West Virginia Writers Contest Winners

West Virginia Writers Annual $4,500

Spring Writing Competition Winners

Here are results of the WVW Annual 2004 Spring Writing Competition, and the WVW - Charleston Gazette's Young Writers Competition.This shows the number of entries and judge's name. There were a total of 837 entries from 351 individual WV writers. First place winners received $200; second place, $100, and third place, $75. Back to Main Page.

Nonfiction Articles/Essays/Memoirs, 87, Judged by Barbara Tedford.

1st Place - Best Friends, by William L. Harris, Charleston (Kanawha)

2nd Place - What Is This Thing, T. Jefferson, by Marcia Wilson-Cales, Lewisburg (Greenbrier)

3rd Place - Broken, by Laura Leigh Morris, Mannington (Marion)

Honorable Mention, in order:

4-H Leadership in West Virginia, by Mary Lucille DeBerry, Morgantown (Monongalia)

My Father, Abe Lincoln, and I, by Jeanne Wilson, Grantsville (Calhoun)

Wallpapering, by Harriet Whipkey, Glenville (Gilmer)

On The Heels of Hopkins, by Shiela McEntee, Charleston (Kanawha)

Remembering Dan, by Susanne Holstein, Sandyville (Jackson)

Button Jar, by Sara Crickenberger, Charleston (Kanwaha)

The Long Road Home, by Robin Holstein, Diamond (Kanawha)

Appalachian Writing, 82, Judged by George Brosi.

1st Place - Small Fires Bright and Beautiful, by Fay Thompson, Ripley (Jackson)

2nd Place - Henry The VIII's Favorite Daughter, by Susan Johnson, Richwood (Nicholas)

3rd Place - An Empty Box, by Jeanne Wilson, Grantsville (Calhoun)

Honorable Mention, in order:

On Strike, by Fay Thompson, Ripley (Jackson)

Evil Eye, by Fay Thompson, Ripley (Jackson)

Blood Kin, by Patsy Evans Pittman, Vienna (Wood)

Streets of Rust, by Harry L. Smith, Charles Town (Jefferson)

On top of Branch Mountain, by Kathy Sholl, Shepherdstown (Jefferson)

Rob Johnson's War, by Sally Brinkman, Berkley Springs (Morgan)

Tater Plantin' Time, by Nadine McKinney, Peytona (Boone)

Children's Books, 60, Judged by Cheryl Ware.

1st Place - The Flight of the Nautique, by Craig Etchison, Fort Ashby (Mineral)

2nd Place - The Gelch and the Princess, by Holly Shanholtzer, Huntington (Cabell)

3rd Place - A Mouse in Your Pocket, by Maxine Arbogast, Star City (Monongalia)

Honorable Mention in order:

Even Donkeys Have Fairy Godmothers, by Llewellan McKernan, Barboursville (Cabell)

The Sepocs, by Stacie Naylor King, Hurrican (Putnam)

Molly and Her Puppies, by Cheryl Kobe, Murraysville (Jackson)

Wendell Weasel, Fifth Grade Insectomaniac, by Susanne Holstein, Sandyville (Jackson)

Hound Dog and Rooster Call Up the Sun, by Brad Johnson, Elkins (Randolph)

This Is Edgar, by Brad Johnson, Elkins (Randolph)

Boulder Village, by Lisa Sheldon, Creston (Calhoun)

Genre Fiction, 35, Judged by Richard Peabody.

1st Place - Too Much Dead Time, by Jim Koenig, Harper's Ferry (Jefferson)

2nd Place - The Balancing Act, by Lucia Murabito, Morgantown (Monongalia)

3rd Place - Foul Ball, by Cheryl Kobe, Murraysville (Jackson)

Honorable Mention in order:

Coffee at Kafka's, by Terry Lively, Pinch (Kanawha)

The Answer, by Lois Casto, Ripley (Jackson)

All Our Bones Are Snatched Away, by Geoff Fuller, Morgantown (Monongalia)

Novels, 40, Judged by Brad Barkley.

1ST Place -- The Counsel of the Ungodly, by Joseph Bird, St. Albans (Kanawha)

2ND Place -- This Is Edgar, by Brad Johnson, Elkins (Randolph)

3RD Place -- Head Games, by Cynthia Bias. Charleston (Kanawha)

The Judge's Wife, by Jann Hoke, Branchland (Lincoln)

Emerging Writers Poetry, 102, Judged by Kirk Judd.

1st Place - Lament Lit Green for John O'Brien, by Bill Green, Elkins (Randolph)

2nd Place - Maxine's Peanut Butter Cookies, by Susanne Holstein, Sandyville (Jackson)

3rd Place - Perennials, by Rae Anne Blair, Shinnston (Harrison)

Honorable Mention in order:

Treading Water, WV to Missouri, by Lynne Bartlett, Bluefield (Mercer)

Enchanting Time, by Susan Shaw Sailor, Fairmont (Marion)

Last Request, by Phyllis Wilson Moore, Clarksburg (Harrison)

I Will Not Watch the News, by Morgan Richards, Wayne (Wayne)

Pipedreams, by Cheryl Moses, London (Kanawha)

Martin Luther King Day, by Tessa Evanosky, Hinton (Summers)

Runt Shoal, by Julian Martin, Charleston (Kanawha)

Poetry Any Form, Any Length, 129, Judged by John McKernan.

1st Place - Mallhopping With the Great I Am, by Ed Zahniser, Shepherdstown (Jefferson)

2nd Place - December Craft Projects at Alderson Women's Prison, by Susan Johnson,

3rd Place - Four Attempts to Tell A Story, by Lori Wilson, Morgantown (Monongalia)

Honorable Mention in order:

Grave of A Chinese Laundress, by Susan Sheppard, Parkersburg (Wood)

Last Days in Escondido, by Lori Wilson, Morgantown (Monongalia)

The Clothes I Used to Wear, by Thomas P., Charlton Heights (Fayette)

Short Story, 82, Judged by Lee Maynard.

1ST Place -- The Prisoner, by Llewellan McKernan, Barboursville (Cabell)

2nd Place - A History of the Kiss, by Don Narkevic, Weston (Lewis)

3rd Place - Papa's Purple Head, by Jeanne Wilson, Grantsville (Calhoun)

Honorable Mention in order:

Flaming Jesus, by Natalie Sypolt, Masontown (Preston)

The Results of Owen Bruffy's Cat Scan, by Susan Johnson, Richwood (Nicholas)

Smile Days, Sleep Nights, by Julian Martin, Charleston (Kanawha)

Thicket, by Stan Cavendish, Charleston (Kanawha)

Lion, by Emily Ann Caldwell, Charleston (Kanawha)