NLAPW 2012 Biennial Letters Competitions Winners
Haiku Competition, Sponsored by the Cape Cod Branch
1st Place: Sandy Huff
Leaves quiver, shiver ( $50.00)
2nd Place: Sara Gibson
Frozen limbs of bared . . . ($25.00)
3rd Place: Christina Laurie
Sultry afternoon ($25.00)
Special Recognition:
Elizabeth Yahn Williams
Sara Gibson
Marion Doyle Poetry Award
1st place $100; 2nd place $75; 3rd-place $50.00; Hon mention @20. Each for three honorable mentions.
1st Place: Paula Adams Nelson
Birthday Gift
2nd Place: Linda Newman Woito
When I First Came Upon Deliverance
3rd Place: Lynn M. Hansen
Memorabilia
1st Honorable Mention: Mary Lou Taylor
Sea Change
2nd Honorable Mention: Mary L. Gardner
Dream States
3rd Honorable Mention: Lorraine A. Vail
Leaving You
MARJORIE DAVIES ROLLER NON-FICTION AWARD
For best non-fiction article or book on any subject. First-place: $100; Second-place: $75; Third-place: $50. Three honorable mentions: $30 each.
1st Place: Jacqueline Grossman: Jacqueline G. Massing
Chased By Demons
2nd Place: Susan Bulanda
Faithful Friends: Holocaust Survivors Stories Of the Pets That Gave Them Comfort, Suffered Alongside Them, and Waited For their Return.
3rd Place: Dr. Audry Lynch
Recollections of a Poet’s Son: Garth Jeffers Remembers His Father, Robinson Jeffers
1st Honorable Mention: Judy Woods Knight
Secrets from An Army Wife
2st Honorable Mention: Mary Jedlicka Humston
See You Tomorrow
3nd Honorable Mention: Judy Richter
It Begins It Ends It Ends It Begins
NORMAN E. AND MARJORIE J. ROLLER AWARD
For best article, story, or book on wildlife or outdoor life, exclusive of physical contact sports. First-place: $100.00; Second-place: $75. Third-place: $50. Three Honorable Mentions: $30 each.
1st Place: Mary C. Spittler
The Legend of Brooks Hollow
2nd Place: Lois Batchelor Howard
Nothing To Do
3rd Place: Martha W. Steger
Celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Virginia’s Birding & Wildlife Trail
1st Honorable Mention: Ann Newton Holmes
The Fossil
2nd Honorable Mention: Jacqueline Grossman
The Bird’s Nest
Anita Marie Boggs Memorial Poetry Award
1st Place: Linda Newman Woito
Dreaming #13
2nd Place: Jean M. Aloe
Alice Meets the Wizard
3rd Place: Mary L. Gardner
First Tools
1st Honorable Mention: Fay Picardi
From the Outside . . . In
2nd Honorable Mention: Christina Laurie
Dave’s Going Away Present
3rd Honorable Mention: Mary Sue Koeppel Wishes
Della Crowder Miller Poetry Award
Free Verse
1. Christina Laurie
The Rape
2. Lorraine A. Vail
The Grandmother
3. Lynn M. Hansen
Chambray
Mary L. Gardner 1st Honorable Mention
Maria Keane 2nd Honorable Mention
Rosalind Lacy MacLennan
Della Crowder Miller Poetry Award
Petrarchan Sonnet
1st place: Ellen McNeal
The Intruder
2nd Place: Rosalind Lacy MacLennan
Prayer for the United States Congress and Our President
3rd Place: Marlowe Olson Arnold
Challenge
(No Honorable Mentions Here. There were a number of entries – but a single person cannot win more than one prize in a single category)
Catherine Cushman Leach Poetry Award
1st Place: Mary Jedlicka Humston
Amy
2nd Place: Elizabeth Yahn Williams
To My Slothful Self
3rd Place: Dianalee Velie
Jesus Greets Janis
ELIZABETH M. CAMPBELL POETRY AWARD
For a poem written in Traditional Form. First-place: $100; Second-place: $50; Third-place: $30; Honorable Mention: $20.
1st Place: Lorraine A. Vail
A Child Sleeps
2nd Place: Elizabeth Yahn Williams
Marc Chagall: One Man Opera
3rd Place: Ellen McNeal
The Boneyard’s Wife
Honorable Mention: Carolynn J. Scully
Gimmies
Helen Sutton Booth Memorial Poetry Award
1st place $150.00, Second place $100, 3rd place $50 three honorable mentions $30.00
1st Place: Linda Newman
Meditations for an Aging Lover
2nd Place: Ariel Smart
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
3rd Place: Ellen McNeil
The Year I Was Veronica Lake
1st Honorable Mention: Rosalind Lacy MacLennan
Still Life
2nd Honorable Mention: Margaret J. Vann
Please
3rd Honorable Mention: Judith Crystal
Standard Time
Mattie Tyler Flash Fiction Award
1st place $100.00; 2nd place $ 50.00; 3rd Place – $30.00; Hon Mention – $20.00.
1st place: Ronni Miller
The Pine Tree
2nd Place: Claudia Ware
A Book of Stamps
3rd Place: Virginia Nygard
On Wings Of Love
Honorable Mention: Barbara Bixon
Ten Crayons
Honorable Mention: Mary Hoffman
Walker Prose Poem Award
1st Place – $100.00; Second Place $60.00; 3rd Place $40.00.
1st Place: Jean M. Aloe
Heaven As They Liked It
2nd Place: Martha W. Steger
Emyl Jenklins: Pixie Dust In Her Writer’s Space
3rd Place: Jacqueline M. Loring
When the World Is Purple
Anne Marx Sestina Award
$250.00 Award:
Winner: Lorraine A. Vail
Moon Magic
The Madeline Mason Sonnet Award
$100.00 Award
Bet Wooten
Covenant
The Eudora Welty Memorial Award
1st Place – $100.00; 2nd place – $50.00; 3rd Place $35.00
1st place – Pamela Binnings Ewen
2nd Place – Dr. Alice A. Moerk
3rd Place – DeAnn Lubell
One-Act Play Award
1st Place $100; 2nd Place $50.00; 3rd Place #30.00 ; Honorable Mention $20.00
1st Place: Lois Batchelor Howard
Que Diran?
2nd Place: Jean M. Aloe
Amazing Grace
3rd Place: Jacqueline M. Loring
Fight for Right and Freedom
Honorable Mention: Myrtle Nord
The Open Door
