Gertrude Press is pleased to announce the 2007 Fiction and Poetry Chapbook Contest Winners: Ellen Orleans (Boulder, CO) for her fiction piece, Outreach, and Michael Montlack (New York, NY) for his poetry collection, Cover Charge.

There were a number of outstanding entries again this year and the task of selecting winners in each genre was not easy. Congratulations to our winners and semifinalists!

FICTION:

Semi-finalists:

Sally Bellerose (Northampton, MA) - Family Values
Matt Dube (Columbia, MO) - Ingenue
Kayleen Rae Dunson (Seattle, WA) - Fleshology in Parts
Michael Montlack (New York, NY) - The Secret Garage Sale

POETRY:

Winner - Michael Montlack (New York, NY) - Cover Charge

Semi-finalists:

Jeremy Halinen (Spokane, WA) - Position
Deanna Kern Ludwin (Fort Collins, CO) - It Isn't Sex If
Carine Topal (Redondo Beach, CA) - My Siberia
Gerald Wozek (Naperville, IL) - Prairie Elegy

Entries for the 2008 contest will be accepted beginning September 1, 2007.