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Wisconsin Book Festival Presents: Wisconsin People & Ideas Poetry and Fiction Contest Winners

Central Library
Meeting Rooms 301 and 302 Combined
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Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring the winners of the statewide 2025 Fiction & Poetry Contests. 

2025 Poetry Contest Winners:

  • First Prize: "Julia," by Alison Thumel
  • Second Prize: "First draft of a letter of support, ghost-written by the patient," by Lex Williams Page
  • Third Prize: "I realize too late this was a test," by Breanna Grow

2025 Fiction Contest Winners:

  • First Prize: "Counting Crows," Elizabeth Hendricks
  • Second Prize: "Full House," John Mulvihill
  • Third Prize: "Waiting," Hannah Greendale