<\/h2>\nin Fiction and Poetry<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n <\/p>\n
We\u2019d like to thank everyone who submitted to our inaugural Summer Prize in Fiction and Poetry. Without you, this would not have been possible, and we are grateful for your participation and trust in our journal. Please join us in congratulating the winners, runner-ups, and finalists of the 2019 Summer Prize!<\/span><\/p>\nWinner of the 2019 Fiction Prize selected by Ramona Ausubel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe Pig Queen\u201d by Sheldon Costa<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nRamona Ausubel says, \u201c\u2019The Pig Queen\u2019 delighted me with its strangeness and discomfort coupled with precise imagery and funny lines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nRunner-Up of the 2019 Fiction Prize selected by Ramona Ausubel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cStructural Report\u201d by Debbie Vance<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/creamcityreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2019\/09\/IMG_6487-253x250.jpg\")
<\/span><\/p>\nRamona Ausubel says, \u201c\u2019Structural Report\u2019 is also full of surprises and very thought provoking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFinalists:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHannah Vechter and the Mockup Man\u201d by Robert Long Foreman<\/span>
\u201cThe Beasts are All Around\u201d by Laura Price Steele<\/span>
\u201cRenewal\u201d by Adam Byko<\/span>
\u201cThe Witch\u2019s Tooth\u201d by Kate Felix<\/span>
\u201cThe Blessing of the Animals\u201d by Caitlin Rae Taylor<\/span>
\u201cEuphony\u201d by Natalie Villacorta<\/span><\/p>\nWinner of the 2019 Poetry Prize selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cMy Mother Tries to Teach Me How to Garden\u201d by Hannah Dow<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/creamcityreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/421\/2019\/09\/Screen-Shot-2019-09-18-at-11.16.47-AM-218x300.png\")
<\/span><\/p>\nAimee Nezhukumatathil says, \u201cThis poem demonstrates how a whole life can be unearthed in the fecundity of a garden. So much richness found in these stanzas, especially in the turning over of word origins, all for it ending with a magnificent last sentence that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about for days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nRunner-Up of the 2019 Poetry Prize selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cmountains before mountains were mothers\u201d by Aimee Herman<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAimee Nezhukumatathil says, \u201cThis poem’s heartbeat resides in the thrum of its footnotes,\u00a0fastening bright connections between the “mathematics\u00a0of your body” and the body as landscape in unexpected and elegant ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\nFinalists: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\u201cI looked up one day\u201d by Matthew Baker<\/span>
\u201cBody\u201d by Alana Baum<\/span>
\u201cThe Water, the Truth, the Water\u201d by Stacey Balkun<\/span>
\u201cAgoraphobia\u201d by Janine Certo<\/span>
\u201cOnly Once Driving in Cincinnati\u201d by Kirk Schlueter<\/span>
\u201cRapids\u201d by Tyler Dettloff<\/span>
\u201cThe Wolf as Pick-up Artist\u201d by Emily Cole<\/span>
\u201cI wrapped the animals I skinned around your hands and neck\u201d by Jacob Lindberg<\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0* * *<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nThank you all again for your wonderful work. <\/strong>Be sure to keep an eye out for our Winter Issue 43.2 to read these winning works!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n*Banner art:\u00a0 from\u00a0Gabriel Silva\u2019s \u201cGold 1\u201d, which appears in Issue\u00a042.2 of Cream City Review.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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We\u2019d like to thank everyone who submitted to our inaugural Summer Prize in Fiction and Poetry. Without you, this would not have been possible, and we are grateful for your participation and trust in our journal. Please join us in congratulating the winners, runner-ups, and finalists of the 2019 Summer Prize!<\/span><\/p>\n Winner of the 2019 Fiction Prize selected by Ramona Ausubel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe Pig Queen\u201d by Sheldon Costa<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Ramona Ausubel says, \u201c\u2019The Pig Queen\u2019 delighted me with its strangeness and discomfort coupled with precise imagery and funny lines.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Runner-Up of the 2019 Fiction Prize selected by Ramona Ausubel:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cStructural Report\u201d by Debbie Vance<\/span><\/p>\n Ramona Ausubel says, \u201c\u2019Structural Report\u2019 is also full of surprises and very thought provoking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Finalists:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHannah Vechter and the Mockup Man\u201d by Robert Long Foreman<\/span> Winner of the 2019 Poetry Prize selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMy Mother Tries to Teach Me How to Garden\u201d by Hannah Dow<\/span><\/p>\n Aimee Nezhukumatathil says, \u201cThis poem demonstrates how a whole life can be unearthed in the fecundity of a garden. So much richness found in these stanzas, especially in the turning over of word origins, all for it ending with a magnificent last sentence that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about for days.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Runner-Up of the 2019 Poetry Prize selected by Aimee Nezhukumatathil:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cmountains before mountains were mothers\u201d by Aimee Herman<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aimee Nezhukumatathil says, \u201cThis poem’s heartbeat resides in the thrum of its footnotes,\u00a0fastening bright connections between the “mathematics\u00a0of your body” and the body as landscape in unexpected and elegant ways.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Finalists: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI looked up one day\u201d by Matthew Baker<\/span> \u00a0* * *<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Thank you all again for your wonderful work. <\/strong>Be sure to keep an eye out for our Winter Issue 43.2 to read these winning works!\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n *Banner art:\u00a0 from\u00a0Gabriel Silva\u2019s \u201cGold 1\u201d, which appears in Issue\u00a042.2 of Cream City Review.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019d like to thank everyone who submitted to our inaugural Summer Prizes in Fiction and Poetry. Without you, this would not have been possible, and we are grateful for your participation and trust in our journal. Please join us in congratulating the winners, runner-ups, and finalists of the 2019 Summer Prizes!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37709,"featured_media":3276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[51,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-contest","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cThe Beasts are All Around\u201d by Laura Price Steele<\/span>
\u201cRenewal\u201d by Adam Byko<\/span>
\u201cThe Witch\u2019s Tooth\u201d by Kate Felix<\/span>
\u201cThe Blessing of the Animals\u201d by Caitlin Rae Taylor<\/span>
\u201cEuphony\u201d by Natalie Villacorta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n
\u201cBody\u201d by Alana Baum<\/span>
\u201cThe Water, the Truth, the Water\u201d by Stacey Balkun<\/span>
\u201cAgoraphobia\u201d by Janine Certo<\/span>
\u201cOnly Once Driving in Cincinnati\u201d by Kirk Schlueter<\/span>
\u201cRapids\u201d by Tyler Dettloff<\/span>
\u201cThe Wolf as Pick-up Artist\u201d by Emily Cole<\/span>
\u201cI wrapped the animals I skinned around your hands and neck\u201d by Jacob Lindberg<\/span><\/p>\n