Winners of
The Relentless Award

2019

Winner of The 2019 Relentless Award

Nightwatch 
by Max Yu

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2019 Finalists

• This Exquisite Corpse by Mia Chung

• Wet Brain by John J Caswell, Jr.

Max Yu

2018

Winner of The 2018 Relentless Award

The Bandaged Place 
by Harrison David Rivers

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2018 Finalists

• The 626 Project by Lisa Sanaye Dring

• The Girl is Chained by Genne Murphy

Harrison David Rivers

Photo credit: Zack Dezon

2017

Winner of The 2017 Relentless Award

Pussy Sludge 
by Gracie Gardner

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2017 Finalists

• Hamlet by Mia Fefferman by Mara Nelson-Greenberg

• One More Less by Kate Cortesi

• There's Always the Hudson by Paola Lázaro

Gracie Gardner

Photo credit: Patrick Fleury

2016

Winner of The 2016 Relentless Award

Is God Is              
by Aleshea Harris

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2016 Finalists

• Recent Alien Abductions by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas

• The Treasurer by Max Posner

Alesha Harris

Photo credit: Costantino Ciminiello and Andrew Wofford

2015

Winners of The 2015 Relentless Award

After being deadlocked our judges enthusiastically embraced the idea of these two wildly talented writers sharing the award.

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Dance Nation
by Clare Barron
 

The Wolves 
by Sarah DeLappe

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2015 Finalists

• #‎bros by Jake Jeppson

• Radio Island by Liza Birkenmeier

(left) Sarah DeLappe, (right) Clare Barron