Student Competition

Prose

          1^st   — Katie Dunkirk, Oak Ridge High School, for “Impact”

          2^nd  — Taylor Hawley, Oak Ridge High School, for “Reading Assignments”

          3^rd  — Kara LeNoir, Oak Ridge High School, for “Sunglasses”

          HONORABLE MENTION -  Arwyn Karney, Oliver Springs High School, for “Two's Company, Three's Murder”

Poetry           

          1^st   — Mary Ann Aabye, Oak Ridge High School, for “The Stage of My Life”

          2^nd  — Taylor Hawley, Oak Ridge High School, for “The Memory Tree”

          3^rd  — Maureen White, Oak Ridge High School, for “ Not Even a Gla ss Half Empty ”

Adult Competition

Fiction

          1^st   —  Jimmy Carl Harris for “Colores de Mayo”  - Birmingham , AL

          2^nd  —  Susan Murphy for “The Elegiac of the Seas” - Birmingham , AL

          3^rd  — Don Morrison for “The Deal” - Maryville , TN

          HONORABLE MENTION - Charlene W. Dickinson for a novel excerpt from Queen Sistuh Camellia -Cookeville, TN

Inspirational

          1^st   —  Patti Perry-Armes for “Time With Ms Emily” - Knoxville, TN    

          2^nd  —  Lou Carter for “ Music of My Life ” - Murfreesboro , TN

          3^rd   —  Elsie Schmied Knoke for “To Dream the Impossible Dream” - Oak Ridge , TN

Nonfiction

          1^st   —  Victoria Hubbell for “Saturday Night” Osage Beach, MO

          2^nd  —  Tracy Paul for “A Lapse of Judgement” Cookeville , TN

          3^rd  — Vicki H. Moss for “Unlike Elvis, Jesus Hasn't Left The Building” C hattanooga , TN

          HONORABLE MENTION —-Elsie Schmied Knoke for “The Invasion” Oak Ridge , TN

Poetry

          1^st   —  Donna Doyle for “Sunbathing with Elvis”  - Knoxville , TN

          2^nd  —  Luke Horn for “Elijah”  - Kno xville , TN

          3^rd  — Donna Doyle for “Daphne's Lament”  - Knoxville , TN

Writing for Young People

          1^st   —  Eleanor Langford for “Kite Day Dragons” - Algood , TN

          2^nd  —  Randi Lynn Mrvos for “Brooke and the Ladies of Bath”  - Lexington , KY

          3^rd  —  Jennie Ivey for “Trading Places” - Cookeville , TN

          HONORABLE MENTION — Jennie Ivey for “One Tall Tree” - Cookeville , TN

          HONORABLE MENTION — Daniel Leonard for “Little Tugs” - Oak Ridge , TN

Sue Ellen Hudson Excellence In Writing Award

Victoria Hubbell for “Saturday Night” - Osage Beach , MO