WV Writers 2009 Writing Contest Winners List

YOUTH CATEGORIES

Elementary School winners:

Kadian Harding / Jefferson County
First Place Elementary School
"The Inauguration in Photos"

Jessi Hersom / Berkeley County
Second Place Elementary School
"One Fine Clear Day"

Haley Lambert / Kanawha County
Third Place Elementary School
"The Adventures of Loud Mouth Sally"

Andi Hersom / Berkeley County
1st Honorable Mention Elementary School
"Seneca Rocks"

Matteo LaMonaca / Jefferson County
2nd Honorable Mention Elementary School
"Nonno"

Roula Hammer / Jefferson County
3rd Honorable Mention Elementary School
"Magenta and the Secret Garden"



Middle School Winners:

Miranda Gable / Monongalia County
First Place Middle School
"To Remember"

Abby Buckley / MD.
Second Place Middle School
"Chauncey Goes to the Beach"

Elizabeth Buscher / Jefferson County
Third Place Middle School
"The World Through My Eyes"

Samuel Tillman / Harrison County
1st Honorable Mention Middle School
"The Wolves"

Kyra Dawe / Jefferson County
2nd Honorable Mention Middle School
"Soldier Boys"

Alex Hersom / Berkeley County
3rd Honorable Mention Middle School
"Home in West Virginia"

Theresa Buczek/ Monongalia County
4th Honorable Mention Middle School
"My Knight in Shining Armor"


High School Poetry Winners:

Joesph Foster / County Putnam
First Place High School Poetry
"Mistral's Child"

Lindsey Maxon /Texas
Second Place High School Poetry
"Puzzle"

Rachel McKinney / Jefferson County
Third Place High School Poetry
"Pictures"

Chase Smith / Kanawha (Kan.)
1st Honorable Mention High School Poetry
"Glory"

Lindsey Maxon / TX.
2nd Honorable Mention High School Poetry
"Song of Silk"

Clare Tillman / Harrison County
3rd Honorable Mention High School Poetry
"Seven Themes on West Virginia"


High School Prose Winners:

Alora Ray / Jefferson County
First Place High School Prose
"Harbor Theory"

Caitlin Gentry /Virginia
Second Place High School Prose
"Rubble"

Caitlin Gentry / VA.
Third Place High School Prose
"Sahara"

Nicole Marton / Harrison
1st Honorable Mention High School Prose
"That's My Girl"

Rebecca Liu / Michagan
2nd Honorable Mention High School Prose
"The Nature of Road Trips"

Lindsey Maxon / TX.
3rd Honorable Mention High School Prose
"Flyboy"

Caitlin Gentry / VA.
4th Honorable Mention High School Prose
"Discord"


ADULT CATEGORIES

Emerging Writers: Prose -Winners:

Patricia McKnew / Hampshire County
First Place Emerging Writers: Prose
"The Other Side of the Mountain"

Ethel Morgan Smith / Monongalia County
Second Place Emerging Writers: Prose
"The House of Flowers"

Patrick Joyce / Harrison County
Third Place Emerging Writers: Prose
"Nocturnal Missions"

Jessica Murphy / Monongalia
1st Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Prose
"Hijacking Nature"

Shawn May / Monongalia County
2nd Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Prose
"Appalachian Uprising"

Nadine McKinney / Boone County
3rd Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Prose
"Coping in Blackbird Hollow"

Ceason Ranson / Jackson County
4th Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Prose
"The Product of Red and Blue"



Emerging Writers: Poetry-Winners:

Kevin Colistra / Monongalia County
First Place Emerging Writers: Poetry
"Fighting Cougars"

Jim Davis / Marion County
Second Place Emerging Writers: Poetry
"Undercurrents"

Christy Gingerich / Monongalia County
Third Place Emerging Writers: Poetry
"The River My Witness"


Jim Davis / Marion County
1st Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Poetry
"Plane Geometry"

James Garrett / VA.
2nd Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Poetry
"Fievre du Printemps"

Richard DeVan / Hampshire County
3rd Honorable Mention Emerging Writers: Poetry
"Vultures"


Short Poetry Winners:

Anna Smucker / Harrison County
First Place Short Poetry
"Regret"

Sara Crickenberger / Greenbrier
Second Place Short Poetry
"Living Proof"

Earl Keener / Brooke
Third Place Short Poetry
"Grand Mal Seizure"

Charity Gingerich / Mon.
1st Honorable Mention Short Poetry
"Visting Lennon in a Square in Izmail"

Kimberly Honaker / Mon.
2nd Honorable Mention Short Poetry
"The Lights On The River"

Marion Kee / Washington (state...not that there's a WA County in WV
3rd Honorable Mention Short Poetry
"Florida Citrus"

Sandra Vrana / Upshur
4th Honorable Mention Short Poetry
"Emblems"


Long Poetry Winners:

Cheryl Denise / Barbour
First Place Long Poetry
"Mother From Paradise"

Charity Gingerich / Monongalia County
Second Place Long Poetry
"St. Vladimir's Kiev"

Tom Donlon / Jefferson County
Third Place Long Poetry
"Strip Club"

Sandra Vrana / Upshur County
1st Honorable Mention Long Poetry
"The Student, The Teacher"

Ed Zahniser / Jefferson County
2nd Honorable Mention Long Poetry
"Urinalysis 101"

Mary Lucille DeBerry / Monongalia
3rd Honorable Mention Long Poetry
"No Sounds While Bulbs Growing"


Children's Books Winners:

Pam Miller / Jefferson County
First Place Children's Book
Chestnut Street

Belinda Anderson / Greenbrier County
Second Place Children's Book
Fly Away Street

Belinda Anderson / Greenbrier
Third Place Children's Book
Jackson vs. Double W Making Kid Soup

Craig Etchison / Mineral County
1st Honorable Mention Children's Book
Sam's Song

Julia Sadd / Kanawha County
2nd Honorable Mention Children's Book
Beatrice, the Cow Who Danced On Ice

Nadine McKinney / Boone
3rd Honorable Mention Children's Book
Bad Case of Crickets


Humor Winners:

John Bagladi / Jefferson County
First Place Humor
“Bradley's Delivery"

Susan DeVan /Hampshire County
Second Place Humor
"Granny Takes a Job"

Susan DeVan / Hampshire County
Third Place Humor
"The Do-Gooders' Day From Hell"

Deborah Filanowski / PA.
1st Honorable Mention Humor
"Nature's Lesson"

Jeanne Wilson / Calhoun County
2nd Honorable Mention Humor
"The Week I Was Famous"

Willa Izzo / Greenbrier County
3rd Honorable Mention Humor
"Volunteer Coach"

Susan DeVan / Hampshire County.
4th Honorable Mention Humor
"Granny and the Gremlins"



Nonfiction Winners:

Dawn Baldwin / Greenbrier County
First Place Nonfiction
"Apples"

Elizabeth Dawn Lippman / Brooke County
Second Place Nonfiction
"Anamnesis"

Nadine McKinney / Boone County
Third Place Nonfiction
“Coping in Blackstrap Hollow"

Dianna Simms / Pendleton County
1st Honorable Mention Nonfiction
"My Sister"

Sarah Beth Childers / Monongalia County
2nd Honorable Mention Nonfiction
"The Preacher"

Shawn May / Monongalia County
3rd Honorable Mention Nonfiction
"Appalachian Uprising: Prologue"

Donna Evans / CA.
4th Honorable Mention Nonfiction
“The Uncle Ed Experience"

Dianna Simms / Pendleton County.
5th Honorable Mention Nonfiction
"In Defense of the Rooster"


Joe McCabe Memorial Playwriting Contest Winners:

Kenley Smith / VA.
First Place Stage Play
Devil Sedan

Susan DeVan / Hampshire County.
Second Place Stage Play
My House/My Home

Ethel Morgan Smith / Monongalia County
Third Place Stage Play
African Violets

Susan DeVan / Hampshire County.
1st Honorable Mention Stage Play
Christmas Gift

Ingrid Briles / Kanawha County
2nd Honorable Mention Stage Play
Welcome Home

Sarah Beth Childers / Monongalia County
3rd Honorable Mention Stage Play
Baking Biscuits




Short Story Winners:

Dawn Baldwin / Greenbrier County.
First Place Short Story
“Resurrection"

Sara Crickenberger / Greenbrier County
Second Place Short Story
"Fixing Fried Turtle"

Dreama Frisk / VA.
Third Place Short Story
"A Hunter's Moon"

Rhonda White / FL.
1st Honorable Mention Short Story
"Just Rita"

Jay Tabor / Berkshire 2nd Honorable Mention
Short Story
"Journey to Fate"

Lori D'Angelo / Mon.
3rd Honorable Mention Short Story
"Provisions"

Chris Kuell / CT.
4th Honorable Mention Short Story
"Catalyst"

Wilma Acree / Wood
5th Honorable Mention
Short Story
"Cave Chief"


Appalachian Writing Winners:

Elizabeth Dawn Lippman / Brooke
First Place Appalachian Writing
"Anamnesis"

Wilma Acree / Wood
Second Place Appalachian Writing
"House on Parchment Creek"

Susanna Holstein / Jackson
Third Place Appalachian Writing
"King Coal"

Wilma Acree / Wood
1st Honorable Mention Appalachian Writing
"Emily Catherine Messenger Speaks to Her Grandfather"

Cat Pleska / Putnam
2nd Honorable Mention Appalachian Writing
"Night On Cheat Mountain"

Racheal Rose / Nicholas
3rd Honorable Mention Appalachian Writing
"Bees"

Sara Crickenberger / Greenbrier County.
4th Honorable Mention Appalachian Writing
"Fixing Fried Turtle"

Susan DeVan / Hampshire
5th Honorable Mention Appalachian Writing
"Granny at the Landfill"


Book Length Prose:

Dawn Baldwin / Greenbrier County
First Place
Book Length Prose
The Corner Cupboard

Dawn Baldwin / Greenbrier County
Second Place Book Length Prose
Angelus

Katherine Cobb / Jefferson County
Third Place Book Length Prose
Skyline Higher

Holly Becker / Kanawha County
1st Honorable Mention Book Length Prose
The Year Kate's Brain Got A New Battery

Terry Lively / Kanawha County
2nd Honorable Mention Book Length Prose
Keystone

Shirley Nordeck Short / Preston County
3rd Honorable Mention Book Length Prose
The Coffeesoup Collection


***Special Mention:
Randi Ward / The Faroe Islands
Special Mention Book Length Prose
Labor Pains: A Portrait of Olevina Joensen