The 2007 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize Winner

Del Sol Press Is delighted to announce the results of the 2007 Del Sol Press Poetry Prize.

Lisa Suhair Majaj of Nicosia, Cyprus for GEOGRAPHIES OF LIGHT.

Selected by Martha Rhodes.

The 2008 Robert Olen Butler Fiction Prize Winner

Kimberly Willardson, Carrboro, NC

"Winter Memories of the Summer Bear"

Kimberly Willardson lives in Carrboro, North Carolina, where she’s working on her first novel and finishing a collection of short stories. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Literal Latté, American Short Fiction, Ohioana Quarterly, and Rosebud, among other publications. She has received grant fellowships in fiction writing from the Ohio Arts Council and the Montgomery County (Ohio) Arts and Cultural District.

In addition to her roles as mother, dog trainer, freelance editor, teacher, and landscaper, Ms. Willardson is currently raising funds for The Vincent Brothers Review, which she founded in 1987 and hopes to revive after a five-year hiatus.

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