by Category
by Year
2007
AML Award:
Short Fiction
Honorable Mention
Presented to:
Darin Cozzens
For:
"Light of the New Day”
“Light of a New Day” presents its readers with the old, but not worn, scenes of the harvest—the planting, the nourishing, the gathering in. We come to know and understand the characters—and there are only two of them—well indeed. Darin Cozzens uses particularly strong visual images; prayer-worn linoleum and baled snakes and fresh fudge are but a few that enrich the narrative detail. The story ends with hope, not knowledge, but a faith that all will be well.