Awards for Exceptional Works of Poetry and Prose

A prize of $250 will be awarded to one writer for the Sue Lile Inman Fiction Award for excellence in the art of the short story. Established in 2001 by the family and friends of Sue Lile Inman and by the Emrys Foundation, this annual prize honors the Journal’s founding editor and former Board President. Ashley Warlick, Fiction Editor, selected the winning entry for 2009.

Another prize of $250 will be awarded to one poet for the Nancy Dew Taylor Award for excellence in the art of poetry. This award was established in 2003 to honor past-President Nancy Dew Taylor, by her family, friends and the Emrys Foundation. Mamie Morgan, this year’s Emrys Poetry Editor, made the final selection.

The prize for excellence in the art of the essay to honor the memory of Dr. Linda Julian, by her family, friends, and the Emrys Foundation was not awarded this year.

This year’s winners are:

FICTION: Heather Magruder for Within

POETRY: Doug Ramspeck for Apple Picking

ESSAY: Randon Billings Noble for Mirror Glimpses

***Substantial funding for the Emrys Journal is provided by the estate of the late Dorothy Peace Ramsaur, who established an endowment in memory of her father, Roger C. Peace. Mr. and Mrs. M. Dexter Hagy provide the Sarah Jane Tracy Hagy Emrys Intern Award in memory of Mr. Hagy's mother. This award allows a young woman the opportunity to gain editing experience in a one-year apprenticeship position with the journal.