Prose                          

            3rd — Alexandra Nicole Shipp, Oak Ridge High School , for “Summer’s End”

            2nd — Melanie McNeely, home school ( Knoxville ), for “The Cup of Tea”

            1st — Jordan Frye, Cookeville High School , for “Rayne”

Poetry    

            HONORABLE MENTION—Lauren Krouse, Farragut High School , for “ Cape Hatteras ”

            HONORABLE MENTION—Claire Northern, Knoxville Catholic High, for “Where I’m From”

            3rd — Lauren Nettles, Oak Ridge High School , for “But I Am”

            2nd — Kelsey Hook, Oak Ridge High School , for “Summer Ghosts, Waking Dreams”

            1st — Monica Silvera, Oak Ridge High School , for “To Certain Girls”

Patricia Boatner Fiction Award

            HONORABLE MENTION — Frank Jamison ( Kingston ) for “Catfish”

            HONORABLE MENTION — Laura Martin-Palmatier (Crossville) for “Fence Jumper”

            3rd — Rebecca B. Carroll ( Clinton , TN ) for “Granny Polyester”

            2nd — Reilly Maginn (Daphne, AL) for “High Iron”

            1st — Laura Hunter ( Northport , AL ) for “A Widow’s Mite”

Inspirational

            HONORABLE MENTION — Vicki H. Moss ( Chattanooga ) for “Christmas Fishing”

            HONORABLE MENTION — Donna Reichle ( Kingston ) for “Christmas Angels”

            3rd — Ruth Pettey Jones ( Cookeville ) for “Call Me Pollyanna Hope, Queries, and Rejection Letters”

            2nd — Patti Perry-Armes ( Knoxville ) for “Dorie’s Legacy”

            1st — Michael R. Cates ( Oak Ridge ) for “Mr. Evans”

Nonfiction

            3rd — Lou Ann Harris Cristy ( Oak Ridge ) for “No Electricity”

            2nd — Ruth Pettey Jones ( Cookeville ) for “That Which Doesn’t Kill Us”

            1st — Michael J. Paskel ( Oak Ridge ) for “All We Have To Fear”

Poetry

            HONORABLE MENTION — Vicki H. Moss ( Chattanooga ) for “The Debatable Land”

            HONORABLE MENTION — Emily Grimes-Henderson ( Birmingham , AL ) for “Examining History”

            3rd — Emily Grimes-Henderson ( Birmingham , AL ) for “We Are Water Stones Air and Light”

            2nd — Donna Doyle ( Knoxville ) for “After Rain, Fireflies”

            1st — Shannon Collins ( Cookeville ) for “Thinking of Your Oldest”

Writing for Young People

            HONORABLE MENTION — Randi Lynn Mrvos ( Lexington , KY ) for “Charlie and the Book of Cat”

            HONORABLE MENTION — Charlene W. Dickinson ( Cookeville ) for “The Red Dress”

            3rd — Connie Foster (Woodbury) for “Cherokee Sky”

            2nd — Jennie Ivy ( Cookeville ) for “Harriet Hoffmeister’s Big Girl Bed”

            1st — Jan Sherbin ( Cincinnati , OH ) for “Pasha, Natasha, Come Eat Your Kasha”

Sue Ellen Hudson Excellence in Writing Award

Shannon Collins ( Cookeville )