WRITE ACTION CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Winners in the Write Action 4th annual Literary Contest were announced at the Write Action annual Writers’ Picnic on Sunday, August 17, 2008. The Picnic was held in Guilford at the home of Tom and Nancy Ragle. Entertainment was provided by Bob Tucker on the accordian.

Gift certificates to local bookstores, The Book Cellar, and Everyone’s Books were the prizes. First place winners won $50 gift certificates; second and third place winners won $25 gift certificates. Top winners will have their work published in the Brattleboro Reformer.

First place in the prose division went to Susan Johnson of Jacksonville, VT, for her story “Ms Belle’s Is Diner.” Second place in prose was awarded to Janice Mitchell-Love of Saxton’s River, for “The 3 a.m. Blues, Part I: Jess’s Story.” Third place in prose went to Jenny Gelfan, Quechee, VT for “Family Home.”

Poetry winners were: First place, J. Kates of Fitzwilliam, NH, for his poem “Opera.” J. Kates also won second prize for “Riding the Reservoir.” There was a tie for third place: Lynn Valente, Marlboro, VT, for “Rural Essay,” and Judith Dickerson-Nelson of Townshend, VT, for “Tender Days.”

Thanks to the Judges of the contest, who will be rewarded with a pot luck dinner this fall, prepared by the Write Action Board. Prose judges were Benson Bobrick, Suzanne Kingsbury, and Bob Tucker. Poetry judges were Rob Lawson, Tim Mayo, and Brian Mooney.

Contact: Mary W. Mathias, mtoo@verizon.net, 254-7755