[stylist] 2014 Writing Contest Winners, Adult and Youth

[Robert Leslie Newman]

2014 Adult Winners

 

*FICTION:

 

First Place: A Wider Stream by Christine Malec, Canada

Second Place: The Thief by Robert Gardner, IL 

Third Place: The Character who Wouldn't Die by Chris Kuell, CT

Honorable Mention: First Saturday in May by Bonnie Lannom, New Zealand

 

*STORIES FOR YOUTH:

 

First Place: Bubby and Jenna, Friends Forever by Jamie Allison Gaffney, SC

Second Place: The House by Melvin Reynolds, IL

Third Place: Not Awarded

 

*POETRY:

 

First Place: Imagination's Spirit by Myrna Badgerow, LA

Second Place: Who Is Keeping Track Of Time by Jacqueline Williams, AZ 

Third Place: The Bouquet by Lynda McKinney Lambert, PA

 

*MEMOIR:

 

First Place: Yes, Out of Sight, But No, Not Out of My Mind by Janet DiNola
Parmerter, GA 

Second Place: Knitting Healing Thoughts by Lynda McKinney Lambert, PA

Third Place: But a Ghost by Myrna Badgerow, LA 

 

2014 Youth Writing Contest Winners

 

*ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FICTION:

 

First Place: Shipwreck Survivors by Rocco Romeo, CA 

Second Place: The Birthday When I Got Sick by Evan Shymko, NJ

Third Place: Liliah and the Christmas Dog by Monserath Espinola, CA

 

*ELEMENTARY POETRY:

 

First Place: Not Awarded

Second Place: Not Awarded

Third Place: Not Awarded

Honorable Mention: Martin Luther by Maranda Smith, NJ

 

*MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION: 

 

First Place: The AI Disaster That Almost Destroyed Earth by Jalen Ballard,
OH

Second Place: Stuck on Avenue Street by Jessea Vaughn, IN

Third Place: Kaylee's Best Friend by Makayla Reeves, IL

 

*MIDDLE SCHOOL POETRY: 

 

First Place: Grandpa by Kelly Cusack, NY

Second Place: Star Lights by Taengkwa Sturgell, IN

Third Place: I Forgive You, Coco by Rupa Elizabeth Sprecher, IL

Honorable Mention: Relationship Between Mother and Father BY Joseph Brock,
LA

 

*HIGH SCHOOL FICTION:

 

First Place: Not Awarded

Second Place: Finding Your Path by Kristen Steele, IA

Third Place: The Sinister Seed by Danielle Sykora, NJ

 

*HIGH SCHOOL POETRY:

 

First Place: War Anthem by Hannah Werbel, WA

Second Place: Nature by Danielle Sykora, WA

Third Place: Ripped Roots by Dimi Johnson, LA

Honorable Mention: A Winter Night by Eric Werbel, WA 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Leslie Newman

Personal Website-

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President, NFB Writers' Division

Division Website-

http://writers.nfb.org

Chair, NFB Communications Committee

Vice President, Nebraska Senior Division 

First Vice President, Omaha Chapter

Commissioner, Nebraska Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired