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1.16.2016


The 2016 Luminaire Award for Best Prose
WINNERS & SHORTLISTED FINALISTS

We here at Alternating Current feel that it is highly important to reward our authors with every possible chance for recognition of their fine crafts. We are pleased to announce the winners and finalist shortlist for The 2016 Luminaire Award for Best Prose, honoring the independent press’ best prose. The pieces are judged blindly by an external panel to determine the semifinalist longlist and then a finalist shortlist. The first place winner will be published in January, and the rest will follow, through December, with the winning pieces being published once per month throughout the year on The Current. First through fifth places are also published in a triennial print and ebook award anthology.


FIRST PLACE
Eric Shonkwiler
“For the Man after Me”


SECOND PLACE
Steve Karas
“Kinda Sorta American Dream”


THIRD PLACE
Justin Lawrence Daugherty
“What World We Build after All That’s Burned Away”


FOURTH PLACE
Steve Karas
“Sculpting Sand”


FIFTH PLACE
Constance Sayers
“Tennessee”


NOTABLE MENTIONS
Charles Bane, Jr.
“The Jewel Fish”
“Summer of the Horseshoe Crab”

Ashley Shelby
“LinkedIn Thought You Might Be Interested in This Post-Climate Impact Job: Environmental Migrant Management and Soil-Free Solutions”

Eric Shonkwiler
“Re-Up”

Diane Payne
“Walking”

Vic Sizemore
“Riders on the Storm”

Josh Wardrip
“Furthermore”

Thanks to these authors for sharing their incredible work with us and for trusting us to share it with the rest of the world. Congratulations on the results.

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