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"