WV Writers Conference 2009 People's Choice and Writers Wall

Each year at the Summer Conference, WV Writers offers the attendees of the conference a chance to vote upon the winners of some conference-based writing contests. The People's Choice contests take place on Friday and Saturday of the conference and are split into poetry and prose categories on Friday and poetry, prose and youth categories on Saturday. Competitors recite their pieces with a four minute time limit and the top three are voted upon by the audience in secret ballot. In the Writers Wall contest, three free-standing bulletin boards in the assembly hall represent poetry, prose and youth categories. Entries are usually only one page and are read and voted upon by conference attendees, also in secret ballot.

WRITER'S WALL POETRY
1st Place-- Philip Cotter
2nd Place-- Philip Cotter
3rd Place-- Alicia Wright

WRITER'S WALL PROSE
1st Place-- Susanna Holstein
2nd Place-- Janet Smart
3rd Place-- Claire Stuart

WRITER'S WALL YOUTH
1st Place-- Miranda Gable
2nd Place-- Theresa Buczel
3rd Place-- Theresa Buczel

PEOPLE'S CHOICE POETRY (Friday)
1st Place-- Nicole Lawrence
2nd Place-- Cheryl Denise
3rd Place Tie-- Amanda Stephens
3rd Place Tie-- Susanna Holstein

PEOPLE'S CHOICE POETRY (Saturday)
1st Place-- Judy Southard
2nd Place-- Rhonda White
3rd Place-- Susanna Holstein

PEOPLE'S CHOICE PROSE (Friday)
1st Place-- Kathy Kish
2nd Place-- Eric Fritzius
3rd Place-- Janet Smart

PEOPLE'S CHOICE PROSE (Saturday)
1st Place-- Dawn Baldwin
2nd Place-- Mary Shortridge
3rd Place-- Claire Stuart

PEOPLE'S CHOICE YOUTH
1st Place-- Theresa Buczek
2nd Place-- Miranda Gable
3rd Place-- Sam Harding