Finalists for The Lantern Awards

The LIT (formerly The Poets’ and Writers’ League of Greater Cleveland) is proud to announce the finalists for the first biennial Lantern Awards.  These awards were created to honor and celebrate the most talented literary artists who live and work in Northeast Ohio.  The winners will be announced and awards will be presented at ALL LIT UP:  An Evening of Literary Excellence on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Ohio Theatre of PlayhouseSquare.

The finalists of this prestigious awards event are:Poetry Collection:
George Bilgere: The White Museum
Will Greenway: Everywhere At Once
Lou Suarez: The Traveler
 
Single Poem:
Thomas Dukes: A Woman Bathes in The Ohio River
Eric Anderson: A Couple of Scars on My Back
Sarah Gridley: Sonnet on Fire
 
Fiction/Novel:
Dan Chaon: Await Your Reply
Sheila Schwartz: Lies Will Take You Somewhere
Thrity Umrigar: The Weight of HeavenShort Fiction:
Grant Bailie: Saint Bob
Tricia Springstubb: In The Dark
Eric Wasserman: The Golden State

Graphic Novel:
Harvey Pekar: The Beats
Derf: Punk Rock & Trailer Parks
 
Memoir Book Length:
Thrity Umrigar: First Darling of The Morning
Kazim Ali: Bright Felon
 
Nonfiction: Book Length:Jimi Izrael: The Denzel Principle
Joanne Denko/Victoria Greenleaf: Envy
Michael Ruhlman: The Elements of Cooking
 Nonfiction: Essay:
Heather Bentoske: Septic
Charlotte Morgan: Plagued
Kristin Ohlson: Watching TV in Kabul
 
Journalism:
Michael Gill: Sacrificial Lambs
Joanna Connors: Beyond Rape
David Giffels: The American Dream

Performance:
Michael Oatman: Eclipse
David Hansen: And Then You Die
Chris Seibert/Raymond Bobgan: Cut to Pieces Blog:
Michael Salinger: Cleveland Poetics Blogspot
Erin O’Brien: Owner’s Manual For Human Beings
Karen Sandstrom: Pen in Hand
 
The winners will be announced and awards will be presented at ALL LIT UP:  An Evening of Literary Excellence on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Palace Theatre of PlayhouseSquare.  Tickets go on sale July 1, 2010.