Prose              

            HONORABLE MENTION—Renee Braden, Oliver Springs High, for “Blood Stain: The First Murder”

            HONORABLE MENTION—Anna Namey, Knoxville Catholic High, for “A Big Little Conversation with Grandpa”

            3rd —Anna Reddick, ORHS, for “Elephants”

            2nd —Hannah Fronzak, ORHS, for “Why We Will Eventually Ban Pigeons”

            1st  —Monica Silvera, ORHS, for “The Way Things Are”

Poetry

            3rd —Anna Reddick, ORHS, for “Bridges”

            2nd —Hannah Fronzak, ORHS, for “I’d have a Pulitzer by now (if I hadn’t forgotten my pen)”

            1st  — Kellsey Hook, ORHS, for “To the Pretty Boy”

Fiction

            HONORABLE MENTION — Thomas Keats McKnight, Cedar Bluff. VA. for “Things Stand Just the Way They Were”

            HONORABLE MENTION — Patricia Perry-Armes,Knoxville, for Willie’s Wisdom

            3rd — Thomas White, Dunlap, for “Semper Fidelis for Melissa”

            2nd — Lisa Barrick, Speedwell, for “Monkey Business”

            1st  — Donna McClanahan, Irvine, KY, for “Common Ground”

Inspirational

            3rd — Joanna Hanigan, Knoxville, for “Between Byways and Doorways”

            2nd — Ruth Pettey Jones, Cookeville, for “The Joy of Books”

            1st — Jennie Ivy, Cookeville, for “Pumpkin-Nut Bread Baking Buddies”

Nonfiction

            HONORABLE MENTION —R. Reilly Maginn, Daphne, AL, for “Cutthroat”

            3rd— Linda L. Weaver, Harrogate, for “Skipping Cards”

            2nd — Howard Dykes, Mt. Juliet, for “Christmas 1936”

            1st  — Sylvia D. Lynch, New Tazwell, for “August Women”

Poetry

            HONORABLE MENTION — Brooke Drinnon, Sneedville, for “My Song”

            3rd— Judy Lee Green, Murfreesboro, for “The Dogtown Wishy-Washy”

            2nd — Sylvia Woods, Oak Ridge, for “What We Take With Us”

            1st — Frank Jamison, Kingston, for “Second Chance”

Writing for Young People

            3rd—  Sharon Mowery, Oak Ridge, for “Billie’s Gift”

            2nd — Jennie Ivy, Cookeville, for “Something Just As Good”

            1st  — Rose Nelson, Greenville, NC, for Freeing Mattie, a novel excerpt

Sue Ellen Hudson Excellence in Writing Award •

           Donna McClanahan, Irvine, KY, for “Common Ground”