SAWG Writing Contest winners for 2008

The 2008 San Antonio Writers Guild contest winners are as follows:

First Chapter of a Novel, Fiction (Judge: David Liss)

   1. Shannon Morgan, "Jack"
   2. Karen Dodwell, "Art of Living"
   3. Marjorie Brody, "Twisted"
   Finalist Diane LaCombe, "Amanda"
   Finalist Chelsea Lewis, "Between Blood and Water"

Short Story, Fiction (Judge: Jay Brandon)

   1. Stewart Smith, "Sitting the Death Watch"
   2. Shannon Morgan, "Burn"
   3. Diane LaCombe, "The Kraliok Incident"
   Finalist Glenn T. Bernard, "Gramps and Abuelito"
   Finalist Andrea N. Messenger, "Internet Video"

Memoir (Judge: Yvette Benavides)

   1. Jessica Junqueira, "Loss, Friendship and the Pastoral World" (Also awarded the Lorraine Berenson Memorial Award)
   2. Jean Jackson, "Breasts"
   3. Doris Dianne Frazar, "Night of the Bear"
   Finalist Jessica Junqueira, "Just Like Jane"
   Finalist Diane LaCombe, "What Do You See"

First Chapter of a Non-Fiction Book (Judge: Yvette Benavides)

   1. Andrea N. Messenger, "If There is a Difference"
   2. Jan Sherbin, "A Woman's War"
   3. Marcia Dutton, "On My Way from Here to There"

Poetry (Judge: Jo LeCoeur)

   1. Rebecca Burroughs, "Sitting Beneath Balancing Rock"
   2. Sheri Anderson, "My Aunt's House on Charles Street"
   3. Rose Marie Eash, "Sweet Tea"
   Finalist Sheri Anderson, "Here"
   Finalist Rose Marie Eash, "Love Undefined"