2012 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner and Judge: Winner: Josie Sigler Sibara's "The Compartment" Honorable Mentions: John Longo's "The Only Thing We Argue About Is Time Travel" and Emma Eisenberg's "There was" Judged by: Ander Monson 2012 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Geetha Iyer's "The Glass-World Builder," selected by Victor LaValle Honorable Mention: Ashley Chamber's "You Will Make Several Relaxing Cuts" and Delaney Nolan's "We Shall Fill Our House With Spoil" Nonfiction: Emily Watson's "Sweetie, Sweetie," selected by Jenny Boully Honorable Mention: Christiana Louisa Langenberg's "Foiled" and Gina Troisi's "Wrapped Up in Skin, Hidden Behind Eyes" Poetry: Lo Kwa Mei-en's "Pinnochia on Fire," selected by Joyelle McSweeney Honorable Mention: Jennifer Militello's "Autobiography with God Complex and Epidemic" and Melissa Barrett's "The Great Die-Up" 2011 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner and Judge: Winner: Erica Olsen's "Grand Canyon II" Honorable Mentions: Sonja Vitow's "Master Bedroom" and Paul Zaic's "Why I Became a Fireman" Judged by: Sarah Manguso 2011 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Brian Van Reet's "The Window," selected by Frederick Reiken Honorable Mention: Cara Blue Adams's "At the Gates" and Sue Staats's "No Hero, No Sharks" Nonfiction: Arianne Zwartjes's "The Suturing of Wounds or Words," selected by John D'Agata Honorable Mention: Laura Hartenberger's "Three Tales of the Extraordinary" and Daisy Pitkin's "An Algorithm" Poetry: Amaranth Borsuk's "A New Vessel," selected by Ilya Kaminsky Honorable Mention: Allison Hutchcraft's "Lampshade Cue Stick Acrobat Dust" and Carrie Chappell's "[Silver & I in the yellow kitchen, cruel in paper]" 2010 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner and Judge: Winner: Lillian-Yvonne Bertram's "Animals Do Not Commit Delusional Acts" Honorable Mentions: Benjamin Glass's "Tennessee Apology" and Robert Thomas's "Picnic" Judged by: Joe Bonomo 2010 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Sara Batkie's "Cleavage," selected by Thisbe Nissen Honorable Mention: Janet Hilliard-Osborn's "Easter, 1954" Nonfiction: Judith Kroll's "Happy Families," selected by Eula Biss Honorable Mention: Nicholas Maistros' "Woman of the Year: A Gay Man's Meditation on Marriage" Poetry: Anne Marie Rooney's "Flower Sonnet," selected by Mark Doty Honorable Mention: Farah Marklevits' "Newborn" 2009 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner and Judge: Winner: Matthew Yeager's "Property of Alvin Flover," a prose poem Honorable Mentions: Tracy Guzeman's "Einstein" and Joseph Holt's "Your Nightmare", both fiction Judged by: Mary Robison 2009 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Dana Kinstler's "Bird in My Throat," selected by Antonya Nelson Honorable Mentions: Rashad Harrison's "Agavé," Dionne Irving's "The Gifts," and Lee Strickland's "Same Day Siblings" Nonfiction: Kelly Blikre's "On Our Skin," selected by Dinty W. Moore Honorable Mention: Sara Lieber's "Poser" Poetry: Patricia Murphy's "Why I Burned Down Namdaemun Gate," selected by Brigit Pegeen Kelly Honorable Mention: Robert Thomas's "Salt, Towel, Knife" 2008 Donald Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winner and Judge: Winner: Kevin Allardice's "Dominoes," lyric essay Honorable Mention: Anne Ray's "We Rode Around," fiction Judged by: Beckian Fritz Goldberg 2008 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Sarah Cornwell's "Boyland," selected by Jennifer Egan Honorable Mention: Cara Oleka's "Tiny Dancer" Nonfiction: Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel's "Kisha Club," selected by Rubén Martínez Poetry: Jonathan Rice's "Inheritance," selected by Natasha Trethewey 2007 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Viet Thanh Nguyen's "The Other Woman," selected by Sigrid Nunez Nonfiction: Jane Ashley's "from the book of concealed hearts," selected by Eula Biss Poetry: Jennifer Elmore's "Incoherent Flash Panorama," selected by Terrance Hayes Honorable Mention: Sam Witt's "Agony Cast" 2006 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Steven Wingate's "Beaching It," selected by Antonya Nelson Honorable Mentions: Suzanne Kehde's "Out of the Blue" and Matthew Modica's "Homecoming" Nonfiction: Carlos Cunha's "On Places Wasted by Speed," selected by John D'Agata Honorable Mentions: Ryan Rase McCray's "Lying Down" and Julie Wade's "Wishbone" Poetry: Tyler Caroline Mills's "Nagasaki," selected by Eavan Boland Honorable Mentions: Leslie McGrath's "Ram's Horn and Citron, Tinder and Carillon" and Frances Richey's "Christmas Dinner With My Son in Arlington Heights" 2005 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Christian A. Winn's "The Dirtiest Hamburger in the World," selected by Justin Cronin Honorable Mentions: Michael Kardos's "One Last Good Time" and Nam Le's "Escape" Nonfiction: John Medeiros's "One Sentence," selected by Wayne Koestenbaum Honorable Mention: Ruth Gila Berger's "Returning" Poetry: Richard Wollman's "Relativity in America, 1936," selected by Susan Howe Honorable Mentions: Stefi Weisburd's "Drafting on Robert Haas Writing His Mother's Nipples" and Justin Petropoulos's "amid the tulip-bulbed confluence of vengeful municipalities" 2004 Gulf Coast Prize Winners and Judges: Fiction: Dominic Smith's "The Projectionist" Honorable Mentions: Carrie Cogan's "Birthday Boy" and Natalie Serber's "Plum Tree" Nonfiction: Julie Wade's "Black Fleece" Honorable Mentions: Oona Patrick's "Timeline: A Memoir" and Wendy Sanford's "Pecans" Poetry: Thomas Heise's "Horror Vacui" Honorable Mentions: Erica Bernheim's "Dear Baby, Love Here is Cornfed" and Bobbi Lurie's "Traveling North"