Wisconsin People & Ideas magazine presented a virtual reading on October 24 as part of the 2022 Wisconsin Book Festival. The winners of the 2022 Fiction & Poetry Contests read their winning entries. The event was hosted by interim editor, Christopher Chambers.
Program
Welcome message by Christopher Chambers
3rd Place poetry by Jess L. Parker, Fitchburg — “Neptune”
3rd Place fiction by Janice Wilberg, Milwaukee — “Snow Door”
2nd Place poetry by Alecia Beymer, Madison — “A Couple Months After My Father’s Death, I Read About Songbirds Mysteriously Dying in Pennsylvania”
2nd Place fiction by Richie Zaborowske, Appleton — “Down in the Valley”
1st Place poetry by Nicholas Gulig, Fort Atkinson — “Of Genesis”
1st Place fiction by Tom Pamperin, Chippewa Falls — “In Rock Springs When the Angel Trumpets Sound”
Closing message by Christopher Chambers