2010 TMW Writing Contest Winners



Student Competition

PROSE POETRY
1st Catherine Moskos for “Nightmare"
(Townsend Harris HS, Douglaston, NY)
1st Molly K. Ensign-Simmons for “Coronation”
(Oak Ridge HS)
2nd Sam Gamble for “Masks”
(Western HS, Davie, FL)
2nd Emma Elisabeth Fosso McNairy for “Real”
(Salem Academy, Winston-Salem, NC)
3rd Dustin Anderson for “The Tenets”
(Wm French HS, Palatine, IL)
3rd Candice Marie for “Where I’m From”
(South Doyle HS)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Arianna Greenberg for “Long Lost Friend”
(Oak Ridge HS)


Adult Competition

PATRICIA BOATNER FICTION AWARD JOY MARGRAVE NONFICTION AWARD
1st Ruth Pettey Jones for “Since January” (Cookeville) 1st Judy Lee Green for “The Tampa Turquoise Flash” (Murfreesboro)
2nd Elsie Knoke for “Wedding Day” (Oak Ridge) 2nd Laura Martin-Palmatier for “The Suitcase” (Crossville)
3rd DeVan Burton for “Cake” (Knoxville) 3rd Donna R. Reichle for “The Ammo-Camo Safari” (Kingston)

POETRY WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
1st Sandy Coomer ) for “Common Miracles” (Brentwood 1st Florence Rita Monette for Zone of Fear (novel excerpt) (Deer Lodge)
2nd Sandy Coomer for “Questions You Ask” (Brentwood) 2nd Florence Rita Monette for Legend of Ghost Dog Island (novel excerpt) (Deer Lodge)
3rd Heather Hayes for “To An Amphora” (Sparta) 3rd Marian Lewis for “Copper With Venom”
(Owens Crossroads, AL)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Robert Ward for “Sea Life, a Sestina”
(Oak Ridge)
HONORABLE
MENTION
Kathleen E. Fearing for “Voyage of Dreams” (Clinton)

INSPIRATIONAL SUE ELLEN HUDSON EXCELLENCE IN WRITING AWARD
1st Judy Lee Green for “Married One Hundred Years” (Murfreesboro) Ruth Pettey Jones for “Since January”
(Cookeville)
2nd Ruth Pettey Jones for “The Great Thanksgiving Challenge” (Cookeville)
3rd Jane Flanagan for “A Doe in the Window” (Oak Ridge)