Illinois Literary Awards

Recent 9L contributors Jill Summers and Kathleen Rooney received 2008 Literary Awards from the Illinois Arts Council for their work appearing in our most recent issue. Summers's story "Cohabitation" and Rooney's essay "Natural Is Not In It" both appeared in the Fall/Winter 2007-8 edition of 9L. Previous 9L contributor Joe Meno also received an IAC Literary Award for his story "Frances the Ghost" which appeared in Triquarterly. Congrats!