Congratulations to all of our winners and honorable mentions! 

Non-Fiction Category

1st Place:  Ellem Phillips --  "Trigger Warning:  Survival"

2nd Place:  Bren Lieske --  "Neighborin' Up"

3rd Place:  Janice Jennings --  "Labor of Love"

Honorable Mentions: 

• Brad McKim --  "My Last Trip to the Middle Fork of the Powder River"
• Marsha Mittman --  "A Tourist's Tale"
• Ellem Phillips --  "Music Boxes"

Adult Fiction Category

1st Place:  Sarah Reichert --  "The Night Guard"

2nd Place:  Kimberly Brown --  "When the Spirit Speaks"

3rd Place:   Thomas Spence --  "Accidents"

Honorable Mentions: 

• Cordell Parker --  "The Lucky One"

Childrens/YA Fiction Category

1st Place:  Henry McGuire --  "The Raven's Shadow"

2nd Place:  Reatha Thomas Oakley --  "The Anniversary Poem"

3rd Place:  Leslie Colburn --  "Jilly Goat"

Free Verse Poetry Category

1st Place:  Thomas Spence --  "Last Year"

2nd Place:  Carol L. Deering --  "Let Your Brain Do the Backstrokes"

3rd Place:  Sharon Salisbury O'Toole --  "Lucky"

Honorable Mentions: 

• Samuel Martinich -- "You Called Me Back" and "You'll Never Read the Same Poem Again"
• Eugene M. Gagliano --  "Spreading Their Wings"

Traditional Poetry Category

1st Place:  Todd Bacon -- "Appaloosa Snow"

2nd Place:  Sharon Salisbury O'Toole --  "Loss Cinquains"

3rd Place:   Jack Hubbell --  "Winter-2"

Honorable Mentions: 

• Craig Youngblood --  "Jackson Winter" and "Tumbleweed"
• Sharon Salisbury O'Toole --  "The News of My Marriage is Greatly Exaggerated"

Flash Fiction Category

1st Place:  Sarah Reichert --  "A Bed of Books"

2nd Place:  Reatha Thomas Oakley --  "Hunny Bunny Tells All"

3rd Place:  Chelsea Chacon --  "Imaginary Love"

Honorable Mentions: 

• Terrell Gray --  "Unwanted Passenger"