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2026 Poetry Winner: "How to Explain Death to a Dog" by Lily Hansen
2026 Poetry Winner: "How to Explain Death to a Dog" by Lily Hansen
Touchstone KSUJune 2, 2026
2026 Poetry Runner-Up: "A History of Kranz" by Isabelle Greenemeyer
2026 Poetry Runner-Up: "A History of Kranz" by Isabelle Greenemeyer
Touchstone KSUJune 2, 2026
2026 Fiction Winner: "Memoriam" by Luke Clifton
2026 Fiction Winner: "Memoriam" by Luke Clifton
Touchstone KSUJune 2, 2026
2026 Fiction Runner Up: "Odie" by Isabelle Greenemeyer
2026 Fiction Runner Up: "Odie" by Isabelle Greenemeyer
Touchstone KSUJune 2, 2026
2026 Nonfiction Winner: "Once a Veteran, Always a Hero" by Natalie Neil
2026 Nonfiction Winner: "Once a Veteran, Always a Hero" by Natalie Neil
Touchstone KSUJune 2, 2026
2025 Poetry Winner: "Letter to Ma" by Lillianna Lamagna
2025 Poetry Winner: "Letter to Ma" by Lillianna Lamagna
Touchstone KSUJune 19, 2025
2025 Fiction Winner: "Trash" by Dawson Veitch
2025 Fiction Winner: "Trash" by Dawson Veitch
Touchstone KSUJune 19, 2025
2024 Art Winner: "0001" by Sarah Troub
2024 Art Winner: "0001" by Sarah Troub
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
2024 Fiction Winner: "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite
2024 Fiction Winner: "Those Final Ashes of War" by Aidia Kite
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
2024 Fiction Runner-Up: "The Brink" by Sarah Troub
2024 Fiction Runner-Up: "The Brink" by Sarah Troub
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite
2024 Poetry Winner: "Confine" by Aidia Kite
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
2024 Poetry Runner-Up: "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen
2024 Poetry Runner-Up: "no contact (but i wanted it first)" by Jennifer Allen
Touchstone KSUAugust 15, 2024
2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch
2024 Nonfiction Winner: "Killed in Action" by Dawson Veitch
Touchstone KSUAugust 11, 2024
2023 Poetry Winner: "The First Born Daughter Explores Her Sense of Self" by Totty Norwood
2023 Poetry Winner: "The First Born Daughter Explores Her Sense of Self" by Totty Norwood
Touchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Totty Norwood, spring 2023 issue, daughter, mother
2023 Fiction Winner: "Metal Bones Break Too” by Abi Whitney
2023 Fiction Winner: "Metal Bones Break Too” by Abi Whitney
Undergrad CW AwardsTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023robot, spring 2023 issue, fiction, Abi Whitney, caregiving
2023 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "Confidentiality Agreement between H. Company and the Recipient" by Dawn
2023 Nonfiction Runner-Up: "Confidentiality Agreement between H. Company and the Recipient" by Dawn
Touchstone KSUMay 7, 2023Dawn, spring 2023 issue, nonfiction, military, masculinity, violence
2023 Poetry Runner-Up: "first love" by Abi Whitney
2023 Poetry Runner-Up: "first love" by Abi Whitney
Touchstone KSUMay 7, 2023poetry, Abi Whitney, love, spring 2023 issue
2023 Fiction Runner-Up: "Drop-Off Lane" by Nichole Maryse
2023 Fiction Runner-Up: "Drop-Off Lane" by Nichole Maryse
Undergrad CW AwardsTouchstone KSUMay 7, 2023fiction, spring issue 2023, Nichole Maryse, sleepover, childhood
2023 Nonfiction Winner: "Answered Call" by Whitney Mills
2023 Nonfiction Winner: "Answered Call" by Whitney Mills
Touchstone KSUMay 7, 2023nonfiction, spring 2023 issue, Whitney Mills, hometown, freedom, siblings
2022 Fiction Winner: "On the Settling of Dust" by Tyson Doll
2022 Fiction Winner: "On the Settling of Dust" by Tyson Doll

I tried to close my eyes, but couldn’t manage. It was only a split second, after all, and I’d done this before. The seventy-odd feet between my eyes and the ground beneath them sent such a visceral chill through my spine that my feet forgot to brace for our landing.

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