2010 SAWG annual writing contest winners announced

   The winners of the 2010 San Antonio Writers Guild annual writing contest were announced at the Dec. 2, 2010 SAWG meeting. Those winners are:

Novel first chapter:
First Chapter of a Novel (Judge: Joe McKinney)

First Place: Melinda Friedland, "Love, Texas, Population Two"
Second Place: David Plylar, "Sunset at Rocksprings"

Short Story:
First Place: "The Portrait" by Jane Dreyfus
Second Place: "Beguiled" by Janet Alyn
Third Place: "Water Long Under the Bridge" by Kathryn Kunkel
Honorable Mention: "No More Orphans" by Ricky Brooks
Honorable Mention: "Midnight Wart" by Paige Lohr

Poetry:
First Place: "The Fall" by Jean Jackson
Second Place: "Mama Wished for Pretty" by Athena Wood
Third Place: "Conversation with a Giant Squid" by Stewart Smith
Honorable Mention: "First Pressing" by Jean Jackson
Honorable Mention: "Favorite Aunt" by Jean Jackson

Memoir:
First Place: "Taking Sides" by Sheri Anderson
Second Place: "The Incident" by Junette Kirkham Woller
Third Place: "My Sister Doris" by Charlene P. Plover
Honorable Mention: "My Name is Robert Earl" by Bob Wehner
Honorable Mention: "Two Minutes Fifteen Seconds to Touchdown" by Charlene Plover

Short Story:
First Place: "The Portrait" by Jane Dreyfus
Second Place: "Beguiled" by Janet Alyn
Third Place: "Water Long Under the Bridge" by Kathryn Kunkel
Honorable Mention: "No More Orphans" by Ricky Brooks
Honorable Mention: "Midnight Wart" by Paige Lohr