2018 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Award in Poetry

• First Place: “Wilder Nest II: Bleat” by Gayle Baldwin
• Second Place: “Swimming at Nick’s” by Allen Guest
• Third Place: “Behind the Lines” by June Freeman Baswell

2018 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Award in Short Fiction

• First Place: “Chains” by Kathryn Etters Lovatt
• Second Place: “Ice Will Suffice” by June Freeman Baswell
• Third Place: “Namaste” by Denis Lynn

2018 Carrie McCray Memorial Literary Award in Creative Non-fiction

• First Place: “Cuttings” by Vivian Bikulege
• Second Place: “Hillbilly Crazy and Mountain Queer” by Sharon May
• Third Place: “A Pink Tree for Christmas” by Bob Strother