Goldilocks Zone 2023
Winner
Mis-en-scéne / Kathy Flann / Essay
Runners-up
The Lido / Donna Ferguson / Best of Fiction
Revenant / J Carraher / Best of Poetry
In the Woods Once Upon a Time / Robin Young / Best of Art (Shown Here)
Finalists
Dean Martin / Jennifer Seigle / Essay
Inception 2023
Winner
Nightwalk / Bill Schulz / Painting (shown here)
Runners-up
Two Winters Long / Nathaniel Eddy / Novel / Best of Novels
Genesis / Rex Wilder / Best of Art
Grinders and Cream / Robert Hickson / Fiction / Best of Short Stories
Finalists
The Devil in the Details / TJ Morley / Fiction
Deus in Machina / Karen Davis / Novel
Kentucky Blood (Book I) / Ashley Sheikh / Novel
Woodcutter / Danielle Stonehirsch / Fiction
BUZZKILL / Leila Springer / Fiction
A Dream of Tibet / Bill Schulz / Painting
Rigel 2023
Winner
Book, Escape, Sanctuary / Lesley Finn / Essay with Erased & Collaged Pages
Runners-up
Hope your heart is lighter than a feather / Quentin Pace / Best of Art (left)
A Brief History of a Flood / J Carraher / Best of Essay
Lavender / Marilyn Hope / Best of Fiction (tied)
Salvatore Milione / Maureen Hall / Best of Fiction (tied)
Finalists
Adrift in Deep Sea / Penny Senanarong / Art
Body Count / Michael Cullinane / Fiction
Motorcycling to Mexican Time and the Zen Sea WC-3244 / Essay
Fishing for her children / Dave Sims / Art
Seeing the Spider / Luann Lewis / Fiction
Geminga 2023
Winner
The Weather Circus / Aubrie Brown / Fiction
Runners-up
plumeria / Helen Wu / Best of Poetry
Canopy / Kim Downey / Best of CNF
What Is a Mouth / EZAM / Best of Graphic Novel
Death Portrait of Pappoo / Peter Chechopoulos / Best of Art
Finalists
Restoration / Juan Gallo / Art (Left)
Moon / Irene Blair Honeycutt / Poem
Riverside, Dubuque, IA Series / Christopher Paul Brown / Art
I miss our old house and the bougainvillea tree outside our window / Christine Imperial / Poem
Rust / Ginna Wilkerson / Art
I Can Tell You / Kyle Gardner / Fiction
Regarding your workplace / Ben Elliott / Poem
Web / Susan Dambroff / Art
How the Giantess Became Small / Amy Marques / Poem
And Blood the Next Day / Brendan Straubel / Fiction
Leftover Summer Somnolence / Katrina Lemaire / Poem