The Liminal Scholarship is an award established upon the publication of S. K. Kruse’s collection of short stories Tales From the Liminal.
To compete for the 2023 scholarship, applicants submitted essays on aspects of liminality as observed in “The Stretch Motel,” one of the fifteen short stories from Tales From the Liminal. Of the many submissions, Audrey Sizemore of Arizona State University was determined the winner by juror Lee Siegel.
“The author of the essay ‘In Between at the Stretch Motel’ understood the story so deeply, insightfully, sensitively, and sympathetically that her understanding provided the perfect context in which to illuminate the minds and hearts, fears and desires, of the characters in the story and to bring those characters to life,” said Siegel of the winning essay.
Audrey lives in St. George and is currently a student at Arizona State University, pursuing a BA in English through online study. A 16-year veteran of Starbucks, she’s a proud participant in their College Achievement Program. When Audrey is not working or studying or being a mom to her brood of five, she relaxes by reading fiction. Audrey plans to donate the monetary winnings to Utah Tech, saying, “I appreciate that writers like S. K. Kruse support other writers like me, and I want to offer the same kind of support for other students with writing aspirations.”
You can read Sizemore’s winning essay “In Between at the Stretch Motel” here.
Information for the 2024 Liminal Scholarship will be available August 2023.