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Fiction
Judge: George Sirois
First Place: Child’s Play by Robert Stockdale
Second Place: Ghost Lights by Rexanna Ipock-Brown
Third Place: Hell Hall by Robert Stockdale
Fiction Contributors
Yemen by Allen Fennewald
Davisdale by Steve C. Friedman
The Great Tornado Battle by Steve C. Friedman
Beasts of Winter by Bill Hinthorn
A Prison of Butterflies by Bill Hinthorn
My Father’s Ark by Victoria Pope Hubbell
Tangle by Susan E. Koenig
Heavenly Daze by Frank Montagnino
Loretta and the Young Doctor by Jana Stephens
Why Read-Why Not Just Live? by Kit Salter
Witness by Pat Wahler
Refreshments by Bonnie Zelenak
FMAKING IT by Bonnie Zelenak
Flash Fiction
Judge: Dr. Scott Dalrymple
First Place (tie) Isadora by Terry Allen
First Place (tie) The Room by Linda Schultz
Second Place Light-dependent Reactions by Kristian Wingo
Flash Fiction Contributors
My Pretend World by Gail Denham
No Fear? Tell me about it by Gail Denham
Caution: Slow Children Playing by Terry Allen
Kopen Hagen by Yolanda Ciolli
Sonnava Beach by Frank Montagnino
From Here to Eternity by Nancy Jo Allen
Attic Memories by Nancy Jo Allen
Safe Room by Millicent Porter Henry
The Dream’s Remnants by Elizabeth Conrad Yanders
Drama Queen by Karen Mocker Dabson
Nonfiction
Judge: Larry Wood
First Place Climbing Mount Everest by Victoria Pope Hubbell
Second Place A Nervous Flyer by Jean Ispa
Third Place Waiting for a Rainy Day, Secrets from the Porter Pantry A Memoir by Millicent Porter Henry
Nonfiction Contributors
Radical Powerlessness by Marnie Evans
Tribute to a Kohirabi by Mary Ann Heinsman
Never Say Ever by Rodnie McHugh
The Cost is Too High by Lynn Strand McIntosh
The Boomerang by Sheree K. Nielsen
Whiney Self by Suzanne Connelly Pautler
Deary Doubles by Von Pittman
Shopping in 8-bit by Marsha Posz
Honduran Landings by Joe Carmine Polacco
Finding My Way Back by Mary Rechenberg
Lessons from a Non-Incident on Bram Street by Kit Salter
Sunday Afternoons by Billie Holladay Skelley
Unknown Soldiers by Jana Stephens
The Brown Wedding Dress by Barbara Thoma
Her Children Torn From Her by Lori Younkers
A Hard Goodbye by Elizabeth Conrad Yanders
Poetry
Judge: Walter Bargen
First Place Right Side Down by Gail Denham
Second Place Sundown by Billie Holladay Skelley
Third Place Killdeer by Bill Hinthorn
Honorable Mention Alice’s Descent by Gail Denham
Honorable Mention Loose Park by Hannah Jane Weber
Poetry Contributors
The Invisible Man by Terry Allen
Along the Punished Woman Creek, 1878 by Terry Allen
The Last Reel by Terry Allen
527 44th Street by Nancy Jo Allen
Castle by Nancy Jo Allen
Family Camping by Gail Denham
If You are There to See it by Rebecca Graves.
The Vigil by Rebecca Graves
That Kind of Child by Rebecca Graves
Life Sentences by Melinda Hemmelgarn
Life and Instruments by Bill Hinthorn
Leslie by Bill Hinthorn
I Call Your Name by Cathy Holder
Beyond the Veil by Rodnie McHugh
Doggerel by Frank Montagnino
Their Fourth Date by Sheree K. Nielsen
Connection by Suzanne Connelly Pautler
Dame Española by Joe Carmine Polacco
Forever Joined by Billie Holladay Skelley
A Warrior’s Dream by Billie Holladay Skelley
Mama’s Clothespin by Jana Stephens
My Sanctuary by Deb Sutton
I Wish by Deb Sutton
Kaleidoscope by Hannah Jane Weber
Grief by Hannah Jane Weber
