2008 Green River Writers Writing

Thank you to all the sponsors, judges and entrants in the 2008 Green River Writers Writing Contest. The contest was a great success with fine writing representing 27 states and Canada. There were 525 entries this year and from those the judges had a tough time picking winners...so many excellent pieces! Thank you to everyone who shared their fine writing with Green River this year and congratulations to all the winners.

Winners List

Category 1: President's Prize (Short Fiction)

Short fiction to 2,000 words. $200/$125/$75

Sponsor(s): Green River Writers Judge(s): Virginia Anderson

1st Place The Blue Box, 1960 Paul Prather Mount Sterling, KY

2nd Place The Shaytl Lady Judith Groudine Finkel Houston, TX

3rd Place Doing Time Janice Wiley-Dorn Pell City, AL

1st Honorable Mention A Lot She Knows Carol Carpenter Livonia, MI

2nd Honorable Mention Point of Recognition Janice L Hornburg Jonesborough, TN

3rd Honorable Mention Mixed Breeding Scott Solomon Champaign, IL

Category 2: Green River Grande (Poetry)

Any subject, any form to 50 lines. $200/$125/$75

Sponsor(s): Green River Writers Judge(s): Mary E. O'Dell and other Green River

Writer memberes

1st Place Forty Years on, the Classicist Len Krisak Newton, MA

2nd Place Legacy Jane Sasser Oak Ridge, TN

3rd Place After the Famine Kate Buckley Laguna Beach, CA

1st Honorable Mention Inheritance Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

2nd Honorable Mention Stick With Me Geraldine Russo Porter Johnson City, TN

3rd Honorable Mention Sarah Kay Dowling Orders Her Carol Carpenter Livonia, MI

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Category 3: Green River First Chapters (Novel)

Any subject, any form to 50 lines. $200/$125/$75

Sponsor(s): Green River Writers Judge(s): Jeff Yocum

1st Place Daybreak Steve Wiegenstein Bowling Green, KY

2nd Place Best Interests Laura Loomis Pittsburg, CA

3rd Place Confessio Nauticus Marc Graham Castle Rock, CO

1st Honorable Mention Kaiten Jimmy Carl Harris Birmingham, AL

2nd Honorable Mention The Templar's Cottage Betsy Packard Shelbyville, KY

3rd Honorable Mention Patchwork Marc Graham Castle Rock, CO

Category 4 : Cyndr Prize (Children's Fiction)

Short stories written for pre-teen children to 2000 words. Any subject appropriate for children.. $30/$20/$10

Sponsor(s): Jane M. Garry Judge(s):

Results Pending

Category 5: The "Cleo" Prize (Creative Nonfiction)

Creative nonfiction (prose based in fact but drawing on the imagination) on any subject to 500 words. $50/$30/$20

Sponsor(s): Jean Tucker Judge(s): Jean Tucker

1st Place Dancing with Patrick Anna E. Lucas Madison, IN

2nd Place Remembering Deweese Brenda D. Bunting Lexington, KY

3rd Place Strangers in the Supermarket Mary Kay McAllister Juno Beach, FL

Category 6: Green River Lean (Fiction)

Short short fiction to 250 works, must have all elements of story. $50/$30/$20

Sponsor(s): Marj Bixler Judge(s): Marj Bixler

1st Place Illegal Alien Dorothy Hatfield Beebe, AR

2nd Place Third Husband Judith Groudine Finkel Houston, TX

3rd Place Across the Abyss Betsy Packard Shelbyville, KY

Category 7: Green River Tales Prize (Fiction)

Short stories to 8000 words, any subject. $100/$60/$40

Sponsor(s): Tim Dawe Judge(s): Tim Dawe

1st Place A Cup of Water Paul Prather Mount Sterling, KY

2nd Place A Bird and a Picture Window Laura Loomis Pittsburg, CA

3rd Place QAZAQ, A Word S. T. Allen Danville, KY

1st Honorable Mention By Any Other Name Bob Strother Greenville, SC

2nd Honorable Mention Cooking Lessons Mary Kay McAllister Juno Beach, FL

3rd Honorable Mention Sludge Frances M Strickler Franklin, KY

Category 8: Clear Creek Special (Poetry)

Any form, any length, any subject matter. $100/$75/$50

Sponsor(s): Clear Creek Writers Judge(s): E. Gail Chandler, Stephanie Allison,

Betsy Packard

1st Place Family Ties Barbara Dye Barron Eubank, KY

2nd Place Again Carolyn Davis Marshall, NC

3rd Place An Act of Kindness Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

1st Honorable Mention Owls Virginia Anderson New Salisbury, IN

2nd Honorable Mention Rebirth Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

3rd Honorable Mention A Kitchen in Milltown Barb McMakin Crestwood, Ky

Category 9: Free Verse (Poetry)

High-quality, literary poetry; open to all subjects. Submissions should NOT be rhyming or genre poems. $100/$30/$20

Sponsor(s): Alan MacKellar Judge(s): Alan MacKellar and Sherry Chandler

1st Place The Dogtown Wishy-Washy Judy Lee Green Murfreesboro, TN

2nd Place For Caitlin Annie Maggard Danville, KY

3rd Place Peace is a Patient Farmer Jessica D. Thompson New Harmony, IN

1st Honorable Mention Relics of War M. Ray Allen Clifton Forge, VA

2nd Honorable Mention Keeping It Alive Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

Category 10: Hespeler Memorial Award (Poetry)

Anything on Human Relationship with Nature. $20/$10/$8

Sponsor(s): Becky Alexander Judge(s): Becky Alexander

1st Place Pond at Nazareth, Kentucky Anna E. Lucas Madison, IN

2nd Place Luna Moth Janice L Hornburg Jonesborough, TN

3rd Place Blessing Barbara Smith Philippi, WV

1st Honorable Mention God's Church Barbara Dye Barron Eubank, KY

2nd Honorable Mention Birds from Afar Len Krisak Newton, MA

3rd Honorable Mention On the Knobstone Trail Barb McMakin Crestwood, Ky

Category 11: Hub City Prize (Poetry)

Sonnet, any standard form (must be 14 lines, iambic pentameter), any subject. $25/$15/$10

Sponsor(s): Dr. Ruth Falk Redel Judge(s): Dr. Ruth Falk Redel

1st Place A Time for Remembering Dena R. Gorrell Edmond, OK

2nd Place Kahlos' Self-Portrait with Monkey Len Krisak Newton, MA

3rd Place Friend Mary Stewart West Liberty, KY

Category 12: Jim O'Dell Memorial (Poetry)

Limerick, wild and absurd, standard limerick form (5 lines). $30/$20/$10

Sponsor(s): Mary E. O'Dell Judge(s): Mary E. O'Dell

1st Place An American Lament Carolyn Davis Marshall, NC

2nd Place A Date in Ipanema Carolyn Davis Marshall, NC

3rd Place Sorry Lure Barb McMakin Crestwood, Ky

1st Honorable Mention Limerick Carol D. Glover Southbury, CT

2nd Honorable Mention Maybe He's Colorblind? Dena R. Gorrell Edmond, OK

3rd Honorable Mention Career Change Carol C. Jackson Piney Flats, TN

Category 13: Let the Thing Speak (Poetry)

Anylength, any form. A poem that personifies an object. $40/$25/$10

Sponsor(s): Barb McMakin Judge(s): Barb McMakin

1st Place Dragon Blooms Becky Alexander Cambridge, Ontario

2nd Place Cold Fire Sheri Wright Louisville, KY

3rd Place Portrait of the Artist as a Ginsent Root Annie Maggard Danville, KY

1st Honorable Mention The Choice Carolyn Davis Marshall, NC

2nd Honorable Mention An Abandoned Building Downtown Sheri Wright Louisville, KY

3rd Honorable Mention Translation of a Face-Lift Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

Category 14: A Breath of Merton (Poetry)

Any form, any length, any subject. $30/$20/$10

Sponsor(s): Judy Milford & Sherry Chandler Judge(s): Judy Milford & Sherry Chandler

1st Place What Holds Us Up Jessica D. Thompson New Harmony, IN

2nd Place Personal Ad Ellaraine Lockie Sunnyvale, CA

3rd Place An Invocation for Artist Dixie Dugan Jane Sasser Oak Ridge, TN

1st Honorable Mention A Day Goes By Like a Sigh Virginia Anderson New Salisbury, IN

2nd Honorable Mention The Projectionist Sheri Wright Louisville, KY

3rd Honorable Mention Both of Us Anna E. Lucas Madison, IN

Category 15: Poem for Myself (Poetry)

Anyform, any subject, any style. Up to 32 lines. $50/$35/$15

Sponsor(s): Barroom Bards Judge(s): Linda Frisa & Mary Bertolini

1st Place Encounter in Mathematical Language Becky Lindsay Crestview Hills, KY

2nd Place The Visit M. Ray Allen Clifton Forge, VA

3rd Place At the New Bedford Museum Len Krisak Newton, MA

1st Honorable Mention Soliloquy Becky Alexander Cambridge, Ontario

2nd Honorable Mention Diehlia Dyer Sheri Wright Louisville, KY

Category 16: Poems Written After Midnight: The Deborah Madden Memorial (Poetry)

Any form, any subject, any length. $50/$35/$15

Sponsor(s): Anonymous Judge(s): Delori Hawkins

1st Place The World Ignores All Grief Ellen Birkett Morris