2017 FICTION & POETRY WINNERS
                     2017 FICTION & 
POETRY WINNERS
1st Place Fiction: Hitched
Denise Sedman
Denise Sedman is a published author, writing both 
fiction and poetry. She runs a monthly Writer’s 
Group Workshop at the Westland Library.
2nd Place Fiction: Terra Firma
Rachel Pasche
Rachel 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
1st Place Poetry: First Wolf
Lisa Folkmire
Lisa 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 Review’s Rock the Chair Challenge, Atlas & 
Alice, among others
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 Kime
Alex is a teaching artist, dialogue facilitator, and 
recipient of the 2015 Jeffrey L. Weisburg Memorial 
Prize in Poetry
3rd Place Poetry: Nighttime
Kelsey Zimmerman
Kelsey 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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