Winners and finalists of the Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards

2009 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST AND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS
Announced at the Awards Banquet November 7, 2009 in Glendale, AZ

Unpublished Categories:

Poetry
1 – Annette Tischler – The Coca Colas of the World
2 – Dennis W. Schwesinger – Lastly
3 – Rebekah M. Haverkamp – Café Rebel
Honorable Mention – Dennis W. Schwesinger – Intimations

Short Stories
1 – Robert Anthony Natiello – El Caballo Blanco
2 – Steve Linstrom – Three War Ponies
3 – R. L. Coffield – The Taming of Jump Off Joe

Essays
1 – James Nutile – The Fourth of July – a Diverse Celebration
2 - Robert Anthony Natiello – How Jiminy Cricket Helped Me
3 – John V. Sellar s- The Grey Runner

Novels
1 – Emily P. Cary – The Pembroke Path
2 – Peter DeLannoy – Mother of Darkness
3 – Colleen M. Story – Rise of the Sidenah
Honorable Mention – Louis Michalski – Redemption

Published Categories:

Published Nonfiction
1 – Cindi Brown – Poverty and Promise
2 – Kebba Buckley Button – Discover the Secret Energized You
3 – Julie Ann Wambach – Battles between Somebodies and Nobodies
Honorable Mention – Ben Costello – Jack and Walter

Published Fiction
1 – James Livezey Kulick – A New Dawn
2 – Nicolas Bazan – A Fable of Music and the Mind
3 – John K. Potter – Hold Your Horses
Honorable Mention – Dianne Ebertt Beeaff – Powers Garden

Children’s Literature
1 – Dotti Enderle – Man in the Moon
2 – Tina Turbin – Danny the Dragon Meets Jimmy
3 – Lynette Gibson – Clara Meets Mr. Twiddles


2008 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST AND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS
Announced at the Awards Banquet November 8, 2008 in Glendale, AZ

POETRY

1st Prize:
Sherry Weaver Smith, San Ramon, CA
Daily Breath: Hospital, the Philippines, 1995

2nd Prize: Dennis W. Schwesinger, Phoenix, AZ - The Proposition
3rd Prize: John McBride, Bettendorf, IA - Storm Sestina
Honorable Mention: Dennis W. Schwesinger - But to love


ESSAYS

1st Prize:
Elaine Jordan, Prescott, AZ
A Blue Notebook

2nd Prize: Susan G. Smith, Oracle, AZ - How Seminars Shaped My Life
3rd Prize: Michael E. Sedgwick, Tucson, AZ - Bombing Run
Honorable Mention: Brenton H. Dickson, Manchester, MA - Yoga

SHORT STORIES

1st Prize:
Lori Hicks, Phoenix, AZ
Real Justice

2nd Prize: Ruth C. Bassett, Innsbrook, MO - New Market
3rd Prize: M. A. Tuohy, Buford, GA - Toxic Bijou
Honorable Mention: Richard W. Smelter - Arliss


NOVELS (UNPUBLISHED)

1st Prize:
Ludmila Bernadkin, Brooklyn, NY
The Attitude Girl

2nd Prize: Scott Middlemist, Phoenix, AZ - Jigsaw Soul
3rd Prize: Leonard Kreisler, M.D. - Persons of Interest
Honorable Mention:
Margaret Cram Howie, Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada - Shattered Seasons


PUBLISHED FICTION

1st Prize:
Krystyna Rodriguez, Phoenix, AZ
THE TREASURE OF SERGEANT GUTIERREZ

2nd Prize: J. K. Scott, Fountain Hills, AZ - SHADES OF TRUTH
3rd Prize: John Harte, Aiken, SC - RIDE FOR JUSTICE
Honorable Mention: K. Patrick Malone - INSIDE A HAUNTED MIND


PUBLISHED NON-FICTION

1st Prize:
Ken Beller and Heather Chase, Sedona, AZ
GREAT PEACEMAKERS: TRUE STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD

2nd Prize: Ingeborg Gubler Casey, Madison, WI
THE HEART MOVES IN A CIRCULAR DIRECTION: A STORY OF HEALING
3rd Prize: Brian J. Lane, Sedona, AZ - HIKERNUT'S GRAND CANYON COMPANION
Honorable Mention: Dee Dees - WRITE YOUR LIFE STORY IN 28 DAYS




2007 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST AND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS!

revealed at the Arizona Literary Awards Banquet On November 2, 2007
at the Sheraton Crescent - 2620 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ

PUBLISHED CATEGORIES:

Fiction:
1st Prize: PHOENIX by Richard Satterlie, Wimlington, NC
2nd Prize: EMPIRE RISING by Sam Barone, Scottsdale, AZ
3rd Prize: THE QUEST FOR THE ALL SEEING EYE by Vernita Khosti, Phoenix, AZ
Honorable Mention:
THE CUL-LUD SCH-OOOL TEACH-UR by Sandra E. Bowen, Phoenix, AZ

Non-Fiction:
1st Prize: TRAVELING INDIAN ARIZONA by Anne O'Brien, Paradise Valley, AZ
2nd Prize: OUTLAW TALES OF ARIZONA by Jan Cleere, Oro Valley, AZ
3rd Prize: MEDIATION SURVIVOR'S HAND BOOK by Peg Nichols, Olathe, KS
Honorable Mention:
WE, THE WOMEN by Merle Nudelman, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Children's Literature:
1st Prize: DUDLEY GLOWORM AND THE SAVING LIGHT by D. Wayne Joiner, Deltona, FL
2nd Prize: THE TWELVE TEARS OF APRIL by M.L. McCann, Scottsdale, AZ
3rd Prize: THE ADVENTURES OF FLAT CACTUS JACK by Don Wells and Jean Groen, Apache Junction, AZ
Honorable Mention:
ONCE UPON A BLUE MOON by S.E. Blakeslee, Greenville, NC

UNPUBLISHED CATEGORIES:

Article/Essays/True Stories:
1st Prize: "Silent Night" by Kathie Martin Ossege, Cincinnati, OH
2nd Prize: "When Love Leaves Early" by Kathleen Barham Price, Las Crucss, NM
3rd Prize: "Lockjaw" by Margaret C. Weber, Chandler, AZ
Honorable Mention:
"The Good Samaritan" by Linda Sue Bierwagen, Mesa, AZ

Poetry:
1st Prize: "Tomato Love" by Cappy Love Hanson, Douglas, AZ
2nd Prize: "How Poems Are Made" by Margaret C. Weber, Chandler, AZ
3rd Prize: ARIZONA: " Fantasy and Reality Arm Wrestle in an Old Saloon" by Katherine Atwell Herbert, Phoenix, AZ
Honorable Mentions:
"Woman in Darfur" by Jason Eslamieh, Mesa, AZ
"Boxes and Life" by Jackye Swyers, Yellville, AR

Unpublished Novels:
1st Prize: "Little Girl Lost" by Jon M. Duff, Gilbert, AZ
2nd Prize: "The Trap" by William Connor, Phoenix, AZ
3rd Prize: "Sister Gertrude" by James Charles Raymond, Carefree, AZ
Honorable Mention:
"Woglatch" by Dennis Schwesinger, Phoenix, AZ

Short Stories:
1st Prize: "Rattlesnake Hearts" by Christine Danforth, Seattle, WA
2nd Prize: "Chorizo on Papas Wrapped in a Dream" by Patricia A. Bonn, Tempe, AZ
3rd Prize: "Turnabout Is Fair Play" by Sherry Ledington, Anthem, AZ
Honorable Mention:
"Moth Remembers" by Susan Wider, Santa Fe, NM






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