2017 FICTION & POETRY WINNERS

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2017 FICTION POETRY WINNERS
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1st Place Fiction Hitched
Denise Sedman Denise Sedman is a published
author, writing both fiction and poetry. She runs
a monthly Writers Group Workshop at the Westland
Library.
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2nd Place Fiction Terra Firma
Rachel PascheRachel Pasche is a current student
at the University of Michigan studying Creative
Writing. She loves watching Spongebob
Squarepants, hiking with her dog, and rereading
the Harry Potter series as often as possible
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1st Place Poetry First Wolf
Lisa FolkmireLisa Folkmire is a poet from
Warren, Michigan. She holds an MFA from Vermont
College of Fine Arts and her poems have appeared
in Heron Tree Literary Arts Journal, Erstwhile
Magazine, Yellow Chair Reviews Rock the Chair
Challenge, Atlas Alice, among others
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2nd Place Poetry for Brenda Lee Marquez McCool,
a mom who protected her son from gunfire during
the Pulse shooting for the price of two bullets
Alex KimeAlex is a teaching artist, dialogue
facilitator, and recipient of the 2015 Jeffrey L.
Weisburg Memorial Prize in Poetry
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3rd Place Poetry Nighttime
Kelsey ZimmermanKelsey Zimmerman is an Ann Arbor
native and has a B.A. in English Language and
Literature from the University of Michigan. She
is a skilled knitter and amateur photographer and
writer
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Alex Kime