SAWG 2011 annual contest winners

Winners of the 2011 SAWG annual writing contest

   The winners of the 2011 San Antonio Writers Guild annual writing contest were announced at the Dec. 1, 2011 SAWG meeting. Those winners are:

First Chapter of a Novel (Judge: Pamela Morsi)
1. Jerry Winkler, "Are You Listening, Titan?"
2. Elizabeth Bryant, "Getting Huffy"
3. Brian D Allen, "Last"
Honorable Mention: Brian D Allen, "Around the Vampire"
Honorable Mention: HM Marjorie Brody, "Between the Covers"

Short Story (Judge: Scott A Cupp)
1. Steward Smith, "Rocket Girl"
2. Hilary Davies Shelby, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear"
3. Bill Taylor, "The Night My Father Tried to Kill Me"
Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Bryant, "Bueno Bye"
Honorable Mention: Janet Alyn, "Metamorphosis"

Flash Fiction (Judge: Claudia Smith)
1. Murray Edwards, "Perspective"
2. James Taylor, "Just Shut Up and Eat Your Apple"
3. Debra Giese, "Windows"
Honorable Mention: Sylvia Forbes, "Revenge by Retriever"
Honorable Mention: Sanford Nowlin, "Whatsoever a Man Soweth"

Poetry (Judge: Valerie Martin Bailey)
1. Charlene Plover, "Ballinger Revisited"
2. Jean Jackson, "The Scissor Man"
3. Sally Clark, "Room 232"
Honorable Mention: Jean Jackson, "Alphine Phoenix"
Honorable Mention: Dee Carter, "Adieu"
Honorable Mention: Marjorie Brody, "The Toppled Tower"

Memoir (Judge: Dr. Catherine Kasper)
1. Linda Gill, "Emergency Rations"
2. Sheri Anderson, "Etta Mae the Great"
3. David H Plylar, "Not Your Usual Friday"
Honorable Mention: Kristin Wilson, "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
Honorable Mention: Charlene Plover, "Sibling Agony"
Gill was awarded a perfect score from the professional judge.