Awards Tacenda Literary Awards
Tacenda Literary Awards
BleakHouse Publishing, in partnership with WilloTrees Press, sponsors the LIFE Award ("Literary Involvements for Equality) given to one or more works of fiction that illuminate problems of social justice. The presses also sponsor several Tacenda Literary Awards for a range of creative enterprises.
LIFE Award, 2009:
Dress Her in Silk by Martha Donovan (Finish Line Press)
Best Short Story, 2009:
"Desperation Diaries" by Shirin Karimi (BleakHouse Review)
& "The Jungle" by Christopher Dum (BleakHouse Review)
Best Play, 2009:
Just a Formality by Jonas Varnum (Tacenda Literary Magazine)
Best Poem, 2009:
"Little Miracles" by Sonia Tabriz (Admit2: An Online Literary Magazine)
& "Gateway" by Chris Miller (A Zoo Near You)
Best Collaboration, 2009:
"Going Nowhere" by Susan Nagelsen & Charles Huckelbury (Exiled Voices)
Best Artwork, 2009:
Cover Art and Design for Origami Heart by Liz Calka (BleakHouse Publishing)
Social Justice Advocacy Award, 2009:
Jody Kent, for her work with the Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth
Laura Burstein, for her work with the Capital Litigation Communications Project
LIFE Award, 2008:
Tales From The Purple Penguin by Charles Huckelbury (BleakHouse)
Best Short Story, 2008:
"Carpool Buddy" by Thaïs Miller (BleakHouse Review)
& "His Last Words" by Kellee Fitzgerald (BleakHouse Review)
Best Play, 2008:
Peakzone by John "Divine G" Whitfield (Exiled Voices)
Best Poem, 2008:
"Execution Man" by Rachel Cupelo (Tacenda Literary Magazine)
& "empty spaces" by Sonia Tabriz (BleakHouse Review)
Best Collaboration, 2008:
"The Prison Librarian" by Sonia Tabriz and Victor Hassine (A BleakHouse Chapbook)
Best Artwork, 2008:
Ambition, a photograph by Liz Calka
& Cover Art by Sara Rubenson (for Tales From The Purple Penguin)
Social Justice Advocacy Award, 2008:
Ava Christine Page, for her work with Justice Not Jails.
LIFE Award, 2007:
Exiled Voices: Portals of Discovery by Susan Nagelsen (New England College Press)
Best Short Story, 2007:
"The Flotsam and Jetsam of War" by Randy Lowens (JMWW)
Best Play, 2007:
The Price is Wrong by Thaïs Miller (Tacenda)
Best Poem, 2007:
"First Time" by Erin George (Exiled Voices)
& "The Big Day" by Katlyn Miller (Tacenda)
Best Collaboration, 2007:
Painting Czeslawa Kwoka by Theresa Edwards (verse), Loir Schreiner (art), and Wilhelm Brasse (photographs) (Admit2)
LIFE Award, 2006:
No award given.
Best Short Story, 2006:
"Jacob's Story: An Existential Diary" by Jacob Winship (Tacenda)
Best Play, 2006:
The House by Laura Goodwin (Tacenda)
Best Poem, 2006:
"Boy Kills Cat" by Madeline Gitomer (Tacenda)
& "Monday Night Prison Raid" by Aaron Loewenberg (Tacenda)
LIFE Award, 2005:
Poetice Justice: Reflections on the Big House, the Death House, and the American Way of Justice by Robert Johnson (WilloTrees & Infinity)
Best Short Story, 2005:
"Dances with Dragons" by Ania Dobrzanska (The Crying Wall)
Best Play, 2005:
Three Boys and a Dog by Victor Hassine (The Crying Wall)
Best Poem, 2005:
No award given.
