We are pleased to announce the results of Willamette Writers Kay Snow annual writing contest
The Paulann Petersen Award for Poetry
Judge: Paulann Petersen
First Place: “Starlings” by Danelle Lejeune of Hinesville, Georgia
Second Place: “End Times: One Life” by Anne Richardson of Lake Oswego, Oregon
Third Place: “Seven Mourning Doves” by Gwendolyn Morgan of Vancouver, Washington
Honorable Mention: “Planting Mangroves” by Joyce Schmid of Palo Alto, California
Honorable Mention: “Spring, keeping her head down” by Laura Duerr of Vancouver, Washington
Honorable Mention: “Australian Bush Solstice” by Jade Rosina McCutcheon of Salem
Honorable Mention: “Counting Seven Crows”, Danelle Lejeune of Hinesville, Georgia
The Roland Smith Award for YA and Middle Grade Fiction
Judges: Ben Gorman of “Not A Pipe” publishing and Matthew Swihart
First Place: Natasha’s War (working title) by Jan Sherbin of Cincinnati, OH
Second Place: Dinosaur Guys by Meagan Macvie of Olympia, WA
Third Place: The Last of the Name by Rosanne Parry of Portland, OR
Honorable Mention: The Assassin by Kristin Burchell
The Elizabeth Lyon Award for Nonfiction
Judge: Elizabeth Lyon
First Place: Under the Shadow by Liz Asch of Portland, OR
Second Place: Choice is a Heavy Thing by Mary Underwood of Louisville, KY
Third Place: In Between by Anne Gudger of Portland OR
Award for Fiction
Judge: C. Lill Ahrens
First Place: The Retelling of Willa Cooper by Meagan Johanson of Corvallis, OR
Second Place: The Bears of Winter by C. A. Willis of Burien, WA
Third Place: All The Western Stars by Joel Freiburger of Glen Ellyn, IL
Award for Screenplay
Judge: Waka Brown
First Place: Camp Happily Ever After by Amy Fredericks of Vancouver, Washington
Second Place: The Altered by James Grimes of Forest Grove, Oregon
Third Place: Gabriel’s Daughter by Lizanne Southgate of Corvallis, Oregon
Honorable Mention: Walk On by Jennifer Wegerer
Award for Entries by College Student
Judge Debby Dodds
Drought Summer (excerpt) by Tom Hallberg
The Women in Your Life by Isabelle Pieper
The Calling: Chapter II by Eve Benjamin McAnally
Awards for Student in Three Grade Divisions
Judge Heidi Schulz
Grades 1-5
Anger by Kaia Wootton
The Great Adventure by Maya Anderson
I Am Offering This Picture by Jason Chu
Grades 6-8
When I Was Eight Years Old by Maddy Barker
Deeper by Kanchan Naik
Black Brothers by Alexis Simmons
Grades 9-12
Ghosts by Jena Vallina
The Camp by Katarina Fernandez
Phoenixes by Sarah Feng
The Kay Snow Contest
The purpose of this annual writing contest, named in honor of Willamette Writers’ founder, Kay Snow, is to help writers reach professional goals in writing through a broad array of categories, and also to encourage student writers. In addition to prizes, winners will be honored at our Willamette Writers Conference on August 4-6.
Congratulations
Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you to everyone who participated and to our judges and volunteers.