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<div align="center"><a name="OLE_LINK4"></a>2013 NFB Writers’ Division
Writing Contest for Youth and Adults<br><br>
Combined Winners<br><br>
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**Adult Contest:<br><br>
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--Memoir:<br><br>
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-First Place: William's Red Roses <br><br>
Lynda Lambert <br><br>
PA <br><br>
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-Second Place: On Pink Elephants and Trees with Lopsided Breasts
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Chris Parsons<br><br>
MO <br><br>
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-Third Place: Being Mama <br>
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<a name="OLE_LINK25"></a>Myrna Badgerow<br><br>
LA<br><br>
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-Honorable Mention: A Grand Site Indeed <br>
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<a name="OLE_LINK33"></a>EvaMarie Sanchez<br><br>
AZ<br><br>
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-Honorable Mention: The Book Toad the Whole Story<br><br>
Janet Di Nola-Parmerter<br><br>
GA<br><br>
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-Honorable Mention: Silent Discourse Number 3<br><br>
Lynda Lambert <br><br>
PA <br><br>
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--Short Stories:<br>
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-First Place: Birth of a Savior<br>
Doris Hampton<br>
OR<br>
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-Second Place: The Doves Of Kononi<br>
Robert Gardner<br><br>
IL <br>
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-Third Place: Call center<br>
Aaron Timm<br>
UT<br>
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-Honorable Mention: There's Always Hope<br><br>
EvaMarie Sanchez<br><br>
AZ<br>
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<a name="OLE_LINK49"></a>--Poetry:<br>
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-First Place: Precipice<br>
Manal Nasser<br>
MI<br>
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<a name="OLE_LINK24"></a>-Second Place:
<a name="OLE_LINK23"></a>Embers<br><br>
Myrna Badgerow<br><br>
LA<br>
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-Third Place: The Evolution of Man<br>
Kay Spears<br>
AZ<br>
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-Honorable Mention: I Remember Purple<br>
Bonnie Lannom<br>
MA<br>
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-Honorable Mention: A Brother<br>
Linda E. Vaillancourt<br><br>
NH<br><br>
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--Stories for Youth:<br><br>
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<b>-Second Place: Starling's Grandma<br><br>
</b>EvaMarie Sanchez<br><br>
AZ<br><br>
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**Youth Contest:<br><br>
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--High School Short Stories:<br><br>
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-First place: Aquatic Adventures<br>
Danielle Sykora <br>
NJ<br><br>
-Second Place: Somebody<br>
Maddie Keefe <br>
TX<br><br>
-Third Place: FeeFee-The Wonder Dog Chihuahua<br>
April Victorian <br>
LA<br><br>
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--High School Poetry:<br><br>
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-First Place: Fall Leaves<br>
Kate Mitchel <br>
Canada <br><br>
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-Second Place: A Good Hood School Day<br>
Jodi Comeaux <br>
LA<br><br>
-Third Place: The Hard Life of Frederick Douglas<br>
Ryan Barnes <br>
LA<br><br>
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--Middle School Short Stories:<br><br>
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-First Place: The Alligator and His Friends<br>
Gianni Toce <br>
LA<br><br>
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-Second Place: Anne Whitherley<br>
Jessea Vaughan <br>
IN<br><br>
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-Third Place: The Tornado<br>
Umer Sohail <br>
CT<br><br>
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--Middle School Poetry:<br><br>
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-First Place: I Am From<br>
Rupa Elizabeth Sprecher <br>
IL<br><br>
-Second Place: Christmas Eve<br>
Michael Butenhof <br>
NY<br><br>
-Third Place: My Unreal Friends<br>
Jessea Vaughan <br>
IN<br><br>
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--Elementary Short Stories:<br><br>
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-First Place: Welcome to Fairyland <br>
Kendra Holloway <br>
GA<br><br>
-Second Place: Bob The Bacteria Breathing Dragon<br>
Jalen Ballard <br>
OH<br><br>
-Third Place: The Powerful King of the Kingdom<br>
Andrew Meece <br>
IN<br><br>
-Honorable Mention: My Baby Brother<br>
Christopher Caiola<br>
NY<br><br>
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--Elementary Poetry:<br><br>
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-First Place: I Have a Dream Too<br>
Simon Bonenfant <br>
PA<br><br>
-Second Place: Eid<br>
Elias Alshabbi <br>
NY <br><br>
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-Third Place: What I Like About The Spring<br>
Elijah Hedgemond <br>
NY<br><br>
-honorable Mention: Music<br>
Dominick Woodraska <br>
SD <br>
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