The winners of the 2008 First Person Impressions competition have been selected:

Memoir 
1st place:  Cushing’s Final Essay, Frances Grote
2nd place: The Wishing Chair, Sylvia M. DeSantis
3rd place: The Palazzo, Gail Wilkinson
Honorable Mention: Walled City, Ed Weinberg 

Video 
1st place: Work in Progress, Sarah Ginsburg
2nd place: Route 66, Carter Liotta
3rd place: The Amazing Barry Silver, Andrew David Watson 
Honorable Mention: Mr. America, J. Michael Whalen

Photo 
1st place: Megan Rossman
2nd place: Nicolas Silberfaden
3rd place: Sarah Barr

No honorable mention was awarded in the photography competition.