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2010 Winners

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CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Fourth 2010 SWW Quarterly Writing Competition

Thanksgiving Fiction

1st Place: James H. Brooks, Abilene, TX, “An In-Law Thanksgiving Dinner”

2nd Place: Donald T. Morgan, Albuquerque, NM, “Divine Intervention”

3rd Place: Verona Winn, Albuquerque, NM, “Turkey Surprise”

Honorable Mention:
Susan J. Alexis, Albuquerque, NM, “A Lot to be Thankful For”
Alan Carlson, Albuquerque, NM, “Just Go to Denny’s”

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Third 2010 SWW Quarterly Writing Competition

Poetry

1st Prize: Cathleen Cherry, Prescott, AZ: “Wish”

2nd Prize: Elizabeth Rose, Galisteo, NM: “a look back”

3rd Prize: Charles R. Powell, Albuquerque, NM: “Begging Eyes”

Honorable Mentions:
Donald DeNoon, Albuquerque, NM: “I Thought About You”
Bernie Lieving, Albuquerque, NM: “The Crack Defined”
Jennifer Alumbaugh, Glendale, CA: “Family Tree”
Jerry Self, Albuquerque, NM: “Smiles”

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the Second 2010 SWW Quarterly Writing Competition

A Man/Boy, a Dog, a Pair of Scissors

1st Prize: Heidi Wells, Albuquerque, NM: “Take My Scissors, Please”

2nd Prize: L. Coffin, Saratoga Springs, NY: “The Wheel of Fortune”

3rd Prize: Jean Melton, Grants Pass, OR: “Unspoken”

Honorable Mentions:
Fred Aiken, Albuquerque, NM: “A man/boy, a dog, a pair of scissors”
Whitney Ison Weisenberg, Orange, Ohio: “A Grapefruit or a Pineapple”
Kathy Wagoner, Albuquerque, NM: “Early Train”
Julie M. Gates, Pagosa Springs, CO: “From Cumberland to Barth”
Bernie Lieving, Albuquerque, NM: “Critter”

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the First 2010 SWW Quarterly Writing Competition

Winter Memory

1st Prize: John Kennedy, Albuquerque, NM: no title

3rd Prize: L. Coffin, Saratoga Springs, NY: “Winter Memory”

3rd Prize: Doug Ellerbusch, Anaheim, CA: “Vroom Vroom”

Honorable Mentions:
Karen Higgins, Albuquerque, NM: “Brownie, Blizzard and Bedazzled”
Will Young, Albuquerque, NM: “When Grandpa Met Santa”
Michael Callahan, Lompoc, CA: “My New Christmas Outfit”



2010 Winners

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Storyteller Award Winner

Charles Greaves, Hush Money,
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novel

1. Mainstream or Literary Novel (68 Entries)

1st Place: Sandra Hunter, Leaving to Come Home, Woodland Hills, CA

2nd Place:Steve Gardner, Winter Rye, Lockhart, TX

3rd Place: Susan Salluce Shingle, Out of Breath, Springs, CA

Judge: Gabe Robinson, HarperCollins, New York, New York

2. Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novel (64 Entries)

1st Place: Charles Greaves, Hush Money, Santa Fe, NM

2nd Place: John Taylor, Land of a Thousand Dances, Rio Vista, CA

3rd Place: A. P. Greenwood, Navfac, Houston, TX

Judge: Thomas Colgan, Penguine Group USA, New York, New York

3. Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novel (27 Entries)

1st Place: Jennifer Martin, The Spirit Guides: An Insider’s Look at the Afterlife, Peoria, IL

2nd Place: Paul Kippert, Savior, Santa Fe, NM

3rd Place: David DeLee, Stede Bonnet, Amherst, NH

Judge: Linn Prentis, Linn Prentis Agency, New York, New York

4. Historical Fiction (38 Entries)

1st Place: Charles Greaves, Hard Twisted, Santa Fe, NM

2nd Place: JimDuggins, Slave Stealer, Rancho Mirage, CA

3rd Place: Elizabeth Rose, Hugh’s Footprint, Galisteo, NM

Judge: Jessica Papin, Dystel and Goderich Literary Management, New York, New York

5. Middle Grade/Young Adult Novel (49 Entries)

1st Place: Kathleen Cherry, Everyday Heroine, Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada

2nd Place: Laura Cumbie, Lucky, Peachtree City, GA

3rd Place: Lisa French, The Year in the Tent, Amarillo, TX

Judge: Elizabeth Evans, The Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency, New York, New York

6. Memoir Book (32 Entries)

1st Place: Shanti Elke Bannwart, Dancing on One Foot, Santa Fe, NM

2nd Place: Margaret Porter Larson, Lightning, Blood & Ink: Essential Elements for a Wiser Woman,Laredo, TX

3rd Place: Marguerite Kearns, Warning: Persons Procuring or Concealing Escape of Prisoners Are Subject to Prosecution and Imprisonment, Santa Fe, NM

Judge: Jon Sternfeld, The Irene Goodman Literary Agency, New York, New York

7. Memoir Article (41 Entries)

1st Place: Peggy Spencer, Stillborn, Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place: Lisa Cerasoli, You’re So Nice, Marquette, MI

3rd Place: Deborah Hunter, Kevin’s Posse, Tulsa, OK

Judge: Rebecca McGill, Phoebe, A Journal of Literature & Art, Fairfax, Virginia

8. Mainstream or Literary Short Story (92 Entries)

1st Place: Penelope Stowell, Street Legal, Pagosa Springs, CO

2nd Place: Robert Schladale, Equalizing the Pressure, Sacramento, CA

3rd Place: Elena Sanchez, When I Die, Albuquerque, NM

Judge: Chris Cottrell, The Portland Review, Portland, Oregon

9. Nonfiction Essay or Article (12 Entries)

1st Place: Robert Schenck, Jr., MD, The Magic Christian, Corrales, NM

2nd Place: Henry Finney, The Scent of Ponderosa Pines, Los Alamos, NM

3rd Place: Larry Greenly, Stalking the Ethereal Wasabi, Albuquerque, NM

Judge: Leigh Ann Henion, Cold Mountain Review, Boone, North Carolina

10. Personal Essay/Column (18 Entries)

1st Place: Stephanie Nakhleh, ¡Seamos Amigos!, Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place: Carol Penn-Romine, Latchkey Spiders and Other Improbable Things, Burbank, CA

3rd Place: Murray Edwards, Easter Photo, Clyde, TX

3rd Place: Karen Keese, Moon in the Balance, Los Lunas, NM

Judge: Kathleen Struck, GlobalPost.com, Concord, Massachusetts

11. Nonfiction Book (11 Entries)

1st Place: Brian Frieder, How to Reform Our Public Schools in Six Years, Los Ranchos, NM

2nd Place: Larry Greenly, Eugene Bullard, Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place: Lulynne Streeter, Frozen Lives, Seabrook, TX

Judge: Marjorie Preston, Sheree Bykofsky Associates, Brigantine, New Jersey

12. Children’s Picture Book (Fiction or Nonfiction) (44 Entries)

1st Place: Amanda Huneke, Monster on the Loose, New Bern, NC

2nd Place: Rebeca Colby, The Mousequerade, Harrogate, United Kingdom

3rd Place: Monica Harris, The Magician’s Physician, Kalamazoo, MI

Judge: Paul Abdo, Abdo Publishing Group, Edina, Minnesota

13. Screenplay (29 Entries)

1st Place: Mary Haarmeyer, Daggers Draw, Lovington, NM

2nd Place: Susan Murphy, The Lion in the Backyard, Cerrillos, NM

3rd Place: Chip Casner, Poor August, Flagstaff, AZ

Judge: Tim Lambert, Abbot Screenplay Management, Pasadena, California

14. Poetry (159 Entries)

1st Place: Catherine Ferguson, The Mona Lisa, Galisteo ,NM

2nd Place: Catherine Ferguson, Vale mas tarde que nunca, Galisteo, NM

3rd Place: Karen McKinnon, Leaving, Sandia Park, NM

Judge: Lisa Lewis, Cimarron Review, Stillwater, Oklahoma



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