New England Writers Winners'
List 2007
All poems to be published in
The Anthology
of New England Writers 2008
(184 poets, 683 poems)
Final Judge: David Daniel, poetry editor, Ploughshares
Robert Penn Warren Awards ($300, $200, $100)
First : Claire Keyes [ Marblehead , MA ] “Slow Wave”
Second : Pam Bernard [ Walpole, NH ] “Girl Holding House”
Third : Judy Lee Green [ Murfreesboro , TN ] “Sunday Salvation”
Francis Alix [ Jamaica Plain , MA ] “Aftermath”
George Drew [ Poestenkill , NY ] “Talk About Slant, Emily”
Peggy Sapphire [ Craftsbury , VT ] “Needlework”
Lisa Siedlarz [ New Haven , CT ] “Why Poles Love Horseradish”
Craig Blais [ Springfield , MA ] “Huffers”
Diane LeBlanc [ Northfield , MN ] “Sunday Morning on the Charles”
Cynthia Brackett-Vincent [ Farmington , ME ] “Valentine's Day Blizzard”
Michael Strosahl [ Elwood , IN ] “Someone Left the Door Open”
Merrill Adams [ Middlefield , CT ] “Solitude”
Ronda Broatch [ Kingston , WA ] “Woman Bides Her Time”
Commendables
Gloria Pond [ Woodbury , CT ] “Climate Change”
Mary Ann O'Gorman [ Ocean Springs , MS ] “My Hairdresser”
Micaela Bombard [ Brooklyn , NY ] “Dowsing”
M. Dickey Drysdale [ Randolph , VT ] “Early in the Evening”
Charles Sharpe [ Bainbridge Island , WA ] “Cloud of Stars”
Mary Buchinger [ Cambridge , MA ] “Entering the House”
Terry Dugan [ Yorktown Heights , NY ] “First”
Benjamin Russell [ Providence , RI ] “Something Small”
Martha Nelson [ Dummerston , VT ] “The Look of Inspiration”
Partridge Boswell [ Woodstock , VT ] “The Deep End”
Editors' Choice
Lonnie Pidel [ Malden , MA ] “their sunlight”
Joshua Conklin [ Oxford , CT ] “Practically Speaking”
Gerald Wheeler [ Katy , TX ] “Sika Landscape”
Donald Crane [ Milbridge , ME ] “eighty eights”
Joan Dugas [ Plymouth , MA ] “Bird Whisperer”
Ron Lavalette [ Barton , VT ] “Table For One”
Deborah Brown [Warner, NH] “Clue”
Elizabeth Snider [ Acworth , NH ]
“Reflection of a View of Mount Fuji by Hiroshige”
Olga Kronmeyer [ Lynchburg , VA ] “My Orwellian Pug”
Jean Doing [ Silver Spring , MD ] “On My Own”
Linda Gilcreast [ Greenfield , MA ] “Work Day”
Kristine Bundschuh [ Hollis , NH ] “Shoes”
Marv Klassen-Landis [ Windsor , VT ] “The Bonsai”
Anna Viadero [ Montagne , MA ] “Homemade Love”
Meg Larson [ Maynard , MA ] “Formation”
11th
ANNUAL
SHORT-SHORT FICTION CONTEST
(68 writers, 96 stories)
Final Judge:
Debra Spark
($300) & publication in The Anthology of New England Writers 2008
Marguerite Sheffer [ New Castle , NH ] “In the Parking Lot”
Laura Loomis [ Pittsburg , CA ] “The Sign”
Brenda Jaziatis [ Concord , NH ] “Bertie Who Is Eight Again”
Beth Staas [ West Chicago , IL ] “The Freshman”
Ruth Weiner [ Sharon , MA ] “Soul on Fire”
Creative Nonfiction Contest
(78 writers, 102 stories)
Final Judge: Carolyn Megan
Frank Anthony Award [$200]
& publication in The Anthology of New England Writers 2008
Amy Campbell [ Blissfield , MI ] “Seven”
Second Place
Mary Alden-Allard [ Putney , VT ] “Calling Me Home”
Diana Gittins [ Exeter , United Kingdom ] “Flag”
Sarah Hopkins [ Devon , United Kingdom ] “Backyard”
Lockie Hunter [ Jonesborough , TN ] “Signal”
Pamela Galbreath [ Laramie , WY ] “Ocean Mother”
NEW ENGLAND WRITERS WISHES TO THANK ALL POETS
AND WRITERS WHO ENTERED
THE FREE VERSE/FICTION & NONFICTION CONTESTS.