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MARY KENNEDY EASTHAM
FLASH FICTION PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Mary Kennedy Eastham)
First Prize: Lauren Norton Carson of Watertown, MA for Dying Young
Second Prize: Jeffery Cohen of Sewaren, NJ for The Anniversary Waltz
Third Prize: T. L. Sherwood of Springville, NY for Crazy Love
Honorable Mentions: Pat Kavanaugh of Largo, FL for Ride of Passage; T. L. Sherwood of Springville, NY for It's Like That Song; Aurora Helm of San Francisco, CA for A Trip to Denver; Caroline Zarlengo Sposto of Memphis, TN for Over Stung Thmey; Li Miao Lovett of San Francisco for Mothers;Caroline Zarlengo Sposto of Memphis, TN for On Making Yourself Miserable; Sharon Bowers of Fort Bragg, CA for Simple Feat of Gravity; Vernon Waring of King of Prussia, PA for The Emily Star; Elaine Brady of San Jose, CA for The Long Sleep
MARY MACKEY SHORT STORY PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Mary Mackey)
First Prize: Mary Akers of Lockport, NY for Viewing Medusa
Second Prize: Tammie Painter of Milwaukie, OR for Apple
Third Prize: Laura Salamy of Franklin, MA for Mother's Day
Honorable Mentions: Robin Martin of Brooklyn, NY for Bob and Hope; Kimberly Jackson of Stuttgart, AR for Another Time; Susan Sonde of Odenton, MD for In AAAAH-FREE-KHAA I Will Make You A Rich Woman
JANICE FARRELL POETRY PRIZE
(Judged 2011 by Marvin R. Hiemstra)
First Prize: Cristina Ferrari-Logan of Lafayette, CA for Intermezzo
Second Prize:Valerie Wallace of Chicago, IL for The Poem Stays
Third Prize: Deema K. Shehabi of Walnut Creek, CA for Legends of the Bee
Honorable Mentions: Gretchen Fletcher of Ft. Lauderdale, FL for Before Life; Ellaraine Lockie of Sunnyvale, CA for An American Haibun; Jeanine Stevens of Sacramento, CA for Under Swan’s Wing; Christian Belz of Berkley, MI for Why I Like Tuesdays; Claudia Chapline of Stinson Beach, CA for Horse Woman
KATHRYN HANDLEY PROSE POEM PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Kathryn Handley)
First Prize: Ellen Ficarro of Myrtle Beach, SC for The Heron
Second Prize: Joanne Peterson of Edmonds, WA for After Ramona
Third Prize: Kathleen McClung of San Francisco, CA for Time Lady, Adieu
Honorable Mentions: Ellen Ficarro of Myrtle Beach, SC for Mi Padre; Christina Leo of Baton Rouge, LA for Innocence; Deema K. Shehabi of Walnut Creek, CA for At the Dome of the Rock; Mark Heinlein of San Jose, CA for The White Peach Tree Getting Leaves
TARA L. MASIH INTERCULTURAL ESSAY PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Tara L. Masih)
First Prize: Bonnie J. Morris of Washington D.C. for Devour the Darling Plagues
Second Prize: Nancy Penrose of Seattle, WA for The Golden Onsen
Third Prize: Anna Hui Dong of San Francisco, CA for Blurred Vision
Honorable Mentions: Valerie Nieman of Greensboro, NC for Correspondences; Nancy Avery Dafoe of Homer, NY for Out of a Mountain of Despair; Michele Merens of Bayside, WI for When Everything Mine Should Have Been Yours; Lyzette Wanzer of San Francisco, CA for Learning to Speak Chocolate; Theresa Lebeiko of San Carlos, CA for One of Them
(Sponsored/Judged by Jaime Cat Callan)
First Prize: Sarah Savasky of Aptos, CA for Dog People
Second Prize: Barbara Samuels of Port St. Lucie, FL for A Leg to Stand On
Third Prize: Marie McBride of Abington, MA for The Circus Inside Me
Honorable Mentions: Ellen Woods of Berkeley, CA for The Green Dragon; Helen McKenna of San Diego, CA for Dying a Death of a Thousand Quills; Gary R. Hoffman of Okeechobee, FL for One Fantastic Deal; Cinnamon Geppelt of Wichita, KS for Death to Alfie the Mouse!; Joan F. Prebilich of Santa Cruz, CA for Hot Water; Francine Garson of Englishtown, NJ for Your Daughter's First Date: Etiquette for Mothers; Helen McKenna of San Diego, CA for Green Slime and Falling Ducks; Lynn Veach Sadler of Sanford, NC for Widowese; Katherine J. Leisering of Parkersburg. WV for Twodoor's Foreign Travel Guide
LINDA JOY MYERS MEMOIR VIGNETTE PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Linda Joy Myers)
First Prize: First Prize: Marie A. Hulme of Weston, CT for Highgate
Second place: Elise Kazanjian of San Francisco for Laughing Sal and Me
Third place: Kerri K. Fisher of Abilene, TX for Not Your Average Butler
Honorable Mentions: Martha A. Sarkissian of Newport Beach, CA for One Apricot August; Miriam Karmel of Minneapolis, MN for Wedding Dresses; Marie A. Hulme of Weston, CT for Daffodil Days; Miranda Altman of Maywood, NJ for Mooneyes in July; Millicent Porter Henry of Hannibal, MO for Vigilant; Josephine Bolechala of Ontario, Canada for The Little Stream; Caroline Taylor of Pittsboro, NC for Peas
RITA WILLIAMS YOUNG ADULT PROSE
(Sponsored/Judged by Rita Williams)
First Prize: Mara Klecker of Sioux Falls, SD for His Years
Second Prize: Rebecca Shvartsman of Bethel, CT for Felix
Third Prize: Mariya Khan of Germantown, MD for The Golden Locket
Honorable Mentions: Sophie Pearlman of Syosset, NY for Twenty-Seven; Mariya Khan of Germantown, MD for World War I Letter; Darisha Jhutty of Saratoga, CA for Unmasked
SANDRA CARON YOUNG ADULT POETRY(Sponsored/Judged by Sandra Caron)
First Prize: Sanjana Chetia of Saratoga, CA for Silhouettes
Second Prize: Emily Yankowitz of Scarsdale, NY for Cliche Conversation
Third Prize: Sophie Pearlman of Syosset, NY for Different
Honorable Mentions: Sanjana Chetia of Saratoga, CA for Nightmare; Sophie Pearlman of Syosset, NY for Coins; Sanjana Chetia of Saratoga, CA for Haven; Darisha Jhutty of Saratoga, CA for The Summit; Darisha Jhutty of Saratoga, CA for The Bridge; Emily Yankowitz of Scarsdale, NY for Lessons Overheard; Karina Zamora of Cimarron, KS for Alone
JOANNA CATHERINE SCOTT NOVEL EXCERPT PRIZE
(Sponsored/Judged by Joanna Catherine Scott) First Prize: Michele Strider of Albany, CA for Hometown
Second Prize: Eileen Kelley of Hyannis, MA for Just Let Go
Third Prize: Joan Prebilich of Santa Cruz, CA for After the Harvest
Honorable Mentions: Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew of Minneapolis, MN for Hannah, Delivered; Anthony Trauring of Decatur, GA for A Different Kind of Twin; Caroline Zarlengo Sposto of Memphis, TN for The Last of the Gentlemen Lawyers; David Nilsen of Sacramento, CA for Wendy Wright, Steward of Hood River County; S. J. MacLean of Danville, CA for Drift of Sand and Snow
KATHERYN KROTZER LABORDE LITERARY NONFICTION PRIZE
First Prize: First Prize: Sue Granzella of San Leandro, CA for Who I Am
Second Prize: Frances Joe of San Francisco, CA for Sounds
Third Prize: Helen McKenna of San Diego, CA for Friends in High Places
Honorable Mentions: Megan Murphy of Brockton, MA for A Matter of Utmost Precision; Li Miao Lovett of San Francisco, CA for Tenrikyo -- Ritual and Reason; Kathleen McClung of San Francisco, CA for Boxes Shaped Like Hearts; Sue Granzella of San Leandro, CA for When He was Ten; Lyzette Wanzer of San Francisco, CA for Fifty Minutes
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