Annual Art Affair Writing Contests
2011 Winners
SHORT STORY – 2011
First
Place – L. J.
Reed, Port Aransas, Texas – “Missouri’s May”
Second
Place – Gary
R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, Florida – “The Empty Sled”
Third
Place – Clif Webb, Houston, Texas – “This Old House”
(Honorable Mentions listed in alphabetic order)
Honorable Mention – Sally
Clark, Fredericksburg, Texas – “The Second Christmas”
Honorable Mention – P. J.
Devlin, Fairfax, Virginia – “Signals”
Honorable Mention – Sharon J.
Montgomery, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma – “The Birth of a Greek Dream”
Honorable Mention – Yanira Ramirez, Newark,
New Jersey – “My Visit to the Gynecologist”
Honorable Mention – Maureen
Anne Schiavo, Moon Township, Pennsylvania – “The Chair”
Honorable Mention – Charles
R. Vassel, Midwest City, Oklahoma – “The Oldest Man in the World”
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WESTERN SHORT STORY – 2011
First
Place – Charles
R. Vassel, Midwest City, Oklahoma – “The Boston Kid”
Second
Place – Brian
Muir, Portland, Oregon – “Old Jack Lightning”
Third
Place – Robert
E. Boertien, Welches, Oregon – “Crossing the Columbia”
First Honorable Mention – Dennis
D. Wilson, Palm
Desert, California – “A Hole in the Ace”
Second Honorable Mention – L.
J. Reed, Port Aransas, Texas – “A Summer Hunt”
Third Honorable Mention – Robert
Goyette, Lansing, Michigan – “The Buffalo Hunters”
Fourth Honorable Mention –
Gary R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, Florida – “Incident at Shadow Creek”
Fifth Honorable Mention – Dave
P. Fisher, SeaTac, Washington – “Old Nate’s Farewell”
Sixth Honorable Mention – Dave
P. Fisher, SeaTac, Washington – “The Blood Oath”
Seventh Honorable Mention – Dave
P. Fisher, SeaTac, Washington – “The Shooting of Rebel Tanner”
Eighth Honorable Mention – Frank
Carden, Las Cruces, New Mexico – “Billy Bonney aka The Kid”
Ninth Honorable Mention – Kathleen
Ewing, Prescott
Valley, Arizona – “The Best for Last”
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POETRY - 2011
First
Place – Betsy
Humphreys, Granite
Falls, North Carolina – “Learning Japanese at Nikka Yuko Garden”
Second
Place – Stephen
L. Jones, McGehee, Arkansas – “Echo of a Rhapsody”
Third
Place – Von
S. Bourland, Happy, Texas – “Yellow Roses Tipped Red”
First Honorable Mention – Kelly
W. Johnston, Wichita, Kansas – “Night Lights”
Second Honorable Mention – David
Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “Pall Malls”
Third Honorable Mention – Sharon
J. Montgomery, Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma – “The Unexpected Lesson”
Fourth Honorable Mention – Sheri
Pattillo, Kerrville, Texas – “What a Teenager Never Utters”
Fifth Honorable Mention – Stephen
L. Jones, McGehee, Arkansas – “Having Not Surrendered a Single Breath”
Sixth Honorable Mention – Von
S. Bourland, Happy, Texas – “Retiring in Style”
Seventh Honorable Mention – Catherine
Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “An Average Attempt”
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