We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2014 Ryan R. Gibbs Award for Short Fiction and Photography.  This year, we were grateful to have so many beautiful submissions in both categories that choosing the finalists was a gut-wrenching task.  Congratulations to our winners, and sincere thanks to all of our submitters!

The Ryan R. Gibbs Award for Short Fiction

Judged by Roxane Gay
Winner:

Jennifer Genest, “Ways to Prepare White Perch”

 

Finalists:

Nathan Blake, “The Magic Word”
Kathryn Kulpa, “Boy, Dog”
Emma DeMilta, “Anatomy”

 

The Ryan R. Gibbs Award for Photography

Judged by Jesse Morgan Barnett
Winner:

Zhangbolong Liu, Traces

 

Finalists:

Amber Crabbe, Late Night Programming
Marco Castelli, The Big Nudes
Dante Guthrie, Latent 

 

Experience the prize-winning fiction and photography and read the reactions of our magnificent judges in the upcoming issue of New Delta Review, available right here on December 5, 2014.