West Virginia Writers, Inc.
2011 CONTEST WINNERS
BOOK LENGTH PROSE – Pam Hanson, Judge (47 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Tyler’s Mountain Magic
Coal Patches
The Zombie Cure
Keep the Lid on Grandma
Crop You
War Bonds
Malcolm Ater
S. L. Gardner
Rhonda Lancaster
Irene Marinelli
Christina Freeburn
George M. Lies
Jefferson Co.
New Paris, PA
Hampshire Co.
Monongalia Co.
Mineral Co.
Monongalia Co.
SHORT STORY – Jennifer Brown, Judge (111 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Winter is a Living Season
Bag Lady
The Lung
The Shooter
Puddles
The Collector
Anna James
Daniel Mace
Karin Fuller
Anne Felty
Karin Fuller
Susan Nicholas
Kanawha Co.
Kanawha Co.
Kanawha Co.
Tucker Co.
Kanawha Co.
Cabell Co.
NON-FICTION – Judith Tabler, Judge (58 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
4th HM
Coming Home to Alma
The Broadway Bridge at Six Mile Falls
Living Amid Animals
Those Who Came: The impact of the back
to the land movement on West Virginia
Please Come to Boston
Touched by John Brown: Relics and
Curios, Jimcracks and Notions
Finding Annabelle
Annette Kraus
Emily Kohler
Sandra Vrana
Carter Taylor Seaton
New York, NY
Upshur Co.
Upshur Co.
Cabell Co.
Robin A. Holstein
Jim Koenig
Kanawha Co.
Jefferson Co.
Maria T. McKelvey
Pocahontas Co.
SCREENPLAYS – Joe Evans, Judge (14 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
Where the Waters Mingle
The Circle
Twelve
Burning Bridge
Birth Wind
Sheridan Cleland
Lawrence Burgess
Lawrence Burgess
Lawrence Burgess
Linda J. Stockham
Mason Co.
Kanawha Co.
Kanawha Co.
Kanawha Co.
Greenbrier Co.
CHILDREN’S BOOKS – Laura Bowers, Judge (33 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Finding Home
Stowaway
Dragon Dilemma
Granny and Belle: Granny's Box
The Evil Pajamas
The Family Secret
Elaine Mosel
Ron Buckalew
Carol Brodtrick
Shirley Topeka
Aaron Buterbaugh
Janet Smart
Jefferson Co.
Kanawha Co.
Cabell Co.
Cabell Co.
Brooke Co.
Jackson Co.
LONG POETRY – Irene McKinney, Ph.D., Judge (91 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
When Days Turn to Tics in Her Cheeks
What Is It?
Wavelengths
Llewellyn McKernan
Anna Smucker
Justin S. Batton
Cabell Co.
Harrison Co.
Berkeley Co.
West Virginia Writers, Inc.
2011 CONTEST WINNERS
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Genealogy
Coal Held Them All
Frame With Roses & Tapioca Wallpaper
Anna Smucker
Susanna Holstein
Charity Gingerich
Harrison Co.
Jackson Co.
Monongalia Co.
SHORT POETRY – Barbara Smith, Litt.D., Judge (84 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
The Clothes of the Dead
The Burial
Skull
At 30,000 Feet
Memory Round Like a Tangerine
Company in July
Llewellyn McKernan
Anne Felty
Tom Donlon
Patsy Evans Pittman
Sonja James
Marion R. Kee
Cabell Co.
Tucker Co.
Jefferson Co.
Wood Co.
Berkeley Co.
Redmond, WA
APPALACHIAN – Meredith Sue Willis, Judge (70 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Moments in Turmeric
Christmas Cards
Those Who Came: The impact of the back
to the land movement on West Virginia
Passing On In Appalachia
Coal Held Them All
Traitor
Eric Fritzius
Kathleen Furbee
Carter Taylor Seaton
Mercer Co.
Preston Co.
Cabell Co.
Ceason Ranson
Susanna Holstein
Melanie Vickers
Jackson Co.
Jackson Co.
Kanawha Co.
WAR – James Mathews, Judge (45 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Allah Akbar and Whack-A-Mole
(Nightmares of the Gulf)
Interlude
Exposure
Obie 07 W13
Guard Duty
Roy Edson
Keener, Earl R.
Brooke Co.
Jim Koenig
Don Narkevic
Kimberly Honaker
Susanna Holstein
Dan S. Sharp
Jefferson Co.
Lewis Co.
Monongalia Co.
Jackson Co.
Monongalia Co.
ANIMALS – Janice Gary, Judge (38 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
Scars
Native Arts
Gypsy
The Crab Apple
Living Amid Animals
Lobo’s Family
Don Narkevic
Eric Fritzius
Shirley Topeka
Ric MacDowell
Sandra Vrana
Barbara Dudley
Lewis Co.
Mercer Co.
Cabell Co.
Lincoln Co.
Upshur Co.
Newport News, VA
EMERGING PROSE – Jeanette Luise Eberhardy, Ph.D., Judge (57 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
4th HM
5th HM
Fractures
Roy Edson
Yard Work
The Vigil
The Brittle Bow
The Crab Apple
The Pen
Becoming Caroline
Daniel McTaggart
Dan S. Sharp
Daniel Mace
Garland Steele
Ric MacDowell
Ric MacDowell
Jessica Nelson
Kathryn Willoughby Weed
Monongalia Co.
Monongalia Co.
Kanawha Co.
Beaufort, SC
Lincoln Co.
Lincoln Co.
Monongalia Co.
Kanawha Co.
West Virginia Writers, Inc.
2011 CONTEST WINNERS
EMERGING POETRY – Jeff Mann, Judge (46 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
4th HM
Another Visit
The Old Man
Airs of Absinthe
200 cigarettes and a glass of wine
Bridges
In Times to Come
The Dance
Victoria Rose
Will Shaw
Daniel McTaggart
Tamara Woods
Miles Dean
Michael D. O’Kelly
Joshua O. Frye
Crestwood, KY
Randolph Co.
Monongalia Co.
Monongalia Co.
Fayette Co.
Harrison Co
Wayne Co.
HIGH SCHOOL – Jessica Murphy, Judge (94 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
The Reason
Not What it Seems
Doppleganger
Haunted
It’s Dark Out There . . .
Spectral Screams
Theresa Joy Buczek
Jamila Ranavaya
Sai Nelanuthala
Deidre Campbell
Antonio Sanchez
Ben Wilson
Monongalia Co.
Cabell Co.
Harrison Co.
Cabell Co.
Berkeley Co.
Harrison Co.
MIDDLE SCHOOL – Belinda Anderson, Judge (82 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
The Ghost of Will McCauley
My Lifesaver
I Am So G
The Birth of Death
Their Cries
How I Became a Ghost
Evanthea Hammer
Liza Grossman
Celeste Vingle
Matthew J. Gleason
Maggie DiFazio
Jeffrey May
Berkeley Co.
Taylor Co.
Kanawha Co.
Cabell Co.
Monongalia Co.
Taylor Co.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – Michelle Brewer, Judge (116 entries)
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
1st HM
2nd HM
3rd HM
My Friend the Alien
My Shih Tzu the Alien
The Tin Soldier
Hermy, the Alien Destroyer of Planets
The Cell Phone Mystery
Rapunzel and the Rose
Tatyana N. Ogleton
Amanda Hersom
Roula Hammer
Yeredh Martin
Helena Bridwell
Hanna Laugh
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
PEOPLE’S CHOICE PROSE
(FRIDAY)
Afraid of the Dark
Vengeful Thinking
His Name Was Michael
Diane Tarantini
Chris Moss
Debbie Lauffer
Putnam Co.
Berkeley Co.
Berkeley Co.
Berkeley Co.
Berkeley Co.
Ritchie Co.
West Virginia Writers, Inc.
2011 CONTEST WINNERS
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
PEOPLE’S CHOICE POETRY
(FRIDAY)
West Virginia Sweat Lodge
Desert Prayer
Bridges
Fat
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
PEOPLE’S CHOICE PROSE
(SATURDAY)
Hero
Banned
Great Aunt Martha
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
PEOPLE’S CHOICE POETRY
(SATURDAY)
Harvest
Learning About Virtue
The Little House
Dear Refugees
Marion Kee
Rob Merritt
Miles Dean
Amber Cummins
Mary Shortridge
Eric Fritzius
Marion Kee
Amber Cummins
Donna J. Long
Susan Shepherd
Judy Southard
WRITER’S WALL PROSE
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Grandmama’s Teeth
One Bite Too Many
Flight
Jane Congdon
Miles Dean
Kathryn Weed
WRITER’S WALL POETRY
1st Place
2nd Place
2nd Place
2nd Place
2nd Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
3rd Place
My Heart’s Desire
This is How to Write a Poem
What is Taken, What is Left
Summer’s Melody
I Ain’t No Poet
Wild at Heart
Autumn
Overload
A Writer’s Fear
Shirley Topeka
Mathilde Hall
Amber Cummins
Janet Smart
Dale Heaster
Miles Dean
Robin Holstein
Karin Fuller
Mary Lu Warstler
WRITER’S WALL YOUTH
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1 Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Can I Stay the Night With You?
The Shade
Writers
Jessica Nelson
Jessica Nelson
Jessica Nelson