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2010 CONTEST RULES (opens on new page)

 

 

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2009 Wyoming Writers Inc. Writing Contest Winners

Adult Fiction:

1. Castle Gardens: Daniel R. Lemon, Casper, WY

2. Rip Rap: Jerry Sanders, Buffalo, WY

3. Sold: L. G. Vernon, Cheyenne, WY

1st Honorable Mention. Anniversary Blues: Helena Linn, Big Piney, WY

2nd Honorable Mention. All In Good Time: Helena Linn

Special Honorable Mention. Signs: Lynn G. Carlson, Cheyenne, WY for a 99 word entry that was complete in every way.

 

Articles

1. A Female Mark Twain: Roxie Olmstead, Sheridan, WY

2. Time to Exalt The Lonely Toothbrush: Roxie Olmstead

3. Tooth Talk: Cynthia Bower, Casper, WY

1st Honorable Mention: The Little People: Habitats on the Moon, by Mary Beth Baptiste, Laramie

2nd Honorable Mention: Making Hay: Mary Beth Baptiste, Laramie, WY

 

Childrens Fiction

1. Stuck in the Middle: Fred Savage, Rawlins, WY

2. The Rabbit in the Moon: Cynthia Bower, Casper

3. The New Baby: Zoe Kalber, Big Piney, WY

1st Honorable Mention: Is He Really Santa? Roxie Olmstead, Sheridan, WY

2nd Honorable Mention: Snapper: Jerry Sanders, Buffalo, WY

 

Creative Non-Fiction

1. Toby and Aunt Leah: Pat Forbis, Modesta, CA

2. That One Kid, Bruce: Fred Savage, Rawlins, WY

3. It’s Not Me, It’s You: Jonny Clinton, Sheridan, WY

1st Honorable Mention. Live! Monster Truck (and Motocross), a Letter: Phyllis Dugan, Thayne, WY

2nd Honorable Mention. Dancing With the Muse: Lynn G. Carlson, Cheyenne, WY

 

Essays

1. Choosing the Good Parts… Ann Hoffmann Harris, Lander, WY

2. Leave Our Flag Alone: Michele Sherwood, Green River, WY

3. The History of a Small Place: Ann Hoffmann Harris

1st Honorable Mention. Does It Matter If God Exists: Cherie (CJ) Clark, Hardy, Ark.

2nd Honorable Mention. Nothin’ But My Spurs On: Sharon Salisbury O’Toole, Savery, WY

 

Free Verse Poetry

1. Interdisciplinarian: Mary Kate McCarney, Casper, WY

2. Pending Migration: Meaghan #-L Elliott, Brighten, MI

3. Everyday Depravity: Mary Kate McCarney

1st Honorable Mention. Codge’n Sara’s Mercantile: Carol L. Deering, Riverton, WY

2nd Honorable Mention. Renascence: Bob Cherry, Cody, WY

 

Humor

1. The Near Death Windmill: Linda G. Vernon, Cheyenne, WY

2. Haunted: Vickie Goodwin, Douglas, WY

3. Mrs. America Candidate: Roxie Olmstead, Sheridan, WY

1st Honorable Mention. The Fandango Tango: Cherie (CUJ) Clark, Hardy, Ark.

2nd Honorable Mention. The Naked Bumper: Roxie Olmstead, Sheridan, WY

 

Memoir Segments

1. Teton-Two-Step: Mary Beth Baptiste  Laramie, WY

2. The Upper Limits of Normal:David R.Shlim, M.D. Kelly, WY 

3. Wrong Number?: Cynthia Bower, Casper, WY

1st Honorable Mention: Logged Out: Barbara Jo Guilford, Cheyenne, WY

2nd Honorable Mention: Wellspring: an excerpt  Sharon Salisbury O’Toole

 

Novel Segments

1. The Inspector of Snow and Rain: Ann Hoffman Harris, Lander, WY

2. Dead Man, Talking: L. G. Vernon, Cheyenne, WY

3. On the Little Crazy: Steven R. Laird, Buffalo, WY

1st Honorable Mention. Trapping Jessie: L. G. Vernon, Cheyenne, WY

2nd Honorable Mention. Blood Talks: Pat Stuart, Powell, WY

 

Traditional Poetry

1. An Epitaph: Charles w. Popovich, Sheridan, WY

2. Earthbound: Sharon Salisbury O’Toole

3. Cruel Wilt: Lee Ann Siebken, Douglas, WY

1st Honorable Mention. To Be A Mountain: Wanda Sue Smith, Wapiti, WY

2nd Honorable Mention. Power of Suggestion: Kathy Bjornestad, Sundance, WY

 

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