Lit benefit invite 2010


All LIT Up:
An Evening of Literary Excellence....
On September 11, 2010 at The Palace Theatre in historic PlayhouseSquare

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Winners Announced!

I. Poetry:
Book Length Collections:
George Bilgere:
The White Museum


Single Published Poem:
Eric Anderson: “A Couple of Scars on My Back”
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II. Fiction:
Novel:
Dan Chaon:
Await Your Reply


Short Fiction:
Tricia Springstubb: “In The Dark”


III. Memoir:

Thrity Umrigar: First Darling of The Morning


IV. Creative Nonfiction:
Book length:
Michael Ruhlman:
The Elements of Cooking

Essay:
Kristin Ohlson: “Watching TV in Kabul”


VI. Journalism: Personal Interest Story
Joanna Connors:
Beyond Rape


VII. Playwriting/Performance:
Michael Oatman:
Eclipse

VIII. BLOG, BLOG, BLOG
Erin O’Brien: Owner’s Manual for Human Beings





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