The 2011 Denny C. Plattner Awards

Fiction

Judged by Lisa Alther, Piney Flats, Tennessee

WINNER:
Brian Hyer, "Barbed Wired"—Fall

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Gurney Norman, "Fifteen Dollars"—Winter
Sandra Van Pelt Hogue, "Roads with Mirrors"—Fall

Non-Fiction

Judged by Rodger Cunningham, Pippa Passes, Kentucky

WINNER:
Michael Kline, "Esau in the Coal Fields: Owing Our Soul to the Company Store"—Summer

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Leah Bachmann, "Voicing the Voiceless: Double-Consciousness in When Winter Come"—Fall
Elizabeth Lamont, "The 'Elephant' and the 'Chicks': How Rural Appalachia's First Writer-in-Residence Came and Went"—Summer

Poetry

Judged by Jonathan Greene, Frankfort, Kentucky

WINNER:
David Huddle, "Mission"—Spring

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Michael Chitwood, "Raking"—Fall
Linda Parsons Marion, "My Grandmother's Housecoat"—Summer

Kenneth and Elissa May Plattner established the Denny C. Plattner Awards in 1995 to honor their late son, Denny, and his love for writing. Each year since, judges have selected the best pieces to appear in Appalachian Heritage. First-place winners each receive $200.00, and all winners receive book racks from Berea College Crafts. Previous winners are listed on our website: http://community.berea.edu/appalachianheritage/plattnerawards/default.html.