2015 Denny C. Plattner Awards

We are proud to announce the winners of the annual Denny C. Plattner Awards, which were established in 1995 by Kenneth and Elissa Plattner to honor their late son and his love of writing. The awards are given to the finest pieces of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that appeared in Appalachian Heritage during the previous year. Winners receive a $200 prize, and both winners and honorable mentions are awarded a handsome cherry wooden book rack designed and manufactured by Berea College Crafts.

FICTION
Judged by Silas House, author of A Parchment of Leaves and The Coal Tattoo
Winner: Clarissa Nemeth, “Broke Your Heart Just About Every Way How”
Honorable Mention: Natalie Sypolt, “Stalking the White Deer”

CREATIVE NONFICTION
Judged by Jeremy B. Jones, author of Bearwallow: A Personal History of a Mountain Homeland
Winner: Jackson Connor, “Speaking of Lineage”
Honorable Mention: Jessie van Eerden, “The Long Weeping”

POETRY
Judged by Jesse Graves, author of Basin Ghosts and Tennessee Landscape with Blighted Pine
Winner: Marianne Worthington, “I saw Bobby Bare kiss Marty Stuart”
Honorable Mention: Bill King, “Hawks at Dusk”