Contest Winners
Listed below are winners of the Nick Adams Short Story Contest, with links to the text of the stories, if available.
Note: These stories are reprinted with permission. Copying any story without the express, written permission of the author is prohibited.
2010 -- "Hangmen" by Andrew Watt, St. Olaf College
2009 -- "A Flawed Vivarium" by Kokoro Lee, Macalester College
2008 -- "Recollection" by Myra Thompson, Knox College
2007 -- "The Swans at Roxleigh" by Callie Bates, Lawrence University
2006 -- "Rolande Quits Her Job" by Sarah Schillaci, Carleton College
2005 -- "The Billie Holiday" by Anne Guidry, Carleton College
2004 -- "Entropy" by Mary Parker, Grinnell College
2003 -- "Templeton Appeared Stoic" by Ross Kelly, Knox College
2002 -- "Faculty Brat" by Benjamin Jacobson, St. Olaf College
2001 -- "At Auction: Items Offered by Hannah Elise Montgomery" by Elaine Farrugia, Knox College
2000 -- "The Rapture Approaches" by Jane Yager, Macalester College
1999 -- "Fun" by Anne-E. Wood, Macalester College
1998 -- "Memories of the Ghost" by Srinivas Rao, College of the University of Chicago
1997 -- "Dead Languages" by Lisa M. Bennett, Monmouth College
1996 (Co-Winners) -- "Planes" by Seth Shafer, Colorado College and "Chrystal's Room" by Aaron Cohn, Knox College
1995 -- "Looking for Swanny" by Josh Stevens, Knox College
1994 -- "The Water Gypsies" by Tenaya Darlington, Beloit College
1993 -- "Wood Things" by Malia E. Gellert, Beloit College
1992 -- "The Gargoyle" by Lynda Olman, Colorado College
1991 -- "An Extra Measure of Grace" by Heidi Espenscheid, Lawrence University
1990 -- "Walking to School in Snow" by Craig Salters, Lake Forest College
1989 -- "Morning Glory" by Martha Kesler, St. Olaf College
1988 -- "Staying Snow" by G. Scott Campbell, Coe College
1987 -- "Low Rent" by John McKenzie, Macalester College
1986 -- "Marshlands" by Timothy R. Fisher, St. Olaf College
1985 -- "(What happened to) The Next Earl Anthony" by Dan Nicolai, Macalester College
1984 -- "Solo" by Laurie Hovell, Lawrence University
1983 -- "Rosehead" by Kim Hastings, Knox College
1982 -- "Waiting for Michael" by Sheila McIntosh, Knox College
1981 -- "Olive" by Elizabeth Stronge, St. Olaf College
1980 -- "Sonia Rose" by Anne L. Johnson, Knox College
1979 -- "Sky-Dance" by Matthew White, Beloit College
1978 -- "Housecleaning" by Sue Rowe, Knox College
1977 -- "The Ship" by Peter Russell, Grinnell College
1976 -- "McKinley Summer" by Martha Starr, St. Olaf College
1975 -- "Summer Seventy-Four" by Amy Borgstrom, Colorado College
1974 -- "Pontius Pilate" by John Hagge, St. Olaf College
1973 -- "Sunday Silence" by Jonathan Griffith, Cornell College