WVWriters 2006 Spring Writing Competition Winners List (UPDATED)

CATEGORY - APPALACHIAN THEME
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Daleen Berry, Monongalia, "Summer 1968: WV Roots"
2nd Susanna Holstein, Jackson, "Evening News"
3rd Terry W. McNemar, Harrison, "Will Work…Will Work"
1st HM Natalie Sypolt, Preston, "Fire Makes It New"
2nd HM Susanna Holstein Jackson The Way Home
3rd HM Mary Lucille DeBerry Monongalia Farm Map

SPECIAL RECOGNITION - POETRY
Wilma Acree, Wood, "Country Kitchen"
Sharon McCormick, Putnam, "The Trek"
Sharon McCormick, Putnam, "Memories of East Lynn"
Rhonda B. White, Mercer, "A New Year in WV - Jan. 2, 2006"
Deborah Sparks, Rocky Gap, VA, "Jennie Earls"

SPECIAL RECOGNITION - PROSE
R. Dixon Bell, Berkeley, "Josh's Lamp"
Nadine McKinney, Boone, "Pam's Castle"
Charlotte Whipkey, Monongalia, "Sense Datum"
Candace Jordan, Monongalia, "Truce"
Phyllis Wilson Moore, Harrison, "The County Seat"
Karin Fuller, Putnam, "Roads Not Taken"

CATEGORY - CHILDREN'S BOOKS
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Christina Freeburn, Mineral, "Seek and Hide"
2nd Elaine Breitenbach, Berkeley, "Dream Catcher"
3rd Susanna Holstein, Jackson, "The Great Toilet Paper Caper"
1st HM Teresa Newsome, Boone, "The Meanest Teacher"
2nd HM Teresa Newsome, Boone, "Too Much to Forget"
3rd HM Annabel Timms, Harrison, "Grandma's Soft Green Cloth"
Xtra HM Judy Hughan, Wetzel, "The Make Better Story"


CATEGORY - EMERGING WRITERS: POETRY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Verbie Ann Helyger, Putnam, The Last Offering
2nd Neil Nicholas Akron, OH County, Clare Clearcoat
3rd Nicholas Ryan Cartmill, Kanawha The Boss
1st HM C. J. Farnsworth, Ohio, "The Day She Stopped Dreaming"
2nd HM Hannah Johnson, Boone, "Lights in the Driveway"
3rd HM Anita Pennington, Kanawha, "Appalachian Born"
Xtra HM Lawrence James, Hardy, "South Wheeling 1980"
Xtra HM C. J. Farnsworth, Ohio, "It Gets Cold Quickly"


CATEGORY - EMERGING WRITERS - PROSE
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Hilary Hansen, Reisterstown, MD, "CHD"
2nd Suzanne Samples, Cabell, "Sugar Free"
3rd Suzanne Samples, Cabell, "Bump"
1st HM Ethan J. Cunningham, Monongalia, "Me Me II"
2nd HM Carl Schultz, Jefferson, "Gratia"
3rd HM Renee' Watson, Jackson, "Untitled"


CATEGORY - HUMOR
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Shannon "Tommy" Thomas, Wood, "The End of Childhood"
2nd Susan G. DeVan, Hampshire, "Granny Gets Arrested"
3rd T. W. McNemar, Harrison, "And they call you, "Skunkhead" Because?"
1st HM Harriet Whipkey, Gilmer, "Hibernating Hamsters"
2nd HM Harry Lynch, Nicholas, "The Saga of Achy and Shaky"
3rd HM Lawrence James, Hardy, "Closer to the End than You"
4th HM Karin Fuller, Putnam, "Clean Sweep"
Xtra HM Don Narkevic, Lewis, "Romance"


CATEGORY - LONG NON-FICTION
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Geoff Fuller, Putnam, "On Balance"
2nd Fran Simone, Kanawha, "A Thousand Joys & Sorrows"
3rd B. J. Appelgren, Jefferson, "The Transparent Feather"
1st HM Krista Holcomb, Putnam, "Silent No More"
2nd HM Philip U. Effiong, Fairfax, VA, "Biafran Child: Cesspool of Innocence"
3rd HM Daleen Berry, Monongalia, "Sister of Silence"

CATEGORY - SHORT NON-FICTION
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Charlotte Whipkey, Monongalia, "Sense Datum"
2nd Lyn Widmyer, Jefferson, "My Friend Nell"
3rd Elaine Childs, Putnam, "Remembering Stubby"
1st HM Cat Pleska, Putnam, "My Kingdom and My Horse"
2nd HM Phyllis Wilson Moore, Harrison, "Memories of a Bookworm"
3rd HM Anna Smucker, Harrison, "No Place to Hide"


CATEGORY - NOVELS
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Bonni McKeown, Kanawha, "Chicago Blues Plantation"
2nd Corey Madsen, Monongalia, "An Evensong for Father Bob"
3rd Barbara Whittington, Stoutsville, OH, "Hungry for Chocolate"
1st HM Theodore Webb, Monongalia, "The Zen River Baptism"
2nd HM Joe B. Buttram, Greenbrier, "The Cistern"
3rd HM Barbara Whittington Stoutsville, OH, "Home for a Song"
4th HM Patricia Woodard, Pocahontas, VA, "The Store"
Xtra HM Carol Headley (Deceased) & Shirley L. Jones, Monongalia, "Beans and Cornbread for Thanksgiving"


CATEGORY - LONG POETRY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Mark Smith, Mineral, "From Dust, From Urn"
2nd Anna Smucker, Harrison, "Extracurricular"
3rd Randy Wilkins, Monongalia, "When I Was a Child"
1st HM Susanna Holstein, Jackson, "Solo Performance"
2nd HM Mary Lucille DeBerry, Monongalia, "May You"
3rd HM Lauren Joan Rogers, Ohio, "An Hour-by-Hour Account of Men, Dying"
Xtra HM Lori Wilson, Monongalia, "Concerning this Dread Which I Cannot Name"


CATEGORY - SHORT POETRY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st J. C. Bolt, Mercer, "Sanskrit"
2nd Wilma Acree, Wood, "Unmarked Civil War Battlefield"
3rd Lisa M. Sheldon, Calhoun, "Post-Funeral Feasting"
1st HM Ed Zahniser, Jefferson, "Somewhat Short of a Reasonable Moon Shot"
2nd HM Joseph W. Caldwell, Kanawha, "Otterbien Cemetery, Jackson Co."
3rd HM Beverly Bisbee, Kanawha, "White River Junction"


CATEGORY - SHORT STORY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Ben E. Campbell, Raleigh, "Tangle in the Fence Post"
2nd Don Narkevic, Lewis, "The Ohio River"
3rd Jeanne Wilson, Calhoun, "A Measure of Truth"
1st HM Jim Koenig, Jefferson, "Love 1968"
2nd HM R. Gene Turchin, Marion, "Up the Hollow"
3rd HM Betsy Pascucci, Hampshire, "Lucky"


CATEGORY - VERY SHORT STORY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st William Haas, Monongalia, "American Steel"
2nd Tovli Simiryan, Kanawha, "Sarah"
3rd Jeanne Wilson, Calhoun, "Psychological Help"
1st HM Tovli Simiryan, Kanawha, "Escaping the Cocoon"
2nd HM Jim Koenig, Jefferson, "Where I'll Be Tonight"
3rd HM Betsy Pascucci, Hampshire, "Lucky"


CATEGORY - YOUNG WRITERS - POETRY
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Rachel Maynard, Mason, "Words of Ice"
2nd Melissa Waugh, Kanawha, "Key to Your Heart"
3rd Patricia Weekley, Taylor, "Randal McCloy"
1st HM Megan Russell, Nicholas, "My Little Sticker on the Wall"
2nd HM Jared Wilson, Monongalia, "West Virginia Night"
3rd HM Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, "Pushing Back the Rain"
Xtra HM Matt Newlon, Wood, "West Virginia"


CATEGORY - YOUNG WRITERS - PROSE
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Kaci Evans, Pendleton, "Remembrance's Lake"
2nd Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, "HauntFest"
3rd Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, "In the Arms of the Sea"
1st HM Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, "Purpose"
2nd HM Lindsey Maxon, Arlington, TX, "Miss Minerva Clark"
3rd HM Kara Lynn Piechowski, Braxton, "Earl Harvey"

CATEGORY - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Grace Kesler, Kanawha, "Spork the Wooly Pig"
2nd Molly Williams, Marion, "The Sun, The Moon & The Fox"
3rd Celeste Vingle & Jordan Holmes, Putnam, "The Cat Lady's Revenge on the Purple Bean Man"
1st HM Kayla Long, Wyoming, "Time Machine"
2nd HM Brock Martin, Kanawha, "The Leprechaun Room"
3rd HM Alaine Lambertson, Monongalia, "Colonial Doctors, Health and Medicine"
Xtra HM Rachel Minney, Kanawha, "I'm Sick Today"


CATEGORY - MIDDLE SCHOOL
PRIZE NAME COUNTY TITLE
1st Cayla Jakubowski, Montgomery, MD, "Joining Hands"
2nd David Byler, Wood, "Spectre Street Library"
3rd Morgan E. Southall, Kanawha, "An Alaskan Mystery"
1st HM Bayan Misaghi, Kanawha, "Detective Dan"
2nd HM Sarah Williams, Kanawha, "Stepping Stones"
3rd HM Maher Shammaa, Kanawha, "Missing Maine"
Xtra HM Trevor Bryant, Mercer, "Grandfather's Legacy"
Xtra HM Sarah Teter, Pendleton, "Essay Implosion"

PEOPLE'S CHOICE WINNERS

Poetry - Friday
1st - Kayla Ward, "Believe in a Thing Called . . ."
2nd - Ethan Fischer, "Ode to Pee"
3rd - Cheryl Denise, "God and Farmers"

Prose - Friday
1st - George Lies, "Once Upon a Time Trapped by a Flood in Mexico"
2nd - Teresa Newsome, "The Meanest Teacher"
3rd - Lynne Sturtevant, "The Headache"

Poetry - Saturday
1st - Cheryl Denise, "In Sago"
2nd - Kathy Kish, "Full Circle"
3rd - Rhonda White, "A New Year in West Virginia January 2, 2006"

Prose - Saturday
1st - Joshua Mattern, "Polaris"
2nd - Jerri Bell, "Conversion of Granny McKee"
3rd - Debbie Sparks, "Never Too Old"

Youth - Saturday
1st - Morgan Southall, "Storm of Embers"
2nd - Grace Kesler, "My Problem's Writing"

WRITER'S WALL WINNERS

Poetry
1st - Sharon Gardner, "Mirrors"
2nd - Deborah Sparks, "Gabriel"
3rd - Susannah Holstein, "Apology"

Prose
1st - Sally Brinkman, "Between River and Mountain"
2nd - Betsy Pascucci, "Harmonica"
3rd - Lynne Sturtevant, "Trash Day"

Youth
1st - Erika Luzader, "The Candy Doll"
2nd - Morgan Southall, "Prologue"
3rd - Grace Kesler, "Dreams"