december is thrilled to announce the winners of the first annual december Awards!

The Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize, judged by Stephen Berg

WINNER Greg Jensen Anybody Mentions the Pope

HONORABLE MENTION Dina Elenbogen A New Year

Curt Johnson Prose Award in Fiction, judged by Mary Helen Stefaniak

WINNER Jim Nichols Owls

HONORABLE MENTION Michael Fertik Hunting in Nangarhar

Curt Johnson Prose Award in Creative Nonfiction, judged by William Kittredge

WINNER Garet Lahvis NQR

HONORABLE MENTION Jenny McKeel Saigon