2020 Contest Winners
Theme: Decades
All Winners will be Published in our 2020 Anthology
President’s Contest
Theme: Write about something predicted in one decade that came true in another, or that might in a future decade.
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Prose:
First Place & *BEST OF CONTEST * : Christine Anthony for Cry of the Red Wolf Second Place: Donna Mork Reed for Transporters Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Waiting Honorable Mention: Sue Fritz for Only Time Would Tell Flash:
First Place: Heather Hartmann for Tomb Second Place: Wesley Ginther for The Music Box Honorable Mention: Jane Hamilton for Jacked |
Poetry:
First Place: Heather Hartmann for Ten Years Second Place: Denise Scott for Brain Tangles Honorable Mention: Tara Pedroley for The Safe Zone Essay:
First Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Ike Tried to Tell Us Drabble:
First Place: Marilyn O'Niell for Ouija Foresight and Hindsight Second Place: Heather Hartmann for Science Project Honorable Mention: Sherry Cerrano for Heartless |
Pen & Paint Contest Part I
A Collaboration Among Artists
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POETRY:
Diane How for The Last One Standing Marilyn O’Neill for Late October Susan Gore Zahra for Beneath Violets Sherry Cerrano for Blades Marcia Estep for Postcard Perfect |
PROSE:
Melanie Koch for Puzzling Puzzle Cheri Remington for A Thousand Words Jeanne Felfe for Magnificence Unseen Sherry Copeland for Morning Walks Donna Volkenannt for Golden Words to Live By |
February Contest
Theme: 1900s & 1910s
First Place: Cheri Remington for War and Fortunes
Second Place: Rhonda Wiley-Jones for Tuck Tail or Sail
Third Place: Diane How for Treasured Memories
Honorable Mention: Jackie Dana for My Heart's Desire
Honorable Mention: Christine Anthony for No Place Like Home
Honorable Mention: R. G. Weismiller for The Windsof San Marco
Second Place: Rhonda Wiley-Jones for Tuck Tail or Sail
Third Place: Diane How for Treasured Memories
Honorable Mention: Jackie Dana for My Heart's Desire
Honorable Mention: Christine Anthony for No Place Like Home
Honorable Mention: R. G. Weismiller for The Windsof San Marco
March Contest
Theme: 1920s & 1930s
First Place: Robert Walton for Duck Plucking Time
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Pearly Gates
Third Place: John Marcum for The Wheelman
Honorable Mention: Sherry Copeland for Black Sunday
Honorable Mention: Marilyn O'Neill for Hairdon't
Honorable Mention: R. G. Weismiller for Requiem for a Gangster
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Pearly Gates
Third Place: John Marcum for The Wheelman
Honorable Mention: Sherry Copeland for Black Sunday
Honorable Mention: Marilyn O'Neill for Hairdon't
Honorable Mention: R. G. Weismiller for Requiem for a Gangster
April Contest
Theme: 1940s & 1950s
First Place: Jane Hamilton for The Friends Bug
Second Place: Joan Leotta for Books Transport You
Third Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Family Threads
Honorable Mention: Cheri Remington for Life Without Kenny
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey Czuchna for Outside the Wall
Honorable Mention: Sherry Cerrano for the Flying Coffin
Second Place: Joan Leotta for Books Transport You
Third Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Family Threads
Honorable Mention: Cheri Remington for Life Without Kenny
Honorable Mention: Jeffrey Czuchna for Outside the Wall
Honorable Mention: Sherry Cerrano for the Flying Coffin
February, March and April Poetry Contest
Themes: 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s
First Place: Nick Sweet for Places in 5
Second Place: Tara Pedroley for Just Call Me ‘Marilyn’
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Still Wishing
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for The Old Waterwheel
Second Place: Tara Pedroley for Just Call Me ‘Marilyn’
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Still Wishing
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for The Old Waterwheel
Poet Laureate Contest
Theme: Time
First Place: Donna Volkenannt for Reverend Finn
Second Place: Donna Volkenannt for Silence Invites Wisdom into the Light
Third Place: Billie Holladay Skelley for Make your Time Count
Honorable Mention: Diane How for The Last One Standing
Honorable Mention: Susan Gore Zahra for Temporality
Honorable Mention: David Reed for A War I’ve Flown in Before
Second Place: Donna Volkenannt for Silence Invites Wisdom into the Light
Third Place: Billie Holladay Skelley for Make your Time Count
Honorable Mention: Diane How for The Last One Standing
Honorable Mention: Susan Gore Zahra for Temporality
Honorable Mention: David Reed for A War I’ve Flown in Before
May Contest
Theme: 1960s & 1970s
First Place: Robert Cerrano for The Day the Sky Disappeared
Second Place: John Marcum for Combat Zone MP
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Vietnam War - American Soil
Honorable Mention: Robert Robeson for Dog, Pig, and Monkey War Tails
Honorable Mention: M. L. Stiehl for Silver Memories
Honorable Mention: Heather Hartmann for Skip
Second Place: John Marcum for Combat Zone MP
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Vietnam War - American Soil
Honorable Mention: Robert Robeson for Dog, Pig, and Monkey War Tails
Honorable Mention: M. L. Stiehl for Silver Memories
Honorable Mention: Heather Hartmann for Skip
June Contest
Theme: 1980s & 1990s
First Place: Denise Scott for Slow Awakening
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Last Vintage
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Footloose
Honorable Mention: Diane How for Shattered
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Broken Open
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Reach for the Stars
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Last Vintage
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Footloose
Honorable Mention: Diane How for Shattered
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Broken Open
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Reach for the Stars
Everything Children's Contest
Theme: Any Decade Goes
First Place: Robert Walton for Sockdolgizer
Second Place: Jeffrey Czuchna for The Hickory Dickory Clock
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Summer Break
Honorable Mention: Billie Holladay Skelley for Food for Thought (Or Idiom Schmidiom)
Second Place: Jeffrey Czuchna for The Hickory Dickory Clock
Third Place: Heather Hartmann for Summer Break
Honorable Mention: Billie Holladay Skelley for Food for Thought (Or Idiom Schmidiom)
July Contest
Theme: 2000s & 2010s
First Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Resolutions
Second Place: James Ladendecker for Unexpected Hero
Third Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Anonymous K
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Hope
Honorable Mention: John Marcum for 2019 - The Good Old Days
Honorable Mention: Kenneth Lee for The Man Who Would Fly
Second Place: James Ladendecker for Unexpected Hero
Third Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Anonymous K
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Hope
Honorable Mention: John Marcum for 2019 - The Good Old Days
Honorable Mention: Kenneth Lee for The Man Who Would Fly
May, June and July Poetry Contest
Themes: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s
First Place: Cathleen Callahan for This Rock
Second Place: Cathleen Callahan for Surrender
Third Place: Joan Leotta for Was he Talking to Me?
Honorable Mention: Nick Sweet for Garage Band Rehearsal, 1966
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Healing Place
Honorable Mention: Heather Hartmann for Life
Second Place: Cathleen Callahan for Surrender
Third Place: Joan Leotta for Was he Talking to Me?
Honorable Mention: Nick Sweet for Garage Band Rehearsal, 1966
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Healing Place
Honorable Mention: Heather Hartmann for Life
August Prose and Poetry Contest
Theme: Any Decade Goes
PROSE:
First Place: Larry Duerbeck for Change Partners
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Time of Turmoil, Time of Peace
Third Place: Donna Mork Reed for Seeking True Valor
Honorable Mention: Cheri Remington for The Sandwich Man
Honorable Mention: M. Rose Callahan for The Trouble with Peeking
Honorable Mention: M. L. Stiehl for Decades with a Close Friend
POETRY:
First Place: Nick Sweet for Preacher and Paperboy
Second Place: Cathleen Callahan for Only Time for a Ditty Tonight
Third Place: Cathleen Callahan for Despite It All
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Critical Mass Paradox
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Behind Closed Doors
Honorable Mention: Nick Sweet for The Aisle 3 Cashier
First Place: Larry Duerbeck for Change Partners
Second Place: Susan Gore Zahra for Time of Turmoil, Time of Peace
Third Place: Donna Mork Reed for Seeking True Valor
Honorable Mention: Cheri Remington for The Sandwich Man
Honorable Mention: M. Rose Callahan for The Trouble with Peeking
Honorable Mention: M. L. Stiehl for Decades with a Close Friend
POETRY:
First Place: Nick Sweet for Preacher and Paperboy
Second Place: Cathleen Callahan for Only Time for a Ditty Tonight
Third Place: Cathleen Callahan for Despite It All
Honorable Mention: Cathleen Callahan for Critical Mass Paradox
Honorable Mention: Donna Mork Reed for Behind Closed Doors
Honorable Mention: Nick Sweet for The Aisle 3 Cashier
Pen & Paint Contest Part II
A Collaboration Among Artists
St. Louis: Cheri Remington for Bucket List
Bird Song: Donna Mork Reed for Chickadee Sings to Me
Daydream: Marilyn O’Neill for Pas de Deux
Deep Thought: Marcia Estep for Vision of Beauty
The Immigrant: Sherry Cerrano for Unusual Lessons
Whispers: Cheri Remington for The Lightworker
Goat: Jane Hamilton for Being Berniece
Steer: Donna Mork Reed for Copper
Swans: Susan Gore Zahra for Until the Last Dance
Young Love: Donna Mork Reed for Child’s Play
Bird Song: Donna Mork Reed for Chickadee Sings to Me
Daydream: Marilyn O’Neill for Pas de Deux
Deep Thought: Marcia Estep for Vision of Beauty
The Immigrant: Sherry Cerrano for Unusual Lessons
Whispers: Cheri Remington for The Lightworker
Goat: Jane Hamilton for Being Berniece
Steer: Donna Mork Reed for Copper
Swans: Susan Gore Zahra for Until the Last Dance
Young Love: Donna Mork Reed for Child’s Play
Fun Statistics from our 2020 Writing Contests
55 different people submitted at least one entry. We had 36 different winners this year! There was a whooping grand total of 361 submissions spread out over our 15 contests. Out of 361 submissions we end our year with 102 winning entries! Our 2020 anthology will feature 33 poems and 69 prose pieces!