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Announcing the winners of the
2007 Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards!
 revealed at the Arizona Literary Awards Banquet On November 2, 2007
at the Sheraton Crescent - 2620 W Dunlap Ave, Phoenix, AZ - (NE corner I-17 & Dunlap)
 

 PUBLISHED NOVELS

First Prize

PHOENIX
Richard Satterlie
Wilmington, NC
Whiskey Creek Press - ISBN 978-1593745707

 Second Prize

EMPIRE RISING
Sam Barone
Scottsdale, AZ
William Morrow (Harper Collins)
ISBN  978-0060892463		 Third Prize

The Quest For
The All-Seeing Eye
Vernita Khosti
Phoenix, AZ

PUBLISHED  NON-FICTION

First Prize

Traveling Indian Arizona
Anne O'Brien
Paradise Valley, AZ

 Second Prize

Outlaw Tales of Arizona
Jan Cleere
Oro Valley, AZ		 Third Prize

Mediation Survivor's
Hand Book
Peg Nichols
Olathe, KS

PUBLISHED  CHILDREN'S  LITERATURE

First Prize

Dudley Glowworm and
the Saving Light
D. Wayne Joiner
Deltona, FL

 Second Prize

THE TWELVE TEARS OF APRIL
M.L. McCann
Scottsdale, AZ		 Third Prize

The Adventures of
Flat Cactus Jack
Don Wells & Jean Groen
Apache Junction, AZ

UNPUBLISHED  NOVELS

First Prize
LITTLE  GIRL  LOST

Jon M. Duff (aka Raul Roqué)
Gilbert, AZ

 Second Prize
THE  TRAP

William Connor
Phoenix, AZ		 Third Prize
SISTER  GERTRUDE

James Charles Raymond
Carefree, AZ

UNPUBLISHED  SHORT  STORIES

First Prize
RATTLESNAKE  HEARTS

Christine Danforth
Seattle, WA

 Second Prize
CHORIZON CON PAPAS
WRAPPED IN A DREAM

Patricia A. Bonn, Tempe, AZ		 Third Prize
TURNABOUT  IS  FAIR  PLAY

Sherry Ledington
Anthem, AZ

UNPUBLISHED  ESSAYS / ARTICLES / TRUE STORIES

First Prize
SILENT NIGHT

Kathie Martin Ossege
Cincinnati, OH

 Second Prize
WHEN  LOVE  LEAVES  EARLY

Kathleen Barham Price
Las Cruces, NM		 Third Prize
LOCKJAW

Margaret C. Weber
Chandler, AZ

UNPUBLISHED  POETRY

First Prize
TOMATO  LOVE

Cappy Love Hanson
Douglas, AZ

 Second Prize
HOW  POEMS  ARE  MADE

Margaret C. Weber
Chandler, AZ		 Third Prize
Arizona: Fantasy and Reality
Arm-Wrestle in an Old Saloon

Katherine Atwell Herbert
Phoenix, AZ

HONORABLE  MENTIONS


UNPUBLISHED   CATEGORIES

 

Poetry:
Woman in Darfur
Jason Eslamieh - Mesa, AZ

Boxes and Life
Jackye Swyers - Yellville, AR

Unpublished Novel:
WOGLATCH
Dennis Schwesinger - Phoenix, AZ

Essay:
The Good Samaritan
Linda Sue Bierwagen -  Mesa, AZ

Short Stories:
Moth Remembers
Susan Wider - Santa Fe, NM
PUBLISHED   CATEGORIES

Novels:

The Cul-lud Sch-oool Teach-ur
Sandra E. Bowen
Phoenix, AZ
 

Non-Fiction:

We, the Women
Merle Nudelman, Toronto, ON Canada
 


Children's Literature:

Once Upon a Blue Moon
S.E. Blakeslee - Greenville, NC


 

Remembering the winners of the
2006  ARIZONA  LITERARY  AWARDS

BLISHED  NOVELS  CATEGORY:


First Prize
DAWN OF EMPIRE
Sam Barone (AZ)
Harper Collins - hard cover
ISBN 978-0-06-089244-9


Second Prize
The Death of
Milly Mahoney
Susanne Severeid (WA)
iUniverse -  Paperback
ISBN:0595350593
Third Prize
Good-bye and Good Riddance
Valerie Hagenbush (AZ)
iUniverse - paperback
ISBN: 0595350992

 

PUBLISHED  NON-FICTION  CATEGORY:


First Prize
Who Killed New Orleans?
Mother Nature vs. Human Nature
Diane Holloway
with Johannes Spreen & Bob Cheney
iUniverse - paperback
ISBN: 0595373917
Second Prize
THE PERFECT SCREENPLAY
Writing it and Selling it
Katherine Atwell Herbert (AZ)
Allworth press - paperback
ISBN: 1581154399
Third Prize
Gifts of Sisterhood
A journey on to your own
Patricia L. Brooks (AZ)
Authorhouse - paperback
ISBN 1420818759

 

PUBLISHED  CHILDREN'S  LITERATURE  CATEGORY:


First Prize
LORENZO AND THE TURNCOAT
Lila & Rick Guzman (TX)
Arte Publico Press
ISBN 1558854711

Second Prize

SHELBY
Stacy A. Nyikos (OK)
Illustrated by Shawn N. Sisneros

Stone Horse Publishing
ISBN  0976419912
Third Prize
THE WALL
Phoenix Writers Club (AZ)
Edited by Eileen Birin
Neelie Publishing - Paperback
ISBN 0965533948

 

UNPUBLISHED NOVEL CATEGORY:


First Prize
Marcia Fine (AZ)
THE  BLIND  EYE
Second  Prize
Jeri castronova (AZ)
CODE OF THE KING
Third Prize
Lorrie Cruse (WI)
LIFE WORTH LIVING

 

UNPUBLISHED  SHORT  STORY  CATEGORY:


First Prize
Jerry Kalman (CA)
MARK TWAIN'S SPIRIT
Second Prize
Amy E. Jones (AZ)
THIS IS LIFE
Third Prize
Anthony Seed (IL)
TRIP WIRES

 

UNPUBLISHED  POETRY:


First Prize
Catherine Crawford (CA)
THE BOY WHO WENT AWAY
Second Prize
Catherine Crawford (CA)
THE ABALONE THAT BECAME AND ASHTRAY
Third Prize
Marijane Datson (CA)
MOTHER OF LETTERS

 

UNPUBLISHED  ARTICLE / ESSAY / TRUE STORY  CATEGORY:


First Prize
Peter deLannoy (AZ)
STORY  TIME
Second Prize
LiZ Hufford (AZ)
RATTLERS AND RAPISTS
Third Prize
Len Schritter (ID)
B I N G O

 

HONORABLE  MENTIONS:


Published Fiction:
Second Chance Ranch - by Barbara Kennedy (AZ

Published Non-Fiction:
Tiny Cracker Zoo - by Christopher Master (PA)

Unpublished Novels:
CLOSING MUSIC - by Flavian Mark Lupinetti (AZ)

Unpublished Short Stories:
An Insignificant Flower - by Brian Mullally (Canada)

Unpublished Poetry:
For Amy, On The Staten Island Ferry - by Tracy Koretsky (CA)

Unpublished Article/Essay/True Story category:
A Pig of Great Importance - by Nancy McCurry (AZ)
 

REMEMBERING  THE  WINNERS  OF THE 2005 Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards
 Co-sponsored by the Arizona Literary Magazine and AuthorHouse

The winners in each category were announced at the Arizona Literary Awards Banquet on Friday November 4, 2005, at the Phoenix  Metrocenter Four-Point Sheraton Hotel, take a peek at the banquet pictures HERE  Also check out the magazine publishing the winning entries HERE

PUBLISHED  FICTION  CATEGORY

First Place tie

The Terranovas, Valentine Cardinale, Woodridge, NJ

First Place tie

Money Shot, Brian Rouff, Henderson, NV

Second Place

The i Tetralogy, Mathias B. Freese, Oro Valley, AZ

Third Place

Mishka: Book One of the Quadrate Mind, Carrol Fix, Lacey, WA

 

PUBLISHED   NON-FICTION  CATEGORY

First Place

The Missing Peace of a Heritage Puzzle, Frank Koerner, San Diego, CA

Second Place

Two Worlds: A Family Memoir about the Holocaust, Intermarriage, and Love, Patricia J. Hruby, Scottsdale, AZ

Third Place

Ray of Hope for Peace, Ray Madaghiele, Gilbert, AZ

 

PUBLISHED  CHILDREN'S  LITERATURE  CATEGORY

First Place

Grand Canyon Rescue: A Tuli Black Wolf Adventure, Devon Mihesuah, Flagstaff, AZ

Second Place

Becoming George's Brother, Maria McCool, Pittsburgh, PA

Third Place

Summer of the Spotted Horse, Nancy Sanderson, Yuma, AZ

 

UNPUBLISHED  NOVEL  CATEGORY

First Place - Wins publication of his novel by AuthorHouse

Expectations Never Die, Cody Grant, San Diego, CA

Second Place

Northern Escape, Rebecca Coffield, Bend, OR

Third Place

The Shadow of Succession, Daniel Charles Mussatti, Jericho, VT

 

UNPUBLISHED  SHORT  STORY  CATEGORY

First Place

For Katie, Deborah H. Ledford, Scottsdale, AZ

Second Place

Truth in Advertising, Curtis Eicherman, Phoenix, AZ

Third Place tie

Deliverin' Moonshine, Stephanie Dyer, Apison, TN

Third Place tie

Antique Road Show, Peter Ohren, Lansing, MI

Third Place tie

Who Prays for the Priest, Thomas J. Aron, Longmont, CO

 

UNPUBLISHED  POETRY  CATEGORY

First Place

Mi Corazon, Douglas L. Christian, Phoenix, AZ

Second Place

The Last Cowboy, Jane Fate, Bend, OR

Third Place tie

Variations on the Last Time, Merle Nudelman, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Third Place tie

Southwest Summer, Virginia Nosky, Paradise Valley, AZ

 

UNPUBLISHED  ESSAY / ARTICLE  CATEGORY

First Place

Just John, Maria McCool, Pittsburgh, PA

Second Place

A Tale of Two Villages, D. Jovanovic, Tucson, AZ

Third Place

The Chapel of The Five Sons, Gil Howard, East Concord, NY

 

HONORABLE   MENTIONS  PUBLISHED  CATEGORIES

PUBLISHED  FICTION

Hindsight, Peter Wright, Portland, OR

Chance Encounters, Virginia Nosky, Paradise Valley, Arizona

La Paraclete: The Story of Abelard and Heloise, Rod Randall, Arthur, IL

PUBLISHED  NON-FICTION

Bloom: A Collection of Life Poems, Melinda J. Hanlon, Swampscott, MA

Because of Sean, Susan J. Henley, Glendale, AZ

So You Want to Write about American Indians? Devon Mihesuah, Flagstaff, AZ

 

HONORABLE  MENTIONS  UNPUBLISHED  CATEGORIES

ESSAY / ARTICLE

Crazy Ladies, Emily Pritchard Cary, Scottsdale, AZ

Invasion of the Aesthetes, Sameer Yerawadekar, Washington, DC

The Yankee Solution to the Threat from the East, Sameer Yerawadekar, Washington DC

 

SHORT  STORY

Mississippi Samurai, Peg Bauernfeind, Sun City, AZ

State of Grace, Becky Coffield, Bend, OR

Younger and Faster, Mike Thompson, San Angelo, TX

Swan Song, Gil Howard, East Concord, NY

 

POETRY

Sisters, Douglas C. Christian, Phoenix, AZ

Autumn, Tom Wagner, Phoenix, AZ

Basin & Range, Cappy Love Hanson, Douglas, AZ

UNPUBLISHED NOVEL

Little Sister, Wendy MacGown, Beverly, MA

The Crystal Fishbowl, Wendy MacGown, Beverly, MA

Next year, it could be your name on this page.  The 2006 contest will accept entries starting January 1st, 2006 - Details HERE - Good Luck!

REMEMBERING THE WINNERS OF THE 2004
Arizona Literary Contest and Book Awards

Published Novel

First Place:

The Ice Floe
J. Tracksler
Kittery Point, Maine
Second Place:

Lost
Eden Robins
Scottsdale, AZ
Third Place:

Damage Control
Victoria Wasserman
Pittsford, NY

Published Non-Fiction

First Place:

Will Work for Food or $
Bruce Moody
Crickett, CA
Second Place:

More Than Petticoats:
Remarkable Arizona Women
Wynne Brown
Tucson, AZ
Third Place:

Arizona's War Town: Flagstaff,
Navajo Ordnance Depot, and World War II
John S. Westerlund, Flagstaff, AZ

Published Children's Literature

First Place:

Blaze of the Great Cliff
Mark Fidler
Waitham, MA
Second Place:

The Last Stop Before Home
Mary-Beth Brophy
Los Angeles, CA
Third Place:

Lorenzo's Revolutionary Quest
Lila and Rick Guzman
Round Rock, TX

Unpublished Novel
The winner in this category wins publication of his novel by Author House

First Place:
The End of Heroes
Kevin J. Herbst, Chandler, AZ
Second Place:
Deceit
J. Tracksler, Kittery Point, Maine
Third Place:
Dream Chasers
Jim Green, Tolleson, AZ

Unpublished Short Story

First Place:
The Gift
Sharon Poppen,
Lake Havasy City, AZ
Second Place:
The Unknown
Jon Mandigo, Chandler, AZ
Third Place:
Life is Hard and
Then You Live
Curtis Eickerman, Phoenix, AZ

Unpublished Essay and Article

First Place:
My Daughter
Sharon B. Salomon, Phoenix, AZ
Second Place:
Life Between Two Nations
Matt Brown, Healdsburg, CA
Third Place:
Charley's Choice
Cody Grant, San Diego, CA

Unpublished Poetry

First Place:
Wakefulness
Cynthis Lucas, Scottsdale, AZ
Second Place:
Message in a Bottle
Michelle B. Weston, Naples, FL
Third Place:
Fragments
Barbara Sherman,
Oro Valley, AZ

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Although the following entries did not place in the first three in their category,
the judges considered them worthy of mention for their excellence

Honorable Mentions published books

Borrowed Light
Merle Nudelman, Toronto, Canada
Beneath the
Thirteen Moons
Kathryne Kennedy, Glendale, AZ
Forward to Camelot
Susan Sloate &
Kevin Finn, SC
The Caduceus Sword
The First Physician's Strike
Adrian Philips, MD
Scottsdale, AZ

Honorable Mentions Unpublished Short Stories

Color Me Guilty
Beverly Littlejohn
Sun City West, AZ
The Good Neighbor
Beverly Littlejohn
Sun City West, AZ
4:20 A.M.
Leslie F. Romano,
Bethel Ohio
A Rose for Sally
Ron McLachlan, Wemyss Bay, Scotland

Honorable Mentions Unpublished Novel

Get Happy!
B.K. Wells, San Francisco, CA
The Evil That Lurks
Daniel Charles Mussati, Jericho, VT

Honorable Mentions Unpublished Essay and Article

A Definint Moment
Mali Gerger, Fountain Hills, AZ
Valentines with Bozo...Waving To The Audience
Deborah Wellborn, Mesa, AZ

Honorable Mentions Unpublished Poetry

The Experiment
Marion Ekholm, Glendale, AZ
Weather
Elizabeth Swados, New York
Summer
D.L. Struble, Gilvert, AZ


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