2008 FRONTIERS IN WRITING CONTEST WINNERS
Category 1 Mainstream Novel
1st Honorable Mention Karin Huddleston Finding Home
2nd Honorable Mention Rodney Walther White Chalk Road
Category 2 Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
1st Leigh Lundin The Whirlpool
2nd Kim Harris The Trailer Park Princess and the Unsightly
Bulges
3rd Henry Hoffman Bridge to Oblivion
Honorable Mention Rhett Hubbard The Master Mason
Finalist Kim Harris The Trailer Park Princess and the 12” Plummet
Finalist Sheree Noble Behind the Labyrinth
Category 3 Historical/Western
1st Honorable Mention Joe Trent King of Silk
2nd Honorable Mention Carolyn Steele Walk from Glory
Category 4 Romance
1st Crystal Phares Broken Rules
2nd Dale Epps Duplicity
3rd Elaine Standish Texas Whirlwind
Honorable Mention Donna Turello Love Santa
Finalist Laura Estevez Kelly’s Hurdle
Finalist alias dollar Bobby Trapped
Category 5 Sci Fi/Fantasy/Horror
1st Honorable Mention Michaela Moore Lord of Abydos
2nd Honorable Mention Howard Fisher Own the Night
Category 6 Juvenile/Young Adult
1st Kathy Mitchell Songs from the Canary Cage
2nd Elaine Standish Forever Alone
3rd Sidney Hamer The Treasure of Urmia
Honorable Mention Margot Sims Graffiti Artiste for Hire
Finalist Karen Morison-Knox Viking Mist
Finalist Ray Dixon Tempus
Category 7 Short Story
1st Joe Trent Time to Go
2nd Leigh Lundin Snake Oil
3rd Gerald Hibbs The Greasy Spoon
Honorable Mention L E (Ed) Harvill, Jr. The Fear of Darkness
Finalist Lisa Pawlowski Chemical Attraction
Finalist Cherinda Wendt Waiting
Category 8 Nonfiction Article/Essay
1st Dorothy Simms Life on Laundry Day
2nd Joey White Turkey Trot
3rd Pauletta Cook Turning Loose
Honorable Mention Gerald Hibbs The Sioux Rebellion of 1862
Finalist Amelia Wright No Longer a Secret
Finalist Janda Raker Car Trouble
Category 9 Nonfiction Novel
1st Honorable Mention Teresa Hestand Behind the Porcelain Mask
2nd Honorable Mention Jim Matthews Shoulders of Giants
Category 10 Screenplay
1st Honorable Mention Ginger Porter Sugar Line
2nd Honorable Mention Deborah Finkelstein Tu-Be or Not Tu-Be
Category 11 Memoir
1st Joan Sikes The Courage of Her Convictions
2nd Rebecca Russell I Came to the Garden Alone
3rd Virginia Frantz Legacy from the Depression Era
Honorable Mention Carolyn Donnell Simply Bebee
Finalist Rebecca Russell In an Old Yellow Cab
Finalist Lisa Pawlowski Remembering the Chow
Category 12 Juvenile/Young Adult Short Story
1st Edward Melin A Tradition Postponed
2nd Jan Sherbin Marina, Galina, Come Eat Your Simolina
3rd Virginia Frantz Nickname
Honorable Mention Barbara Courson In Search of a Nursing Home for Grandma
Mona
Finalist Joey White Shadow
Finalist Vicki Mueller Look Wherever
Category 13 Short Poetry
1st Karl Smith The Smell of Wool in Guatemala
2nd Pauline Robertson It’s All in the Beat
3rd Yvonne Nunn The Mona Lisa Post
Honorable Mention Yvonne Nunn Mourning Dove’s Blanket
Finalist Jody Karr Nesting
Finalist Yvonne Nunn Objects in the Sky
Category 14 Long Poetry
1st L E (Ed) Harvill, Jr. Who’s the Best Horseman Around?
2nd Rebecca Russell Tying Bows
3rd Rebecca Russell Beggar in Istanbul
Honorable Mention James Beard Afterwards
Finalist Joan Sikes Passive Voice
Finalist Marianne McNeil Logan Someone to Care
Category 15 Poetry Chapbook
1st Honorable Mention Gloria Masterson- Richardson Sea Smoke
2nd Honorable Mention Karl Smith The Circling Beast
Best of Show
Poetry Chapbook Gloria Masterson-Richardson Sea Smoke