Winners and finalists of the Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards

2011 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST AND BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS

Centennial Categories:

Centennial Adult Essay
1 - Grace Voss Frederick’s Affair with Arizona - Emily Pritchard Cary
2 - A Fine Line in Shifting Sand - Sherry Mann
3 - Surrounding Sedona - Nita Rinehart Mede

Centennial Adult Stories
1 - Mom's Last Gift- Polly Baughman
2 - The Gecko Sisters' Daring Desert Adventures - Janet M Ferris
3 - The Last Time I Saw Wickenburg aka Voyage with the Beagle - Barclay Franklin

Centennial Junior High and High School Essay or Story -
1 - Rain Dance - Trisha Adams
1 - Remember - LaRee Crockett

Centennial Elementary Essay or Story
1 - Arizona - Kodie Rupert

Unpublished Categories

Poetry
1 - Rocks and Skins and Wings and Shells and Sensitivities - Dennis Schwesinger
2 - Hiking with Vivaldi - Robert Buuck
3 - The Invisible One - Rodney Blakemore
HM - And for a Moment I Became as I Began - Laurie Edem

Essay
1 - Classroom Expectations - Bob Natiello
2 - A Father's Answer - D. L. Keathley
3 - A Desert Christmas - Sylvia Forbes

Stories
1 - A Favorable Impression - Bob Natiello
2 - The Death of Strack Benson - Michael Freeman
3 - Escape from the Jingle Jungle - Bob Natiello
HM - Oak Creek Canyon - Bill Henderson
HM - The Promise - Sherry Ledington

Novel
1 - Loreena's Gift - Colleen M. Story
1 - Crowheart - James Doran
2 - Pegenkopf The Royal Connection - Robert L. Edgell
3 - Davi-Khan - Thomas J. Zurich

Published Categories

Children's Literature
1 - Addie Slaughter, The Girl Who Met Geronimo - Susan L. Krueger
2 - The Legend of Painted Pony and the Western Wind - Cathy Huffman
3 - Summer of the Dancing Horse - Nancy Sanderson

Published Fiction
1 - Game Over - Bernie DuBois
2 - The House at Miller's Court - K. Patrick Malone
3 - My Bad Tequila - Rico Austin
HM - The Face Out of Time - Ann I. Goldfarb

Published Nonfiction
1 - Of Roots, Shoes and Rhymes - C. L. Gilmore
2 - The Portrayal of Social Catastrophe - Dennis Eugene Russell
3 - Levi's and Lace - Jan Cleere



2010 ARIZONA LITERARY CONTEST AND BOOK AWARDS FINALISTS
Winners announced at the Awards Banquet on November 6, 2010

Unpublished Categories

Poetry
1 - Kelly Nelson for Rivers I Don't Live By (Tempe, AZ)
2 - Dennis Schwesinger for All Good Boys (Phoenix, AZ)
3 - Dennis Schwesinger for Mind's Eye(Phoenix, AZ)
HM - Dennis Schwesinger for I See Angels When I Drink Beer
HM - Raja Lewis for Boys (or Rapids) (Tucson, AZ)

Essay
1 - Donna Caldwell for Spirit of Fire (Alpine, AZ)
2 - Jack McDermott for Insignificant Moment: Harleys, Back Roads, and the Journey Home (Avondale, AZ)
3 - Murray Edwards for Catafalques and Silver Bullets (Clyde, TX)
HM - Emily Pritchard Cary for Someone to Watch Over Me (Scottsdale, AZ)

Short Story
1 - Lori Hicks for Legally Adopted (Phoenix, AZ)
2 - Michael Sedgwick for A Cigarette Before Dying (Tucson, AZ)
3 - tie - Anna L. Kaehler for White Mountain (Cornville, AZ)
3 - tie - Steve Linstrom for A Mark of Vermillion (Marshall, MN)
HM - Bob Natiello for Ticket to K Street (Sedona, AZ)

Novel
1 - Michael Sedgwick for Bramdean (Tucson, AZ)
2 - Steve Linstrom for The Last Ram (Marshall, MN)
3 - Robert Edgell for Beryl, A Soldier's Story (Phoenix, AZ)


Published Categories

Children's Literature
1 - Nancy Sanderson for Summer of the Painted Horse (Yuma, AZ)
2 - Conrad J. Storad for Rattlesnake Rules (Tempe, AZ)
3 - J. R. Sanders for The Littlest Wrangler (Yucaipa, CA)
HM - Dany Pierard-Deviche for Little Skiff Copes with Valley Fever (Phoenix, AZ)

Published Fiction
1 - Sam Barone for Conflict of Empires (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 - K. Patrick Malone for An Unfinished House (New Jersey)
3 - Raul Roque (Jon M. Duff) for Long and Hard (Gilbert, AZ)
HM - Marcia Fine for Stressed in Scottsdale (Scottsdale, AZ)

Published Nonfiction
1 - Craig Juntunen for Both Ends Burning: My Story of Adopting Three Children from Haiti (Scottsdale, AZ)
2 - Kathleen Price for Dance When the Brain Says No (Salt Lake City, UT)
3 - Joanne M. Deck for Worth Waiting for: Sane Sex for Singles (Phoenix, AZ)
HM - Kaye Eisenhower Morgan for The Eisenhower Legacy (Mesa, AZ)

contact info:
Toby Heathcotte, President
6145 W. Echo Lane
Glendale, AZ 85302
info@azauthors.com
azauthors.com
623-847-9343


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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