2006  Conference
Winners in the 2006 Contest



Novels



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. Mention-Travis  Erwin, A River Without Water



   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. Mention-Maggie Brown, Prime Suspect



      Historical/Western-Finals Judge: Virginia Messer (Eakin
Press)



1st-Phyliss Miranda, No Time for Love

2nd-Sam D. Pakan, Jesse's Seed

3rd-Lisa Marie Wilkinson, Fire at Midnight

Hon. Mention-Caron Guillo, Children of Light



      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. Mention-Anita Howard, Infinity's Pond, book 1 in trilogy



  SciFi/Fantasy/Horror-Finals Judge: Hilary Sares (Kensington)



1st-Leah Silverman, Dauntless

2nd-Debbie Bradley, Banging My Head on the Soft Side of the Universe

3rd-Sarah L. Clark, Likeness of Heroes

Hon. Mention-Doug Carroll, Crash Kilmon



      



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 Com

Hon. Mention-None



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. Mention-Barbara Millman Cole, "Morning Tea"



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. Mention-Lisa Rutledge, "The Many Roads to Writing Success"



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 We Siblings so Different?



Screenplay

Finals Judge: Gini Graham Scott, PhD, JD (Changemakers
and Creative Communications & Research)



Special Mention-Jeremy Hoffpauir, Winter



Memoir

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



1st-Betty J Verdino, It All Began With a Hatpin

2nd-Larry Payne, Miracles on the Mountain

3rd-Deborah J Lightfoot, Filling Spaces

Hon. Mention-none



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. Mention-Jan Sherbin, "Run Between the Raindrops"



Poetry

Short-Finals Judge: Katherine Gale, PhD (Red Hen Press)


1st-Marilyn Kayton, "Fragments of Writers Polygut"

2nd-Emily F. Sharp, "Paper Moon"

3rd-Jennifer DiCamillo, "Smart Mouths"

Hon. Mention-Elizabeth White, "Helping Mom in Dad's Garden After His
Death"

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. Mention-none



FiW Youth Contest Winners

Grade School Winners

Short Story


1st-Ariana Khu -Amarillo 4th grade, St. Andrews

2nd-Elizabeth J Merrell-Groom 5th grade

3rd tie-Cozetta  Johnson -Geary, OK 5th grade

    --Bailey Raker-Amarillo 3rd grade, Bivins Elem


Article/Essay



1st-Dillan Dennison-Lubbock  5th grade, Whiteside Elem

2nd-Amy Weinheimer-Groom 5th grade

3rd tie-McKenna Britten-Groom 4th grade

    --Brianna Lemaster-Amarillo  4th grade, Pleasant Valley Elem

Poetry



1st-Hagen Hall-Amarillo 4th grade, Olsen Park Elem

2nd-Chloe` Moran-Amarillo  4th grade, Olsen Park Elem

3rd-Alex Ragsdale-Pampa 5th grade, Groom Elem

HM-Rileigh  Welch-Groom 3rd grade



Middle School Winners



Short Story



1st-Joey Caruthers -Geary, OK 8th grade

2nd tie-Denise Perez-Geary, OK 6th grade

    ---Kathryn Hillis-Tulsa, OK 6th grade

3rd---Jes Roskens-Groom  8th grade



Article/Essay



No entries



Poetry



1st-Bekah Roskens-Groom 6th grade

2nd-Chandler Shaw-Canyon 6th grade

3rd-Ruth Woldemichael-Amarillo 7th grade, Austin Middle School

HM-Haley Deighan---Calumet, OK 6th grade



High School Winners



Short Story



1st-Michelle Schuller-Geary, OK 12th grade

2nd-Elliot  Clay-Geary, OK 12th grade

3rd -Davidson Finke-Canyon 11th grade

HM-Davidson Finke-Canyon 11th grade





Article/Essay

1st-Katy  Britten-Groom  12th grade

HM-Katy Britten -Groom  12th grade





Poetry



1st-Michelle Schuller-Geary, OK 12th grade

2nd-Allyson J Costa-Hamden, CT 10th grade

3rd-Katy  Britten-Groom  12th grade

HM-Schaller Wright-Geary, OK 10th grade