| Conference 2007 |
| FiW Conference 2007 was an outstanding success! We want to thank everyone who attended! We had a great time and hope to see more of you next year! 2007 Writing Contest Winners Categories that did not have ten entries were awarded Honor Mentions #1-Mainstream Novel- Terry Whalin-Terry Whalin Literary Agency 1st – Alice Armstrong – Rocky Point Amarillo 2nd –Vicki Schoen – Are the Dogwood Blooming? Amarillo 3rd – David Reeve – Texas Two-Step Austin, TX HM – Harry Haines – Overturned Canyon, TX #2-Mystery/Suspense/Thriller- Susan Downs- Barbour Publishing- 1st – Paul Sturm – Epistle Uvalde, TX 2nd – Paul Sturm – Resurrection Uvalde, TX 3rd – Valerie Abeyta – My Name is Not Ko-Ala Albuquerque, NM HM – Carol Shenold – Privy to Murder Bethany, OK #3-Historical/Western- Terry Burns- literary agent- Hart Literary Agency 1st – Carolyn Steele – No Chance Tulsa, OK 2nd – Laurin Kets – The Strike of the Mamba Silver Spring, MD 3rd – Mary Toponce – Agnes Rose Amarillo #4-Romance- Hilary Sares- Kensington Publishers 1st – Ginger Porter - Parade Today Canyon, TX 2nd – Alisa Dollar – Food Affair Lubbock, TX 3rd - Lisa Marie Wilkinson – The Diddi Kai Antioch, TN HM - Susan McDivitt – What's Cooking? Amarillo #5- Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror- Devi Pillai- Little, Brown, & Co. 1st HM – Lisa Marie Wilkinson – Stormworld Antioch, TN 2nd HM – Wendy Koenig – Spinning the Tires Presque Isle, ME #6-Juvenile- Andrea Brown- Andrea Brown Literary Agency 1st HM – Paul Christian – Zipper: Firedog for a Day Richmond, VA #7-Young Adult- Mike Smitley- Father's Press 1st HM – Carolyn Steele – Ebby's Race Tulsa, OK 2nd HM – Deborah Lightfoot – Camera Shy Crowley, TX #8-Short Story- Gail Howick- Windriver Publishers 1st – Carolyn Donnell – Walking Shoes San Jose, CA 2nd – Jan Carrington – Snapshots Coleman, TX 3rd – Carolyn Donnell – The Last of the Oatmeal San Jose, CA HM – Constance Taylor Cox – The Rescue #9-Nonfiction Article/Essay-Colleen Sell- Cup of Comfort 1st – Jan Carrington – Butterflies Without Borders Coleman, TX 2nd – Gerald Hibbs – The Great Standup Showdown Edmond, OK 3rd – Janda Raker – The Gang Amarillo HM – Lynda Stephenson – Leapin' Lizards! Edmond, OK #10-Nonfiction Book- Melanie Rigney- freelance editor 1st – Prissy Vanover – Let's Visit, Lord: Show Me the Blessings of Grief Amarillo HM – Patsy Rae Dawson – Surviving Marriage to a Jerk Amarillo #11-Screenplay- Bill Wright- playwright 1st HM – Deborah Elliott-Upton – AKA Nellie Bly: The Life and Times of Elizabeth Cochrane Amarillo 2nd HM – Sharon Gillespie – Captive Austin, TX #12-Memoir- Joan Neubauer Word Wright.biz, Inc. 1st – Phyliss Miranda – Painting the Town Red Amarillo 2nd – Pat Browning – White Petunias Yukon, OK 3rd – Jan Carrington – Long Live the Texas Tomboy Coleman, TX HM – Carol Shenold – Chimes in the Snow Bethany, OK #13-Juvenile Short- Cindy Davis- freelance fiction doctor 1st HM – Jan Carrington – Whiskers Coleman, TX 2nd HM – Susan Wider – Prairie Dog on a Mission Santa Fe, NM #14-Young Adult Short-Janine O'Malley- Farrar, Straus, Giroux Bks for Young Readers No HM's awarded #15-Short Poetry- Harvey Stanbrough-editor-The Raintown Review magazine 1st – Nick Sweet – My Father's Woodpile Taft, OK 2nd – Nick Sweet – Stateside, 1945 Taft, OK 3rd –Lynda Stephenson – October Haystacks Edmond, OK HM –Winston Derden – After Houston, TX #16-Long Poetry- CarrieAnn Thunell-editor-The Nisqually Delta Review magazine 1st – Ed Harvill, Jr. – The Legacy Iowa Park, TX 2nd – James Beard – Surely Wings Follett, TX 3rd – Yvonne Nunn – Transition Hermleigh, TX HM – Rebecca Russell – Upon Meeting a Soldier College Station, TX #17-Poetry Chapbook- Edward Wilson-Absey & Co. 1st HM – Karl Smith – Woods and Water Amarillo 2nd HM – Kim Thurman – Mythic Voices Amarillo Best of Show- Kim Campbell- Friend of Authors editing service Paul Sturm – Epistle Uvalde, TX |