Conference

2006 Frontiers in Writing Contest Winners

01. Mainstream

Finals Judge: Patricia Terrell (Drake Valley Press)

1st - Jenny Gardiner - Going Home Again

2nd - Carolann Malley The Sun Cut Flat

3rd - Vicki M. Schoen Without words

Hon Men Travis Erwin - A river without water

02. Mystery/Suspense

Finals Judge: Barbara Phillips, editor/publisher (Bridge Works Publishing Co.)

1st - Gerald R. Hibbs The Dahlgren Papers

2nd - Teresa Rizzo - The sand of silence

3rd - Carol Malley - The lost girls

Hon Men Maggie Brown - Prime Suspect

03. Historical/Western

Finals Judge: Virginia Messer (Eakin Press)

1st - Phyliss Miranda - No time for love

2nd - Sam D. Pakau - Jesse’s Seed

3rd - Lisa Marie Wilkinson - Fire at midnight

Hon Men - Caron Guillo - Children of light

04. Romance / Women’s Fiction

Finals Judge: Jennifer Green (Harlequin)

1st - Maggie Brown - Shady Lady

2nd - Erica Ridley - Unmasked

3rd - Connie Savage - Time out of time

Hon Men Anita Howard - Infinity’s Pond, Book I in Trilogy

05. SciFi/Fantasy/Hor

Finals Judge: Hilary Sares (Kensington)

1st - Dauntless - Leah Silverman

2nd - Banging my head on the soft side of the universe - Debbie Bradley

3rd - Likeness of heroes - Sarah L. Clark

Hon Men Crash Kilmon - Doug Carroll

06. Juvenile/YA Novel

Finals Judge: Dr. Alexander Kuklin (ACEN Press)

1st - Donna Turello - Becoming Anna

2nd - Ron Coombs - The lighthouse keeper’s son

3rd - Sherrin Watkins The story of corn

Hon Men - None

07. Short Story

Finals Judge: Carolyn Wall (ByLine)

1st - Barbara Millman Cole - Natural Birth

2nd - Truman Godwin - Patchwork Quilt

3rd - James A. Wood - Vlad’s Place

Hon Men - Barbara Millman Cole - Morning tea

08. Nonfiction Article or essay

Finals Judge: Gay Edelman, Senior Editor (Family Circle Magazine)

1st - Martha Davis - Suicide Note, First Draft

2nd - Phyliss Miranda 400 pages too late!

3rd - Katrina Kimble - God bless the moon

Hon Men-  Lisa Rutledge - The Many roads to writing success

09. Nonfiction Book

Finals Judge: Steve Kirk (John F. Blair Publishers)

Special mention - Patsy Rae Dawson - Surviving marriage to a jerk

Special mention - Deborah Elliot-Upton - Not my clone: Same parents, so why are siblings so different?

10. Screenplay

Finals Judge: Gini Graham Scott, Ph.D., J.D. (Changemakers and Creative Communications & Research)

Special Mention- Jeremy Hoffpauir - Winter

11. Memoir

Finals Judge: Jennifer Pooley, Editor (William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins)

1st - Betty J. Verdino - It all began with a hatpin

2nd - Larry Payne - Miracles on the mountain

3rd - Deborah J. Lightfoot - Filling Spaces

Hon Men - None

12. Juvenile/YA short

Finals Judge: Cindy Davis (Davis Publications)

1st - Annette Gulati - Summer of the Junker

2nd - Jan Sherbin - Tanya’s Embarrassing Secret

3rd - Charlene Jett - Nana and papa live on a farm (primary)

Hon Men - Jan Sherbin - Run between the raindrops

13. Poetry, Short

Finals Judge: Katherine Gale, Ph.D. (Red Hen Press)

1st - Marilyn Kayton - Fragments of Writers Polyglut

2nd - Emily F. Sharp - Paper Moon

3rd - Jennifer DiCamillo - Smart mouths

Hon Men - Elizabeth White - Helping mom in Dad’s Garden after his death

14. Poetry, Long

Finals Judge: Stephen R. Hunter (Loft Press, Inc.)

1st - Ed Harvill - The Cowboy And The Turbo-prop

2nd - Michelle Akins - Class of 2004

3rd - Emily F. Sharp - Caprock Canyons Impression

Hon Men - None

 

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