Past Winners
The Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction
2009 Winners
| Final Judge |
Kim Stafford |
| 1st Place |
Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich
“In the Fade” |
| Runner-Up |
Susan Buis |
| Honorable Mention |
Erica D. Lee, Christine Cleary |
| Finalists |
K.N. Liao, Lois Leveen, Ryan Van Meter, Judy Copeland, Julie Jeanell Leung, Melody Gee |
2008 Winners
| Final Judge |
Steven Kuusisto |
| 1st Place |
Lauren Smith Traore, of Whitewater, WI
“The Widow’s Tale” |
| Runners-Up |
Ona Gritz |
| Finalists |
Mardi Link, Anisse Gross, Natalie Serber, Cate Hennessey, Kay Sather,
Liz Stephens |
2007 Winners
| Final Judge |
Phillip Lopate |
| 1st Place |
Megan Kruse, of Portland, OR
“Ballads” |
| Runners-Up |
Lynna Williams |
| Finalists |
Nishta J. Mehra, Lorri McDole, Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel, Margot Singer, Siri Liv Myhrom, Joanna Manning |
2006 Winners
| Final Judge |
Dinty Moore |
| 1st Place |
Madeline Sonik, of Victoria, B.C.
“Cucarachas” |
| Runners-Up |
Rachael Hanel, Patricia Hohl |
| Finalists |
Taha Ebrahimi, Sylvia Hayashi, Steven Cantwell, Ira Sukrungruang, Bridget Quinn |
2005 Winners
| Final Judge |
Judith Kitchen |
| 1st Place |
Amy Alznauer, "The Grave-Merry Girls" |
| Runners-Up |
Laura Bell, Nona Caspers |
| Finalists |
David Peters, Mira Bartok, Kim Garcia, Margot Singer, Tama Baldwin, Elizabeth Wray, Jennifer Johnson |
2004 Winners
| Final Judge |
Paul Lisicky |
| 1st Place |
Bonnie Rough, "Slaughter: A Meditation Wherein the Narrator Explores Death and the Afterlife as Her Spiritual Beliefs Evolve" |
| Runners-Up |
C.T. Lawrence, Emily Rapp |
| Finalists |
Dinah Mills, Siri Liv Nordvall, Michele Morano, Laura Distelheim, Linda Lightsey Rice, Genine Lentine |
2003 Winners
| Final Judge |
Kim Barnes |
| 1st Place |
Jill Sisson Quinn, "Subimago" |
| Runners-Up |
Lorna Dries, Lee Gulyas |
| Finalists |
Julie Case, Reesa Grushka, Susan L. Feldman, Jessie Harriman, Christine Hemp, Lea Steele, Lynna Williams |
2002 Winners
| Final Judge |
John D'Agata |
| 1st Place |
Ander Monson, "Index for X and the Origin of Fires" |
| 2nd Place |
Eula Biss, "The Only Professional Player of the Toy Piano, Margaret Leng Tan" |
| 3rd Place |
Ann Veronica Simon, "Some Plainclothes Dream Cop: Aphorisms on Either Side of Sleep" |
| Finalists |
Christina Adams, Erica Etelson, Judith Ktchen, Angela Morales, Michele Morano, Lia Purpura, Pamela Rasmussen, Arthur Saltzman, Patricia Smith, Elaine Winer |
2001 Winners
| Final Judge |
Bernard Cooper |
| 1st Place |
Jocelyn Bartkevicius, "The End of the World of Men" |
| 2nd Place |
Julia Moris-Hartley, "Fed For Life" |
| 3rd Place |
Becky Hagenston, "Geronimo the Third" |
| Finalists |
Ann Bauer, Jenna Mulhall Brereton, Daniel Chacon, Susan McClosky, Cassi Ney, Lia Purpura, Brenda Serotte |
