2006 Poetry and Prose Competition Results

The following are the results of the 2006 Poetry Competition announced Friday, September 15, 2006 at the Poetry Awards Banquet held at Christ Evangelical Church in Orem, Utah.

CATEGORY 1 - Children's Poem

1^st Place – Nichole Rushing – I’m Scared to Death of Chickens

2^nd Place – Wendy Ellison – Learning to Ride

3^rd Place – Caren Liebelt – Oval Ocean

1^st Honorable Mention – Grace Diane Jessen – Friends From A to Z

2^nd Honorable Mention – Tamara Copley – My Nature Walk

3^rd Honorable Mention – Caren Liebelt – Wood Peckers

 

CATEGORY 2 - Light Verse Poem

 

1^st Place – Irene Hastings – With a Twist

2^nd Place – Caren Liebelt – Misguided Gardener

3^rd Place – Grace Diane Jessen – Weather Pain

 

CATEGORY 3 - New Talent Poetry - Free Verse

 

1^st Place – Joan Runs Through – Lightning Strikes

2^nd Place – Holly Harmon – Hearing

3^rd Place – Merrijane Rice – Nature Gauds

1^st Honorable Mention – Irene Hastings – White Peaches

2^nd Honorable Mention – Joan Runs Through – Impi

3^rd Honorable Mention – Cindy Bechtold – Shattered Slippers

CATEGORY 4 - New Talent Poetry - Rhyming

1^st Place – Joan Runs Through – Native Beat

2^nd Place – Kendra Fowler – Living With a Polar Bear

3^rd Place – Joan Runs Through – Dream Catcher

1^st Honorable Mention – Merrijane Rice – Halloween Sonnet

2^nd Honorable Mention – Bill Witzburger – The Strawberry Man

3^rd Honorable Mention – Linda Larsen – Morning

CATEGORY 5 - Epiphany Poem

1^st Place – Marie C. Tollstrup – Ritual

2^nd Place – Clarence P. Socwell – Storm View

3^rd Place – Jean Rhodes – Five o’clock News

1^st Honorable Mention – Rodney O. Hurd – Confirmation

2^nd Honorable Mention – Marilyn Richardson – Om Sweet Om

3^rd Honorable Mention – Susanne Morley – Phantom Child

CATEGORY 6 - Narrative Poem

1^st Place – Caren Liebelt – Fourth of July on the Kenai Peninsula

2^nd Place – Irene Hastings – Fire on the Water

3^rd Place – Lisa Shafer – Desert Fairies’ Wedding

1^st Honorable Mention – Grace Diane Jessen – Auction Blues

 2^nd Honorable Mention – Diane Coles – The Reunion

 3^rd Honorable Mention – Tamara Copley – A Mother’s Peek at Calvary

 

 

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The following are the results of the 2006 Prose Competition announced Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Literary Awards Banquet held at Christ Evangelical Church in Orem, Utah.

 

CATEGORY 8 - Children's Story

1^st Place – Marilyn Richardson – The Dream Seekers

2^nd Place – Vera Bakker – Traditions

3^rd Place – Rebecca Lawlor – Path

1^st Honorable Mention – Jean Reagan – Skiing to Disaster

2^nd Honorable Mention – Marilyn Richardson – Just for Winter

3^rd Honorable Mention – Jean Reagan – I Sleep Behind Bars

 

CATEGORY 11 - New Talent Personal Essay

 

1^st Place – Kendra Fowler – The Healing

2^nd Place – Linda Larsen – Shoe in the Road

3^rd Place – Kris Bergeron – Coats Becoming Branches

1^st Honorable Mention – Jill Vanderwood – The Shiny Treasure

2^nd Honorable Mention – Irene Hastings – Dutch Treats

3^rd Honorable Mention – Becky Jackson – My Magic Learning Potion

CATEGORY 12 - New Talent Short Story

1^st Place – Kris Bergeron – If You Ask Me

2^nd Place – Shauna Dansie – June’s Inferno

3^rd Place – Brittany Higgins – Collector

1^st Honorable Mention – Linda Larsen – Jiggers

2^nd Honorable Mention – Kendra Fowler – Cayenne Millie

3^rd Honorable Mention – William Eastburn – Straight Shooter

 

CATEGORY 14 - Anecdote

 

1^st Place – Melanie Coburn-Barker – Four Going on Fourteen

2^nd Place – Diane Coffman – God’s Sense of Humor

3^rd Place – Joyce Goodrich – Reach Down and Pull Up the Covers

1^st Honorable Mention – Irene Hastings – Whoa!

2^nd Honorable Mention – Cindy Bechtold – Connection

3^rd Honorable Mention – Peggy Kadir – Lost and Found

 

CATEGORY 15 - Nostalgia

 

1^st Place – Edwin Smith – Humphfgg

2^nd Place – Marie C. Tollstrup – Bathing Company

3^rd Place – Marie C. Tollstrup – Dad’s Kingdom

1^st Honorable Mention – Melissa McQuarrie – Eureka

2^nd Honorable Mention – Marie C. Tollstrup – My Noble Tree

3^rd Honorable Mention – Marilyn Richardson –

          A Jar of Mentholatum & a Reader’s Digest

CATEGORY 16 - Article

1^st Place – Clint Johnson – Hidden From Hollywood’s Fame

2^nd Place – Mike Eldredge – Komar Boats

3^rd Place – Marilyn Richardson –

          When Melanoma Strikes Without Warning

1^st Honorable Mention – Beth Moore – Freedom is Never Free

2^nd Honorable Mention – Corrie Lynne Player –

          Understanding the Melting Adolescent Brain

3^rd Honorable Mention – Beth Moore – Nephi Johnson

 

CATEGORY 17 - Character Sketch

 

1^st Place – Marcile Pugh – Josie Meier

2^nd Place – Irene Hastings – King of the Gypsies

3^rd Place – Mike Eldredge – Marcus Maldei

1^st Honorable Mention – Marie C. Tollstrup – Rainbow Teacher

2^nd Honorable Mention – Cathy Witbeck – Planted Imprints

3^rd Honorable Mention – Marie C. Tollstrup – Portrait in the Round

 

CATEGORY 18 - Personal Essay

 

1^st Place – Mike Eldredge – Sadako’s Shadow

2^nd Place – Wendy Ellison – Perspective

3^rd Place – David Hibberd – Enlightened in the Dark

1^st Honorable Mention – Irene Hastings – Passages

2^nd Honorable Mention – Cathy Witbeck – Hair Despair

3^rd Honorable Mention – Diane Coles – Queen of the Hill

 

CATEGORY 21 - Short-Short Story & Short Story

 

1^st Place – Margot Hovley – Dancing to Bach

2^nd Place – Edwin Smith – Driver’s Ed

3^rd Place – Clint Johnson – Delbert’s Play

1^st Honorable Mention – Joyce Goodrich – Homer’s Darling

2^nd Honorable Mention – Irene Hastings –

          Crazy Mary and the Missing Grave

3^rd Honorable Mention – Dan Smyth – Orphaned

 

CATEGORY 22 - Speculative Fiction & Fantasy

 

1^st Place – Ross Whipple – Resurrection Man

2^nd Place – Clint Johnson – True Talent

3^rd Place – Jennifer Wilks – Just One Wish

1^st Honorable Mention – Gary Rogers – Stopped in Time

2^nd Honorable Mention – Rodney O. Hurd – The Last Teacher

3^rd Honorable Mention – Esther Williams – Word Gets Around

 

CATEGORY 24 - Full-Size Picture Books

 

1^st Place – Nichole Rushing – Twas Halloween Night

2^nd Place – Ginger Churchill – One Week

3^rd Place – Jean Reagan – Missing John

1^st Honorable Mention – Jean Reagan –

          Akilah and Her Hungry, Hungry Monster

2^nd Honorable Mention – Darlene Young – Sometimes

3^rd Honorable Mention – Cindy Bechtold – Beastly Bubbles

 

CATEGORY 28 - Young Adult Book & Teens Book

 

1^st Place – Sydney Husseman – Going Native

2^nd Place – Sara Fitzgerald – Darkness Within

3^rd Place – Rebecca Lawlor – Rendar’s Beginning

1^st Honorable Mention – Sara Fitzgerald – Accidents Happen

2^nd Honorable Mention – Sara Fitzgerald –

          The Summer That Changed Everything

3^rd Honorable Mention – Mike Eldredge – Walker’s Promise

 

CATEGORY 29 - Full-Length Book, Fiction

 

1^st Place – Clint Johnson – Beyond the Marble

2^nd Place – Janet Jensen – Don’t You Marry the Mormon Boys

3^rd Place – Heather Moore – Queen

1^st Honorable Mention – Clint Johnson – Voice of the Wind

2^nd Honorable Mention – Jennifer Nielsen – The Glow

3^rd Honorable Mention – Brittany Higgins – For Such a Time As This

 

CATEGORIES THAT DIDN’T HAVE ENOUGH ENTRIES TO CARRY THE CONTEST INCLUDED:

#7 – Historical Poem

#9 – Middle Grade Nonfiction Article

#20 – Inspirational personal Experience

#26 – Full-Length Children’s Book

#27 – Full-Length Middle-Grade Book

 

Publication Awards

Diamond – Janine Creager – Journalism/Writing Portfolio

Diamond – Michael Eldredge – Nonfiction Book –

         My Life and the Winter Games: A Volunteer's Story

Gold Quill – Caren Liebelt – Fiction Book – Midnight Scrawl

 

 

Publication Acknowledgements

 

Betty J. Vickers – Journalism portfolio

Robin Lynn Pratt – Nonfiction -

          Taken Ten - Meditations For the Hurried Parent

Corrie Lynne Player – Nonfiction -

          Loving Firmness: Successfully Raising Teenagers

Patrick Patrick – Nonfiction - More Humorous Tales of Woe

Joyce K. Goodrich – Nonfiction - Rise & Shout, The Seniors Are Out!

Charles Ehin – Nonfiction -

          Hidden Assets: Harnessing the Power of Informal Networks

Sara Fitzgerald – Fiction – Mine For Keeps

Ann Kearns – Fiction – Dell’s Discovery

 

The League of Utah Writers congratulates all who participated in this year's competition for the outstanding talent exhibited by all contestants, and more importantly, for the extraordinary effort put forth for each individual entry.