"Let's Write" Literary Contest

& GCWA Annual Awards Ceremony 2003

 

Kristen Twedt

National Recognition

Award

Fred Prince

Writer Achievement

Award

Victoria Olsen

Lifetime Achievement

Award

Sharon Henson

National Recognition

Award

  

More GCWA Annual Award Winners

 

Geneva Jo Anthony

Magnolia Quarterly Award

 

Dan Ellis

Best Historical Writer

Mike Gardebled

Spirit of the Writer Award

 

"Let's Write" Literary Contest Winners 2003

President Charles Kleinpeter presents Awards

 

Peggy Varnado

wins First Place

 

Hayden Dent

wins Honorable Mention

 

Laura Smith

wins Second Place

 

Audrey K. Wendland (center)

wins First Place

 

John Prince

wins Second Place

 

Lindsey Bellard wins

Honorable Mention

 

- Adult Poetry -

 

  1st Place:     The Boys of Ho Chi Min,

                         by Jerry Craven, Canyon TX

 

  2nd Place:   The Title of This Poem,

                        by Timothy Russell, Toronto OH

 

  3rd Place:    Moving Wall, by Jerry Craven, Canyon TX     

 

  HM:             Mangrove Bones, by Jerry Craven, Canyon TX

 

  HM:             Narcissus Old, by Jerry Craven, Canyon TX

 

  HM:            HM:             A Castrato Singer Addresses his Wife

                                        London 1730, by Jerry Craven, Canyon TX

 

  HM:             A Murder of Crows, by Lauren Jedlan, Chalmette LA

 

 

 

 - Adult Fiction -

 

  1st Place:      Reprieve by Peggy Varnado, Hattiesburg MS

 

  2nd Place:    Summer's Day in Mississippi: A Duet

                      by Laura Smith, Ocean Springs MS

 

  3rd Place:    Visitation by Diane Miller, Gulfport MS

 

  HM:             Eyes by Peggy Varnado, Hattiesburg MS

 

  HM:             The Smashed Television

                     by Hayden Dent, Ocean Springs MS

 

  HM:             Last Summer by Elva Ware Avara, Pascagoula MS

 

 

 

 - Adult Nonfiction -

 

  1st Place:     Operation Winter Thunderstorm

                      by Audrey K. Wendland, Niceville FL

 

  2nd Place:    Faux Pearls by Kim Campbell, Amarillo TX

 

  3rd Place:    Masquerade by Katherine J. Lee, Northbrook, IL

 

  HM:             Purchased Hope by Peggy Varnado, Hattiesburg, MS

 

  HM:             She’s a Writer by Kristen Twedt, Hattiesburg, MS

 

 

 

  - Young Writers Poetry -

 

  1st Place:     Gold Rush by Katherine J. Lee, Northbrook, IL

 

  2nd Place:    Inspiration by John Prince, Pass Christian MS

 

  3rd Place:    Darkness by Chelsea Lower, Liverpool, PA

 

  HM:             Her Golden Flame by Andrea Guinn, Ashville NC

 

  HM:             My Request to Understand You

                     by Lindsey Bellard, Long Beach, MS

 

 

 

- Young Writers Fiction -

 

  1st Place:       Never Forget  by Tawnysha Lynch, Military Base

 

  2nd Place:      Jupiter Jones  by Katherine J. Lee, Northbrook IL

 

  3rd Place:      The Search for New Prey  

                         by Alex Slaybaugh, Pampa TX

 

  HM:               Life’s Longevity  by Andrea Guinn, Ashville NC

 

  HM:               The Fishing Trip  by Travis Young, Millerstown PA

 

 

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