Coppice Prize winners, shortlist, and longlist

We’re absolutely thrilled to announce the results of the first-ever annual Coppice Prize! We received 250 submissions, so it was quite the challenge to pick first twenty, then ten, and then finally three winners. We were so impressed with the turnout and we want to thank each and every one of you who submitted, as well as our three esteemed judges, Clare Beams, Jill McCorkle, and Rachel Pfennig Hales. Our winners will be published in an anthology, due out later this spring, so stay tuned for that!

Now, without further ado, here’s the list:

First Place: Sally Parlier, True or False Teeth

Second Place: Kristin Collins, Retreat

Third Place: Lauren Davis, No Eyes For Them

Honorable Mention: Maggie Morgan, Cake

Short list:

Isabel Walsh, Deserving

Kim Shegog, Sweet Smoke

Laura Theis, The Unweightning

Lucy Zhang, Mislabeled

Akshat Khare, Foundation

Angelica Esquivel, Night Vision

Long list:

Jessica Heironimus, The Eight of Swords

Vicki Derderian, Binder of Guys

Confession, Chris Belden

The Elizabeths, Kayla Rutledge

Beneath the Surface, Meredith Lindgren

Man-Eater, Kelsey Day

Almost Nineteen, Martha Stallman

Small Cogs, Rachel Taube

We Get Geese, Sarah Berger

Blinds, Bill McCormick

Thank you so much also to our contest sponsors: Quail Ridge Books, So&So Books, Epilogue Books Chocolate Brews, Bowerbird Agency, English Garden Florist of Raleigh, and Lulu Press.

Didn’t get to submit this time? Don’t worry, we’ll be doing this again next year!