2021 Literary Arts
Essay
1st Place - "Butting Out on Coal Ash" by Nancy West-Brake
2nd Place - "2020: When We Walked Between Raindrops" by Linda Leighty
3rd Place - "Finding Podcasts in All the Wrong Places" by Mary Coyne Wessling
"Essay to Myself: Part III; Points on writing a Personal Essay" by Donald Gray
"In Praise of Ears" by Jean Berg
"Losing a life and our humanity" by Edward O'Neal Jr.
"Taking Time to Mourn" by Peggy Cramer
"The Electoral College" by Charles Creech
"The Universe of Modern Science" by William Gramley
Life Experience
1st Place - "Incident at Drowning Creek" by John Shell
2nd Place - "First and Lasting Love" by Louanne Ewald
3rd Place - "The Lighter Side of Law Enforcement" by George Woollums
"Attending 4-H Camp" Charles Creech
"Dark Walls" by Wade Hopkin
"Does This Cancer Make My Butt Look Bigger?" by John Longbottom
"Following an Idea" by Jacqueline Ponder
"Found during the Pandemic" by Peggy Cramer
"Friendship" by Brenda Wilson
"How I Learned To Love Myself In Those Hot Coal Moments" by Jennie Spallone
"I have a gift for you" by David Shepard
"Miracle on Wildcat Mountain" by Janet Sady
"My Momma, Hard as a Rock!" by Susan Harris
"Not Quite A Matador" by Nancy West-Brake
"Sidetracked By COVID" by Angela Staab
"SURPRISES" by Eleanor Vaughn
"Tail of Kisses" by Virginia Johnson
"The Magic Night Cap" by Carol Whitehead
"The Oreo Incident" by Veronica Krug
"The Tractor Tradition" by Debra Kornegay
"The Way It Used To Be" by Jerry Brunton
Poem
1st Place - "In My Time" by John Longbottom
2nd Place - "After COVID Came" by William Gramley
3rd Place - "Our Song" by Lorraine Bennett
"A Seussical Senior Citizen's Ode" by Susan Harris
"Anew" by Mary Coyne Wessling
"Autumn Embrace" by Janet Sady
"Beach Run" by Anne Kissel
"Change" by Edward O'Neal Jr.
"Gold Mountains" by Barbara Erps
"I Watched it Snow Today" by Margaret Crowe
"Lovable Frogs" by Ralph Whitley
"Resonance" by Steven Baker
"Samhain Gusts" by Raymond Riley
"Spring Re-Opening at the John C. Campbell Folk School" by Raven Chiong
"The Great Conjunction" by Katherine Eatmon
"The Winding Road" by Ron Hignite
"Waiting For You To Call" by Peggy Earp
Short Story
1st Place - "No Noise Like Silence" by Mack Staton
2nd Place - "VC" by Veronica Krug
3rd Place - "Murder Jan Wrote" by Janet Sady
"A Doctor Visit" by Troy Elmore
"A Fantastic Dialogue" by William Gramley
"Another Special Betty" by Marion Boissiere
"Audacity and Nerve" by Lorraine Bennett
"Charlie and the Enchanting Glass Door" by Charles Creech
"Children, a Garden and the Hard Question" by Katherine Crain
"Earth Angels" by Peggy Cramer
"Holly River" by Beverly Carte
"Kitty's Condition" by Brenda Wilson
"Lost Chances" by Jeff Stonestreet
"Off-Season At The North Pole" by Anne Kissel
"Out of the Blue" by Richard Brake III
"Primary Injustice" by Susan Harris
"Roundtree's Encounter" by Edward O'Neal Jr.
"Saved by the Clock" by Barbara Erps
"The Box" by Carol Whitehead