Hair Trigger 27 wins Gold Crown   

In addition to the Gold Crown, individual awards went to the following people:

• First Place, Traditional Fiction: Cynthium Johnson-Woodfolk, for “Hattie” (FW MFA candidate)
• Third Place, Traditional Fiction: Stephanie Kuehnert, for “Fairytale” (FW MFA candidate)
• Certificate of Merit, Traditional Fiction: Jona Whipple, for “Ghost House” (FW student)
• Certificate of Merit, creative nonfiction Essay: Kinchem Hegedus, for “Bittersweet” (FW MFA candidate)
• Third Place, Cover Design in Two or More Colors: Mary Johnson, Abigail Friedman (Creative and Printing Services staff),and Howard Henry Chen (MFA Photography Columbia College Chicago)
• Second Place, Title and Contents Page: Mary Johnson, Abigail Friedman, and John Farbrother (Creative and Printing Services staff)
• First Place, Portfolio of Work (Photography): Howard Henry Chen

Congratulations go to Chris Maul Rice, faculty advisor, and Shawn Shiflett, Coordinator of Faculty Development and Hair Trigger supervisor, as well as to student editors Ryan Brown, Katie Corboy, Frank Crist, Heather Davis, James M. Elkins, William Gregory, Meredith Grahl, Stephanie Kuehnert, Jenny Seay, Ryan Sinon, Rose Tully, and Jill Winski.

Hair Trigger is a great testament to the hard work of writers and editors in the Fiction Writing Department, but more broadly, it is a great testament to the power of the Columbia mission and the diversity of voices, cultures, and stories that Columbia students bring to the Fiction Writing classes.