Congratulations to the 2016 Stafford Betty Creative Writing Award Winners!
Poetry
First Place: Mateo Lara for "New Age and other poems"
Second Place: Chyna Jade Parker for "Drought Diaries"
Third Place: Laura F. Robbie for "Patient Notes"
Short Story
First Place: Shydel Villa for "Invisible People"
Second Place: Marlin Morales for "Dastaar"
Third Place: Jayme S. Reyna for "Chip"
Drama
First Place: Robert J. Vasquez for "Blue Hour"
Second Place: Anthony Jauregui for "Figment"
Third Place: Bailey Russell and Sidney Russell for "Five Renters, One Landlord, and the AC Unit"