Congratulations to all of the winners in Wyoming Writers, Inc., 2007 writing contest, announced Saturday at the annual conference in Thermopolis. A tremendous selection of creative and diverse work!
Free Verse Poetry:
1st place--Cameron Byrne for Treechoke Farm
2nd place--Joe Greig for Irrigator's Meditation
3rd place--Jeanne Rogers for Lucky Strike
Honorable mentions:
A. Rose Hill for Hands
Cameron Byrne for Bar Dance in Boise
Susannah L. Haberfeld for Which Stage is This?
Traditional Poetry:
1st place--Susannah L. Haberfeld for All's Hallow Once, Eve
2nd place--Cornelius F. Kelly for Ghosts
3rd place--Aaron E. Holst for Sonnet in the Vernacular
Honorable mentions:
Ann Maria Mattila for Wyoming Winds
Shelagh Wisdom for What I Am
Nonfiction:
1st place--Daniel R. Lemon for Gully Washers
2nd place--Phyllis Dugan for Meeting Tarzana
3rd place--Darcy Lipp-Acord for Ponies Don't Buck
Honorable mentions:
John West for Small Town Justice
Cameron Byrne for Emil and Gusti
Joe Greig for The Last Wyoming Wolf
Fiction:
1st place--Amy C. Barker for Vivian Novack Saves the Day
2nd place--Jerry Sanders for Dog Gone
3rd place--Cameron Byrne for The Full Choke Shotgun Lottery
Honorable mentions:
Caitlin McGinnis for The Teacher
Daniel Lemon for The Wyoming Three Kick Rule
Anthony J. Sacco for Tell All the Truth
Children's Fiction:
1st place--Linda Ruhle for Five Dollar Impact
2nd place--Fred Savage for Stuck in the Middle
3rd place--Charlette M. Sause for Bright Eyes
Honorable mentions:
Cathy Anderson for Stinky Socks
Chris Valentine for Bick & the Polyesters
Cathy Anderson for Catfish Dreams
