2020 Literary Arts
Essay
First Place - “Four Hundred Years is a Long Time” by Nancy West-Brake
Second Place - “When You're in a Jam, Play On” by Donna Davis
Third Place - “Essay to Myself: Part II; All about the Personal Essayist” by Donald Gray
“Here's A Suggestion” by William Gramley
“I Was Sick And You Visited Me” by Jean Berg
“My Perspective” by Wil Jackson
“Symbolism: Wife Beater Shirt” by Patsy Lain
“Thank You!” by Linda Leighty
“The County Home” by Thomas Childrey
“The Lifeboat” by Helen Webb
“The Potter and the Clay” by Susan Harris
Life Experience
First Place - “Dying of The Light” by Sydney Hart
Second Place - “Love in the Time of Corona” by Lorraine Bennett
Third Place - “Hurricane Hazel” by Brenda Wilson
“Around the World in Twenty Years” by Susan Harris
“Covid Brain” by Peggy Cramer
“For Good Measure” by Jean Berg
“Friday Night Under the Full Moon” by Julie Memrick
“Horseback Writing, Alligators, Milkshakes & Tape Recorders” by Georgie Wilson
“Hot Stuff” by Brenda Kent
“Letter of Gratitude” by Debra Kornegay
“My Great Aunt Nell” by Judith Gabel
“My New Prayer” by Dorothy Seyller
“Not Easy Being SME: But Its Been Fun” by Thomas Squier
“Scary Dog Attack” by Patsy Lain
“Serenity” by Richard Brake III
“The Gift” by Eric Mens
“The Warrior Gene in Berlin” by Nancy West-Brake
“Unexpected Visitors” by Veronica Pastecki
“Wave” by Carol Whitehead
“Your Vote Matters!” by Jennie Spallone
Poem
First Place - “Alzheimer's” by Sydney Hart
Second Place - “Commitancillo“ by Susanne Duncan
Third Place - “What I Would have Told You” by Anthony Abbott
“Between” by Susan Harris
“Fertile Ground Fades” by Patsy Lain
“I Have A Right” by Audrey Nobles
“Little Bird, Who Made Thee?” by William Gramley
“My Mother's Words at 93” by Mary Coyne Wessling
“Running Away” by Charlene Overcash
“Shopping at the Ice Cream Store” by Ralph Whitley
“The House by the Sea” by Ronald Hignite
“Tiptoe Revelation” by Patricia Pemberton
“Touch” by Margie Emshoff
“Tulip” by Carol Whitehead
“Winter is a Stranger Now” by Charles deVries
“Wisdom” by Nancy Cantey
Short Story
First Place - “At Peace with Nature” by Eric Mens
Second Place - “Bellowing” by Donna Davis
Third Place - “Venereal Eclipse” by Jean Templeton
“Arigato!” by Peggy Cramer
“Call me Lovey” by Charlene Overcash
“Dead Bob On the Bridge” by Veronica Krug
“I'm A Big Girl” by Patsy Lain
“Making it through December” by Dorothy Seyller
“My Thoughts on the Creation” by Patricia Graham
“Nanny's Garden” by Lori Myers
“Secret Sauce” by David Shain
“The Clock” by Leslie Lavender
“The Game of Golf” by Wayne Everhart
“The Lady” by Janet Sady
“The Not-Rape of Persephone” by Nancy West-Brake
“The Secretary Desk” by Rosemary Bricker
“Ware Mountain” by Beverly Carte
“Where Time Stands Still” by Susan Harris