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Sunday, December 06, 2009

2009 SAWG annual writing contest winners announced

   The winners of the 2009 San Antonio Writers Guild annual writing contest were announced at the Dec. 3, 2009 SAWG meeting. Those winners are:

Novel first chapter (Judge: Robert Flynn)
1st Place: Barbara Lazar for Pink Flower Samurai
2nd Place: Karen Riedel for A Knife in the Water
3rd Place: Diane LaCombe for The Ghosts of Ravenwood
Honorable Mention: Rodney Walther for Broken Laces
Honorable Mention: David Plylar for Sunset at Rocksprings

Short Story (Judge: Joe McKinney)
1st Place: Kenneth Bennight for "Badger Game"
2nd Place: Stewart Smith for "Summer's Child"
3rd Place: Samuel Urbina for "An Old Man"
Honorable Mention: Dani Jimenez for "Intersection"
Honorable Mention: Diane LaCombe for "Welcome to the ASPCA"

Poetry (Judge: Jo LeCoeur)
1st Place: Jean Jackson for "Drifting"
2nd Place: Joe Rigsby for "Radiation"
3rd Place: David Plylar for "Inauguration Day"
Honorable Mention: Samuel Urbina for "Dulcinea Dream"
Honorable Mention: Carol Meeks for "Preparing Enchiladas with the Lucketts"

Memoir (Judge: Yvette Benavides)
1st Place: Junette Woller for "Wooden Spoons"
2nd Place: Janet Alyn for "Opposite Worlds"
3rd Place: Charlene Plover for "A Blind Date"
Honorable Mention: Doris Dianne Frazar for "A Christmas Memory"
Honorable Mention: Jean Jackson for "Dancing with Daddy"