length Memoir
Hedy Milgrom
Carol Wolf
Larry Kadis
Graphic Novel
Mary Doria Russell
Christopher Lynn
Mitchell Kahan
Margo Crutchfield
Creative Nonfiction Book Length
Charlie Lawrence
David Goodman
Kathleen Colan
Creative Nonfiction Essay Length:
Kathy Barrie
Anne Helmreich
Christopher Diehl
Journalism
Frank Ruggiero
Tony Sias
Dennis Barrie
Playwriting & Performance:
James Levin
Liz Maugins
Cavana Faithwalker
Blog
Kathleen Cerveny
Lilian Kuri
Sienna Zielinger
Greg Peckham