OUR LITERARY AWARDS – CIRCA 2025

THE 29th OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON

To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the other nominees, we send along our thanks and say to them:
Wait’ll Next Year!

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HUMOR

Tom Keane

• “A Summer Day in 1954, Invading Okinawa”

Neil McKinnon

• “My Brief Career as a Pianologist”

Larry Kolczak

• “Prayer for the Rain God”

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FICTION

Mel Goldberg

• “Let the Chips Fall”

Linda Steele

• “Genivieve, The Angel Midwife”

Mel Goldberg

• “Shocking”

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HISTORICAL

Carolyn Kingston

• “Encounters with History”

Herbert Piekow

• “Wanted Dead or Alive: Nellie Bly”

Dr. Lorin Swinehart

• “Troubled Times on the US/Canadian Border”

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FEATURE

Rivka Stienkemp

• “One for A Nomad”

Carolyn Kingston

• “Crossing the River”

Don Beaudreau

• “Three part Series, What Women Have Taught Me”

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BOOK REVIEW

Michael Hogan

• “Loitering in Luchnow”

Mark Sconce

• “The Hogan Reader”

Michael Hogan

• “Herbert Piekow”

Daria Hilton

• “Hungry Crow Babies”

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POEM

John Sacelli

• “Chariot of Fire”

John Dodds

• “Gone Dancing”

Susa Sussamarie

• “Dressed in all our Decades”

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MEXICAN CULTURE

Shannon Ford

• “OUR INDIGENOUS NEIGHBORS TO THE EAST: Poverty, Malnutrition, and Kidney Disease”

Carol Bowman

• “Mexico’s Love Affair With the VW Bug”

Karen Blue

• “Día de las Madres: Celebrating Mother’s Day in Mexico”

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PROFILE

Harriet Hart

• “John Keeling”

Carolyn Kingston

• “Lois Schroff”

David Ellison

• “Of Flies and Men”

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NON-FICTION

Chris Small

• “Why I Write AutoFiction”

Loretta Downs

• “We May Be Fierce But We Are Mortal”

Michael McMonagle

• “Neurodiversity: Life on the Spectrum”

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COLUMN

Christina Bennett

• “Ramblings”

Francisco Nava, Jr.

• “Fiesta”

Shelley Edson

• “Lakeside Living”

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