Green River Writers 2014 Winners
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#1 President’s Prize–Fiction
First Place: “The Left and Right of Falling” Fairleigh Brooks, Louisville KY
Second Place: “Waring Welfare” Sheilia Henk Day, Louisville KY
Third Place: “The Ranger and the Rookie” Janet Tharpe, Louisville KY
First HM: “Prime the Pump” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
Second HM: “Turnspit Dog” Caroline Sposto, Memphis, TN
Third HM: “Outlander” Lisa Karen Miller, Alvaton KY
#2 Green River Grande–Poetry
First Place: “The Baker of Pompeii” Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills KY
Second Place: “The Slaughter House” M. Ray Allen, Clifton Forge VA
Third Place: “April” Pauletta Hansel Cincinnati OH
First HM: “Jew as Noun” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Second HM: “HUENEME” Mark Lee Webb, Louisville KY
Third HM: “Directionless Men” Jonathon C. Hardy, Louisville KY
Fourth HM: “In the Beginning There Was” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
#3 Green River Lean–Fiction
First Place: “The Three Crooked Pigs” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
Second Place: “Like Snowflakes” Neleigh Olson, Sierra Madre CA
Third Place: “There’s Still Hope for Me?” Janice Canerdy, Potts Camp MS
First HM: “No Deal” Kim Greenup, Mount Vernon AR
#4 Suzanne Suddeth Memorial Prize–Prose or Poetry
First Place: “Lily’s Little Mother” Caroline Sposto, Memphis TN
Second Place: “Boogey Man” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
Third Place: “Perry Winkle” Robin Naeger, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
First HM: “The Marshmallow Mine” Travis Kelley, Frankfort KY
#5 Rubye Fowler Memorial Prize–Creative Nonfiction
First Place: “The Legend of Bubba” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
Second Place: “The Island” Shana Hitt, Brooklyn NY
Third Place: “The Straight Poop” Steve Reynolds, Normal IL
First HM: “On the Wings of Shoes” Thomas M. Edwards, Crossville TN
Second HM: “Mothering, Daughtering and Other Acts of Defiance” Pauletta Hansel Cincinnati OH
Third HM: “You Just Do” Linda A. Mohr, North Palm Beach, FL
#6 Clear Creek Flash–Fiction
First Place: “A 33-Year-Old Delinquent” Rebecca Crouse, Post Falls ID
Second Place: “Bessie’s Sanctuary” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
Third Place: “Nancy’s Reality” Linda Hoagland, North Tazewell VA
First HM: “Passing Fancies” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
#7 Hub City Prize–Poetry
First Place: “Redemption” Linda Neal Reising, IN
Second Place: “The Beacon” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
Third Place: “The Pretty One” Linda Neal Reising, Poseyville, IN
First HM: “Twelfth Night” Beth Staas, Lagrange Park IL
Second HM: “Beacon” Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield Al
#8 Jim O’Dell Memorial–Poetry
First Place: “The Heau” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
Second Place: “To Dance on Water” Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
Third Place: “Reunion” Caroline Sposto, Memphis, TN
First HM: “A Chance for Romance” Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
Second HM: “To save the Newspaper” Rebecca Crouse, Post Falls ID
Third HM: “The Errant Heron” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
#9 Sometimes You Can’t Be Saved from Yourself–Poetry
First Place: “Word Salad” Mark Lee Webb, Louisville KY
Second Place: “Inside Windridge Nursing Home” Linda Neal Reising, Poseyville IN
Third Place: “Noisy Neighbor” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
First HM: “An Attempt at Immortality” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Second HM: “Seven” Pauletta Hansel Cincinnati OH
Third HM: “Spider holes” M. Ray Allen, Clifton Forge VA
#10 Poet’s Choice–Poetry
First Place: “An American Haibun” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Second Place: “Saving Berry Pies” Becky Lindsay, Crestview Hills KY
Third Place: “The Hand She Has Been Dealt” Name has been lost. For credit, send first stanza to contest@greenriverwriters.org .
First HM: “Boulevard of Birches” Ruth Hill, Chetwynd, BC Canada
Second HM: “Replicas Available in the Gift Shop” Name has been lost. For credit, send first stanza to contest@greenriverwriters.org
Third HM: “Revisions” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
#11 Just Us–Poetry
First Place: “Blackberry Thorns” Tonya Northenor, Lewisport KY
Second Place: “Liberals” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
Third Place: “The Invisible” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
First HM: “Desert Sunset” Sara Gipson, Scott AR
#12 Persona Poem–Poetry
First Place: “Laura Knight’s Self Portrait, 1913” Kathleen McClung, San Francisco CA
Second Place: “Interview With Diane Arbus” Linda Neal Reising, Poseyville IN
Third Place: “My Family Worked at the Aladdin” Mark Lee Webb, Louisville KY
First HM: “Christmas Smelled Like a Wet Donkey” Mark Lee Webb, Louisville, KY
#13 Snakes and Dragons, Oh My–Poetry
First Place: “Before you were Shirley,” Mark Lee Webb, Louisville KY
Second Place: “Harper Lee Was Wrong” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
Third Place: “Morning coffee” Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
First HM: “Dark companion” Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
Second HM: “Lost and Mounds” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
#14 Small Town Observations, Honoring Anna Lucas–Poetry
First Place: “Sand and Water” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Second Place: “A Perfect Storm” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Third Place: “Advice for the Newcomer” Sheryl Clough, Clinton WA
First HM: “Lagniappe” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
Second HM: “Late Harvest” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
Third HM: “Small Town Heritage” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
Fourth HM: “Succession” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
#15 Glenda Fowler Pearson Memorial–Poetry
First Place: “Lake at Autumn” Sara Gipson, AR
Second Place: “Silence” Janice Hornburg, Johnson City TN
Third Place: “Home Sweet…” Barbara Blanks, Garland TX
First HM: “The Hermits Reply” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
#16 Less Is More–Poetry
First Place: “First Kiss” Linda Neal Reising, Poseyville IN
Second Place: “Symbiosis” Jonathon C. Hardy, Louisville KY
Third Place: “Waiting in the Waiting Room” M. Ray Allen, Clifton Forge VA
First HM: “Life’s Final Question” Pauletta Hansel, Cincinnati OH
Second HM: “Elementary” Beecher Smith, Memphis TN
#17 Strange Duck, in Honor of Sue Bayes–Poetry
First Place: “Housekeeping, August 1899” Pauletta Hansel, Cincinnati OH
Second Place: “My Litany” Carole Johnston, Lexington KY
Third Place: “Navigating a Sea of Dreams” Sara Gipson, AR 72142
First HM: “Poetic Justice” Caroline Sposto, Memphis, TN
Second HM: “Dublin Street Poet” Sheryl Clough, Clinton WA
Third HM: “Irony at the Allergist’s” Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale CA
#18 Nature, Animal, Spirit–Nonfiction
First Place “Owl” Kathleen McClung, San Francisco CA
Second Place: “Death on a Creek Bank” Shannon Cavanaugh, Folly Beach, SC
Third Place: “The Dining Room Table” Simona Carini, Trinidad CA
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