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looking at a stage\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards.png 638w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards-105x80.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards-317x241.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards-423x322.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/242\/2024\/02\/march-2009-grady-awards-634x483.png 634w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,638px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>2009 Grady Awards in Creative Writing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1301_588e51-12 > 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report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 19, 2009, the undergraduate and graduate winners of the Steve Grady Awards for Creative Writing read their original works to a packed Soderberg Auditorium for the fourth event of the Spring 2009 schedule. Steve Evans introduced the poets and Dave Kress introduced the fiction writers who together read for about an hour and a half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1301_4989af-94 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1301_4989af-94 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1301_4989af-94\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1301_835ca6-89\">Set list<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amber Kapiloff<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cPieces\u201d (undergraduate fiction: honorable mention)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katie Lattari<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cI Break Leaves in Brittle Mornings\u201d, \u201cReference\u201d (undergraduate poetry: honorable mention), \u201cOrigins and Interviews\u201d (undergraduate fiction: second place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Fournier<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cDramatic Persuasion\u201d (graduate fiction: honorable mention)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rick LaPlante<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cMagic\u201d, \u201cDouble You\u201d, \u201cPetrified Forest\u201d, \u201cLet\u2019s Tango At Night\u201d, \u201cWell-Wishers\u201d (undergraduate poetry: second place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meghan Dowling<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cAmericana\u201d, \u201cMen at Work\u201d, \u201cGone\u201d (graduate poetry: second place), \u201cReadMe\u201d (graduate fiction: first place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Shaun Irland<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cBreaking Everest\u201d (graduate fiction: second place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dane Bolding<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cSummer Rain\u201d, \u201cA Scent of Smoke\u201d, \u201cLeaves of Clouds\u201d, \u201cAlmost the same as eating snow.\u201d, \u201cPresidents Pass the Time\u201d, \u201cDakota\u201d, \u201cOut of State\u201d, Haiku (untitled), Haiku (untitled), \u201cPost Office Blues #22\u201d (undergraduate poetry: first place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chris Tarbell<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cThe True Story of Peter Danvers\u201d (undergraduate fiction: first place)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alison Fraser<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWhen Paul Marries and I am His Groom\u201d, \u201cA Narrow Cavity for Him\u201d, \u201cIf I Do or Don\u2019t\u201d, \u201cOn Both Sides\u201d, \u201cWhat Has Happened After 1947\u201d (graduate poetry: first place)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report On March 19, 2009, the undergraduate and graduate winners of the Steve Grady Awards for Creative Writing read their original works to a packed Soderberg Auditorium for the fourth event of the Spring 2009 schedule. 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