The winners of the 2016 Porter Fleming Literary Competition have been announced by the Morris Museum of Art. 

They are:
 
Fiction

1st Place: Chris Garcia, Martinez, GA, The Well
2nd Place: Walter Lacher, Aiken, SC, Gene
3rd Place: Courtney Santo, Memphis, TN, The Bridge of the Gods
Judge: Cecelia Tichi, author, editor, and the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
 
Non-Fiction

1st Place: Beth Ann Fennelly, Oxford, MS, Y’all’s Problem
2nd Place: Evan Guilford-Blake, Stone Mountain, GA, Solace
3rd Place: Richard L. Knowles, Harkers Island, NC, Long, Cold Roads  
Judge: Barry Yeoman, award-winning journalist, teacher, and radio documentarian
 
Plays

1st Place:  Chris LaMantia, Grovetown, GA, The Fourth Wall
2 nd Place: Jonathan Cook, North Augusta, SC, A Play by Theodore Janus
3rd Place:  Jon Tuttle, Florence, SC, Precis
Judge: Ellen Hemphill, writer, director, and Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies, Duke, Durham, NC
 
Poetry

1st Place: Emily Rosko, Charleston, SC, Transit
2nd Place: Peter Schmitt, Miami, FL, Instinct
3rd Place: James Hudson, Augusta, GA, The Virgin of Chelmsport
Honorable Mention: Marlena Bergeron, Evans, GA, Skyline Salute
Judge: Ellen Hemphill, writer, director, and Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Studies, Duke, Durham, NC
 
Awards Ceremony

Sunday, April 17, 4:00p.m.
Join us for a ceremony and reception honoring the 2016 Porter Fleming Literary Competition award winners at the Morris Museum of Art. First-place winners will read from their entries. Seating is limited: RSVP to 706-828-3800. This event is free and open to the public.