Category: 2017 WTP Winners

Third Place for the Literary Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Henry Plunkett is the recipient of the 2017 WTP Third Place Literary Award for his short story “Drive-by.” He was born and grew up in rural Ireland. He lives now with his wife and child and a menagerie of small animals in the…

Third Place for Fine Art Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer Catherine Spencer is a Cleveland-based artist originally from the Finger Lakes region in upstate New York. She spent a year at Santa Reparata International School of Art (SRISA) in Florence, Italy, before completing her BFA at New York State College of Ceramics (NYSCC)…

Second Place for the Literary Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Kris Faatz (rhymes with skates) is a fiction writer and musician. Her first novel, To Love a Stranger, was a finalist for the 2016 Schaffner Press Music in Literature Award and was released May 2017 by Blue Moon Publishers (Toronto, ON). Kris’s short fiction has…

Second Place for Fine Art Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer A native of Ireland, Bart O’Reilly is an artist and instructor currently based in Baltimore. His interdisciplinary work includes painting, drawing, poetry, and video. His work addresses questions related to places and their objects. He earned an MFA from Maryland Institute College of…

Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award First Place for Fine Art Interview by Jennifer Nelson, WTP Feature Writer A native New Yorker, Ellen Koment earned an MA in painting from UC Berkeley and a BFA from Cooper Union Art School. She taught and exhibited her work in museums and galleries in the Bay Area for twenty-five…

Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award First Place for the Literary Interview by August Smith, WTP Feature Writer Jacqueline Kolosov is the recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award for the Literary.  She is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, where she directs both the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs, and works…

Jacqueline Kolosov recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award Jacqueline Kolosov is the recipient of the Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award for the Literary.  She is a professor of English at Texas Tech University, where she directs both the undergraduate and graduate creative writing programs, and works in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and in hybrid…

Bart O’Reilly Bart O’Reilly was born in Dublin, Ireland, and has lived in Maryland since 2003. He makes interdisciplinary work that includes painting, drawing, poetry, and video. He teaches at The Maryland Institute College of Art and Hartford Community College. His work has been shown extensively in Baltimore, Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York, as well…

Ellen Koment recipient of the The Elizabeth Sloan Tyler Memorial Award Ellen Koment , first place winner in the WTP first annual art competition,  is a native New Yorker, who lived in Coney Island, half a block from the boardwalk until age seven. She and her family eventually moved to the West Coast, but she would…

Kris Faatz   Kris Faatz is the WTP 2017 Literary Second Place recipient, for her short story “Let Me Take Your Hands.” Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in Kenyon Review Online, Potomac Review, Reed, and other journals. Her first novel, To Love a Stranger, was a finalist for the 2016 Schaffner Press Music in Literature Award and…

Henry Plunkett Henry Plunkett is the recipient of the 2017 WTP Third Place Literary Award for his short story “Drive-By.” He was born and grew up in rural Ireland. He lives now with his wife and child and a menagerie of small animals in the Perth hills. He is a student of creative writing at…