2018 Contest Winners
All Winners will be Published in our 2018 Anthology 

​Pen & Paint—A Collaboration Among Artists
​Inspired Creations
​(Special Winter Contest)

POETRY:
     Callahan, Cathleen       Just Beyond this Place
     Zerr, John                     Refrain
     Gaye, Marcia               Self Portrait in Color
     Wahler, Pat                  The Flowers Need Water
     Duerbeck, Larry          Anniversary Note
 
​PROSE:
     Koch, Melanie             Button Connection
     McMurphy, Sherry      The Realm of Peace
     Zahra, Susan Gore       Water Under the Bridge
     Duerbeck, Larry          Tell, Don't Show
     Weismiller, R. G          The Last stroll of Santiago

February/March Prose Contest: First Year Milestones ​

First Place: R.G Weismiller for The Dream Keeper's Clock
Second Place: Jeanne Felfe for Whisper in the Wind
Third Place: Donna Mork Reed for Haitian Gothic
Honorable Mention: Tammy Lough for Tenzin and Tashi
Honorable Mention: Susan Gore Zahra for Dandelion Wine
Honorable Mention: Denise Scott for Unwanted First

March/April Prose Contest: Five Year Milestones 

First Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Dead Duck
Second Place: M. Rose Callahan for The Color of Fear
Third Place: M.L. Stiehl for Shopping for Summer
Honorable Mention: Billie Holladay Skelley for Silenced Voices 
Honorable Mention: Denise Judd for Kisses from The Angels 
Honorable Mention: Sherry McMurphy for Remember Me

April/May Prose Contest: Ten Year Milestones

For this contest, our judge was forced to undergo major surgery, and therefore, we had to find a second judge. In the course of events, both judges responded with a winners list, so we granted dual winners.
First Place: Tara Pedroley for The Diamond Thief & Susan Gore Zahra for Waking on Clouds
Second Place: Sarah Angleton for Men at Warp & Sandra Cowan Dorton for My Pink Cadillac Convertible
Third Place: Jeanne Felfe for Other People’s Money & Tammy Lough for Cupid: Chubby, Naked, Mischievous!
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for The Little Tin God
Honorable Mention: Larry Duerbeck for Christmas Tree
Honorable Mention: Larry Duerbeck for …archaic charms 

Poetry Contest: First, Five or Ten Year Milestones 

First Place: R.R.J Sebacher for They Never Listen Though We See the World Screaming
Second Place: R.R.J. Sebacher for Young Catholic NCO Dies in Afghanistan
Third Place: Tara Pedroley for Violets and Raindrops
Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for Silver in the Garden
Honorable Mention: Carol Roberson for Into the Nothing
Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for A Young Soul

May/June Prose Contest: Fifteen Year Milestones

First Place: R.G. Weismiller for The Sand Storms of Mars
Second Place: Patricia Bubash for Anything that Ticks or Chimes
Third Place: M.L. Stiehl for My First Remembered Christmas 
Honorable Mention: Susan Gore Zahra for Thou Shalt Nots
Honorable Mention: Sherry Cerrano for The Truth About Time
Honorable Mention: M. Rose Callahan for The Cardigan 

June/July Prose Contest: Twenty Year Milestones

First Place: Carol Stone for A Bag of Miracle Coins
Second Place: R. G. Weismiller for Preach
Third Place: Susan Gore Zahra for One Last Romance
Honorable Mention: Phyllis Borgardt for Million Dollar Millie Pearl
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Of Roses and Thorns
Honorable Mention: Jim Ladendecker for Dangerous Relaxation
Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for For Her Love of Daffodils
Honorable Mention: M. Rose for Pearl

July/August Prose Contest: Twenty-Fifth Year Milestones

First Place: Wesley J. Ginther for The Last Flight
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for The Thirteenth Silver Spoon
Third Place: Jeanne Felfe for The Truth
Honorable Mention: Larry Duerbeck for And So This Afternoon…

Poetry Contest: Fifteenth, Twentieth 
​or Twenty-Fifth Year Milestones ​

First Place: Donna Mork Reed for Memories of the Old Barn
Second Place: R.R.J. Sebacher for Birth of a New Astrology
Third Place: Pat Wahler for Night Bloomer
Honorable Mention: Jeanne Felfe for Sleep Comes
Honorable Mention: Bradley D. Watson for The Night Visitor
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Strangers Passing By

August/September Prose Contest: Any Milestones Goes 

​First Place: Douglas Osgood for Quiet, Wyoming Territory
Second Place: Carole Tipton for A Matter of Perspective
Third Place: Heather N. Hartmann for For When We’re Gone
Honorable Mention: Douglas Osgood for The Handbill
Honorable Mention: Larry Duerbeck for The Stuff of Legends
Honorable Mention: Sherry Cerrano for Homecoming
Honorable Mention: Heather N. Hartmann for The Box
Honorable Mention: Diane How for Rendezvous
Honorable Mention: John Marcum for Spelunkers
Honorable Mention: Larry E. Wood for Running for His Life
Honorable Mention: Carole Tipton for A Love Song
Honorable Mention: Jim Ladendecker for Missing Me
Honorable Mention: Wesley J. Ginther for Scales of Justice
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey Czuchna for What You Wish For

Poetry Contest: Any Milestone Goes

First Place: Cathleen Callahan for Barely Hidden Brush
Second Place: Larry Duerbeck for Thank-You Note
Third Place: David Own Reed for Passionate Embrace
Honorable Mention: Margaret S. Langford for Dancing
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Savannah on a Summer Morning
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Lone Coyote
Honorable Mention: R.R.J. Sebacher for 1st Anniversary in Suburbia 2018
Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for Club Dancing 

Poet Laureate’s Contest 

First place: Larry Duerbeck for Long-Range Sniper
Second place: Larry Duerbeck for untitled (one page three stanzas)
Third place: Larry Duerbeck for A Prayer for Public Schools
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Before we Came to Paris
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Ashes of Bones
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Confettie Coins
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Pet Therapy
Honorable Mention: Larry Duerbeck for paygrades promotions and poetry

President’s Contest Poetry 

First place: Judy Giblin for Momma’s Got Principles
Second place: Donna Mork Reed for Peony Wedding
Third place: Sherry Cerrano for National Treasures
Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for Summer Rain 

President’s Contest Flash

First place: Donna Mork Reed for One Small Bite for Mankind
Second place: Jim Ladendecker for Message from the Heart
Third place: Sherry Cerrano for Diggers
Honorable Mention: Douglas Osgood for Full Moon Over the Prairie  
Honorable Mention: Tammy Lough for Jack’s Unfortunate Fortune 

President’s Contest Prose

First place: Diane How for Quick to Judge
Second place: R.G. Weismiller for The Ice Queen 
Third place: Douglas Osgood for The Mountain View Motel
Honorable Mention: Judy Giblin for Candy Wrapper Combat 

​Pen & Paint—A Collaboration Among Artists
​Inspired Creations Too
​(Special Fall Contest)

911 - “War Stories Are All The Same” - R.R.J. Sebacher
Boys - “Hide and Seek” - Marcia Estep
Carousel Horse - “Work Horse” - Heather Hartmann
Carousel Park - “The Brass Ring” - Sherry McMurphy
Cat and Horse - “My Dream Horse” - M. L. Stiehl
Dock - “Grandpa’s Dock” - Donna Mork Reed
Girl With Stores - “A Little Girl’s World” - Marcia Estep
Guitar - “Guitar Man” - Marcia Estep
Homeless - “Invisible” - Marcia Estep
Horse - “Freedom” - Marcia Estep
Keyhole - “Ocean” - Marcia Estep
Man With Pipe - “If the Spirit Moves You” - Jane Hamilton
​Peony - “Peony” - Sue Fritz
Piano - “Blue Notes Playing” - Denise Scott
Porch - “The Unexpected Visitor” - Sherry McMurphy
Pumpkin - “Perfect Pumpkin” - Heather Hartmann
Snowy Path - “Chocolate Chip Cookies” - Donna Mork Reed
Table For One - “Table For One” - Carol Roberson
Three Sisters - “With My Sisters” - Carol Roberson
Trees - “The Trees Beckon” - Donna Mork Reed
Two Sisters - “My Sister Alliah” - Donna Mork Reed
Union Station - “The Lego Builders” - Bradley Watson
Vase - “The Case for Good and Evil” - Jeffrey Czuchna