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Spring 2008 Writing Contest Winners

... will be announced June 1, 2008.

Fall 2007 Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to the two winners of our Fall 2007 contest.

Poetry: Laura LeHew for The Truth, (read the winning poem)

Short Story: Michael Thomas The Statue of Giordano Bruno (read the winning short story)

Each will receive a check for $250 and publication in the fall Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College.

Congratulations also to the finalists:

Poetry	Short Story
Margaret J. Hoehn, Sacramento, California for Only Ghosts are Here	Nina Bayer, Bothell, Washington for Bob and Ted and Gerald and James
Allison Joseph, Carbondale, Illinois for Ruin: A Definition	F. Srmek Schorow, San Jose, California for A Genuine Sweetheart
Donna M. Marbach, Penfield, New York for Desert Shrine	Susanna Solomon, San Anselmo, California for They Said it Would Be Wonderful
Melissa Reeser, Oceanside, California for The Story	W.H. Wallace, Alta Loma, California for Bullfrog Moon

Spring 2007 Contest Results

Congratulations to the winners:

Poetry:

1st Place: Allison Joseph of Carbondale, IL for The Actual Tongue
2nd Place: Michael Thomas of Monterey CA for Unfazed by the Danger of Sniper fire on a Sarajevo Street, a Young Man and Woman Kiss on Tuesday
3rd Place: Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington MA for Repetitive Dream

Short Story:

1st Place: Robert Walton, King City CA for Feelin' Cheap This Morning
2nd Place: J.D. Blair, Walnut Creek, CA for Charlotta's Wake
3rd Place: Steve Wersan, Ridgecrest, CA for Numbering the Houses: A Chelm Story

Fall 2006 Writing Contest Winners!

Poetry:
1st Place: Allison Joseph, Carbondale, IL, for "The Settling" ($150)
2nd Place: Megan Lee, Monterey, CA, for "Evil" ($100)
3rd Place: Margaret Hoehn of Sacramento, CA for "Lazarus and His Brother at the Beachonsfield Mine" ($50)

Short Story:
1st Place: Alison Bloom-Feshbach, Washington, DC, for "Pink-Haired Troll Dolls" ($150)
2nd Place: Alison Bloom-Feshbach again for "Family Secrets" ($100)
3rd Place: Martin Dodd, Salinas, CA, for "Over the Rainbow" ($50)

The first place entries in both Poetry and Short Story categories will be published in the Fall 2006 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College. They will also be posted here when electronic copies are received. Congratulations to all our winners, and thank you to all those who participated.

Spring 2006 Writing Contest Winners!

Megan Lee at the 4-19-06 CCW meeting

Megan Lee, 1st place winner in fiction and 3rd place winner in poetry, attended the April 19th meeting of the Central Coast Writers at Buzzard's Backyard BBQ in Monterey where she was greeted warmly both as a contest winner and as a new CCW member. Members and guests wished that all the winners could have been here to be congratulated personally.

Fiction:

1st Place: "Chinese Lesson" by Megan Lee, Monterey, California $100
2nd Place: "Bringing Home the Books" by Allison Joseph, Carbondale, Illinois $75
3rd Place: "Lost Language" by Elizabeth Appell, Kentfield, California $50

Poetry:

1st Place: "If You Open Them" by Charles Schubert, Aromas, California $100
2nd Place: "Mexico, Years Later" also by Charles Schubert $75
3rd Place: "Silk" by Megan Lee, Monterey California $50

The first place entries in both Short Story and Poetry categories will be published in the Spring 2006 Homestead Review produced by Hartnell College. They will also be posted here when electronic copies are received.

Our Judges: Review editors Maria Tabor and Dr. Jessica Breheny

Fall 2005 Writing Contest Winners

Fiction

1st Place: "Ties" by Allison Joseph of Carbondale, IL
2nd Place: "Hope Janitorial" by CCW Member, Gwyn Weger of Salinas
3rd Place: "Pancho Villa and the Dinosaur" by Maria Ferreira of Monterey

Poetry

1st Place: "Persephone" by Elizabeth Kerlikowske of Kalamazoo, MI
2nd Place: "Anatomy of a Desert" by Deborah Wenzler of Carmel
3rd Place: "Striations" by CCW Member, Dan Linehan of Monterey

Prizes: 1st: $100 plus publication in the Fall 2005 Homestead Review; 2nd: $75; 3rd: $50;

Judged by: Homestead Review editors Maria Tabor and Dr. Jessica Breheny, who are published authors in their respective genres of poetry and fiction.

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