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Posted inCulture, Seven Daysies Awards

Best Vermont fiction writer

Chris Bohjalian
Seven Days StaffAugust 2, 2011November 13, 2023

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Winner:
 Chris Bohjalian

Runner-Up:
 Archer Mayor

This article appears in 2011 Seven Daysies.

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