2022 Literary Arts
Essay
First Place - "When a Tree Falls in the Forest..." by Katherine Crain
Second Place - "The Sound" by Julie Arciszewski
Third Place - "The Kazuri Bead" by Jane Birchfield
Honorable Mention - "Noise Pollution in Rowan County" by Paul Baker
"The Most Fascinating Book I've Ever Read" by Warren Collins
"Cold War vs. Putin's War" by Peggy Cramer
"The Teeny Boppers of Norway" by Jeff Davidson
"Culture Thieves" by Lea Davis
"Destruction is Easy, Dialogue is Hard" by Robert Dyer
"Onion Transformed" by William Gramley
"I AM A TREE HUGGER" by Donald Gray
"What is Faith" by Dwight Moss
"Essays" by Donna Pinckney
"Getting Older Isn't for Sissies" by Angela Staab
"Sleeping In" by Carol Whitehead
Life Experience
First Place - "The Intervention" by Eric Mens
Second Place - "Separate But Equal" by Elsie Barnes
Third Place - "You Look Like a Farmer" by Evelyn Wool
Honorable Mention - "Take Me By Home" by Linda Farmer
"To the Rescue" by Ruthann Anderson
"Summer Camp" by Paul Baker
"Portrait of a Grandfather by a Very Appreciative Granddaughter" by Katherine Crain
"Every child needs an Elsie" by Peggy Cramer
"Loving You" by Elizabeth Creech
"The Endless Narrative" by Jeff Davidson
"The Noise of Strife" by Lea Davis
"The Alcoholic" by Dorie Dickson
"The Power of Prayer" by Kathy Drew
"Re-Discovering My Younger Self" by Robert Dyer
"The Million Dollar Penny" by Louanne Ewald
"Change" by Susan Harris
"Sweet Land of Liberty" by Cami Hepler
"BUTTERFLIES, BIRDS, AND BUGS" by Lucy Juhasz
"I'm Dreaming of a Wet Christmas" by Janice Kirk
"The Gardenia" by Elizabeth Lewis
"Three Heartbeats" by Lila Maxwell
"Why I Love the South Iredell Senior Center" by Julie Memrick
"My Turn to be Carried" by Dwight Moss
"Sounds of Home" by Lori Myers
"Behind the Shady Rest" by Edward O'Neal Jr.
"The Secret" by Karin Pereira
"Farm Living-Building Character" by Dorothy Perry
"Pack Rat Evolution" by Jacqueline Ponder
"Finding the Pine Barrens" by Wayne Schindler
"Tethered: Scary or Secure?" by Jennie Spallone
"A Love Letter to Our Teen: We Love You!" by Janie Torain
"Never Forget" by Marvel Welch
"Grief is not Tidy" by Mary Coyne Wessling
"You Never Know Where Your Childhood Toys May Lead You" by Richard Whitaker
"Salon Communique" by Brenda Wilson
"Daddy! I Remember!" by Georgie Wilson
"Short But Sweet, Just Like Life" by George Woollums
Poem
First Place - "McBear McRed Goes to Bed" by Wade Hopkin
Second Place - "Ocean and River - A Venn Diagram Poem" by Lea Davis
Third Place - "This Spring" by Mary Coyne Wessling
Honorable Mention - "My Baby" by Janice Kirk
"Summer Fruit" by Marjorie Avery
"Covid-19" by Juanita Bailey
"Grief" by Elsie Barnes
"A Lyric of Limericks: Two" by Warren Collins
"Ah, Jasper" by Elizabeth Creech
"IF" by Kathy Drew
"The Night Before Christmas" by Peggy Earp
"The Journey" by Evette Evans
"If You See My Son Don't Shoot" by Beatrice Flythe
"I Am the Voice of Your Heart" by Nan Forehand
"Fences and Walls" by Susan Harris
"Off Label" by Anne Kissel
"Sunset OPP at Hilton Head" by Eugene Kusterer
"I Had a Dream" by Kimlyn Lambert
"When I am Among the Trees" by Julia Loughran
"To W" by Basil Neal
"Like a Single Rain Drop" by Edward O'Neal Jr.
"Welcome to the Dump" by Karin Pereira
"Today I am Going To Cook" by Dorothy Perry
"Who Am I" by Janet Sady
"Don't Stop" by Christy Schenck
"Only Time" by Wayne Schindler
"Balance" by Mark Shanklin
"The Reclining Chair" by Tony Shearin
"Nurse" by Constance Walker
"Life Speed - Not - Light Speed" by Tom Watson
"Porch" by Carol Whitehead
Short Story
First Place - "The Meanest Man in the County" by Evette Evans
Second Place - "The Course of True Love" by Robert Dyer
Third Place - "Unlikely Companions" by James Polk
"From One to One Hundred" by Ruthann Anderson
"The Road To Mill Lake" by Julie Arciszewski
"Time of a Murder" by Paul Baker
"The Way it Isn't" by Warren Collins
"City Living Can Be" by Peggy Cramer
"The Great Blackout of 1965" by Jeff Davidson
"The People House" by Lois Davis
"Pushed Too Far" by Kathy Drew
"The Trespasser" by Louanne Ewald
"Surviving the Orpheum" by Bruce Frazier
"Heavenly Glenn" by Greg Hansen
"The Appointed Hour" by Susan Harris
"Just In Time: A Good Hare Day" by Anne Kissel
"Yonaguska and His Pet Turtle" by Kimlyn Lambert
"A Soft Lap" by Lori Myers
"DNA Fiasco" by Janet Sady
"A Child's Story of Life During the Early Days of the Coronavirus Pandemic" by Christy Schenck
"Morning Coffee" by Janet Smith
"The Conversation" by Jonathan Stephens
"The Post-Apocalyptic World of Aunt Heloise" by Myra Stephens
"The Old Stable" by Thornton Stovall
"Clara's Day" by Deborah Styron
"Daddy Rabbit's Conventional Wisdom" by Richard Tuttell