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2011 Green River Writers Contest Winners

Category Winner
1-President's Prize (Fiction) | Green River Writers First -  Jane Sasser (Oak Ridge, Tn) Solve For X
Second -  Laura Loomis (Pittsburg, Ca) Trying Again
Third -  Stephen Paul Johnson (Southbury, Ct) Passing The Time
Hm 1 -  Neleigh Olson (Mead, Wa) The Good Brother
Hm 2 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Big In The Bars
Hm 3 -  Jeanette Mathern (Wellington, Ky) From The Garden
Special Mention -  Mary Kay Mcallister (Juno Beach, Fl) Crowning Glories
2-Green River Grande (Poetry) | Green River Writers First -  Tom Raithel (Evansville, In) Sundown
Second -  Tom Raithel (Evansville, In) Morning
Third -  Jane Sasser (Oak Ridge, Tn) Thursday Morning Prayers
Hm 1 -  Tanya O'Nan (Madison, In) A Billie Holiday Kind Of Night
Hm 2 -  Becky Lindsay (Crestview Hills, Ky) Story In Snow
Hm 3 -  Len Krisak (Newton, Ma) At The New Bedford Museum
3-Green River Lean (Fictino) | Marj Bixler First -  David Owen (Louisvills, Ky) What Bothers Me
Second -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) A Comforting Woman
Third -  Janice Wiley-Dorn (Pell City, Al) About Face
Hm -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) For The Birds
Hm -  Claudia Ware (Morristown, Tn) Old Habits Die Hard
4-Hespeler Memorial Contest (Poetry) | Becky Alexander First -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Relativity Of Roots
Second -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Final Approach
Third -  Tom Raithel (Evansville, In) Before
Hm 1 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) We Can Talk To Foxes Only At Dawn
Hm 2 -  Joan Terry (Dallas, Ga) Aunt Irene Blizzard
Hm 3 -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) Prayer Wheels
5-The World's Your Oyster (Poetry) | Jean Tucker First -  David Cooper (Louisville, Ky) Bajan Girl
Second -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Aborigine
Third -  Janice Hornburg (Johnson City, Tn) Tiananmen
Hm 1 -  Janice Hornburg (Johnson City, Tn) Second Language
Hm 2 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Revolution In G-Minor
Hm 3 -  Janice Hornburg (Johnson City, Tn) Enlightenment
6-Come to the Clear Creek Conference (Poetry) | Clear Creek Writers First -  Jane Sasser (Oak Ridge, Tn) Getting My Story Straight
Second -  Laura Loomis (Pittsburg, Ca) In Your Mailbox
Third -  Victoria Bailey (Henderson, Ky) Confession
Hm 1 -  Barb Mcmakin (Crestwood, Ky) Fallen Angel
Hm 2 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) The Empress Watches "This Is Your Life" 
Hm 3 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Beyond The Horizon
Hm 4 -  Barb Mcmakin (Crestwood, Ky) Tongue In Cheek
7-Let the Thing Speak (Poetry) | Barb McMakin First -  Brian Wettlaufer (Franklin, Wi) A Farewell Ode
Second -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Photo Album
Third -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) The Box
Hm 1 -  Becky Lindsay (Crestview Hills, Ky) La Mer
Hm 2 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) My Neighbor'S Redneck Car
Hm 3 -  Becky Alexander (Ontario, Canada) Doorknobs
8-Hub City Prize (Poetry) | Ruth Falk Redel First -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) Apart From The Main
Second -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) Turning Through The Cosmos
Third -  Dena Gorrell (Edmond, Ok) The Sign
Hm -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) Refuge
9-Jim O'Dell Memorial (Poetry) | Mary O'Dell First -  David Owen (Louisvills, Ky) A Young Man Who Lived In Vancouver
Second -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) The Newlyweds Shocked This Old Town . .
Third -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) I Wrote A Shakespearean Sonnet . . .
Hm 1 -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) I Married A Girl Named Lucia . . .
Hm 2 -  Caroline Sposto (Memphis, Tn) Reunion
Hm 3 -  Janice Hornburg (Johnson City, Tn) The Keynesian Barack Obama
10-A Breath of Merton (Poetry) | Judy Milford and Mark Brown First -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) With Certainty
Second -  Betsy Packard (Lexington, Ky) Always, I Will Never Forget
Third -  Sally Clark (Fredericksburg, Tx) If Brother Lawrence Had Been Married
Hm 1 -  M. Ray Allen (Clifton Forge, Va) Beyond The Requiem
Hm 2 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Reunion Sunday At The Methodist---
Hm 3 -  Becky Alexander (Ontario, Canada) The Necklace
11-Poem Written for Myself, in Memory of Kate Hawkins (Poetry) | Barroom Bards First -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) Crickets Crying
Second -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Morning Table
Third -  Tanya O'Nan (Madison, In) For That March Across Wounded Land
Hm 1 -  Benjamin Dugger (Elizabethtown, Tn) With Present Needs And Wants So Few
Hm 1 -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) Long Night Of The New Moon
Hm 2 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) The Season Of The Hummingbird
Hm 2 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Waiting In The Winn-Dixie Parking Lot
12-"Poems Written After Midnight": The Deborah Madden Memorial (Poetry) | Lori Hawkins & Linda Frisa First -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) A Morning In Spring
Second -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Letters Of War
Third -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) Future Home Of The Mammoth Church
Hm 1 -  Becky Alexander (Ontario, ) Sojourn
Hm 1 -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) The Reckoning
Hm 2 -  Sally Clark (Fredericksburg, Tx) Blackbird
Hm 2 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Warsaw Ghetto
Hm 3 -  Sally Clark (Fredericksburg, Tx) Secrets
Hm 3 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Palliative Care
13-Persona Poem (Poetry) | Sheri Wright & Michele Shoemaker First -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) The Empress Weeds Her Front Yard
Second -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Norma Jean Inhales Deadly Fumes
Third -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Dispenser Of Good Will And Spotless---
Hm 1 -  Sally Clark (Fredericksburg, Tx) Widow'S Walk
Hm 2 -  Beecher Smith (Memphis, Tn) Isadora Angela Duncan
Hm 3 -  Caroline Sposto (Memphis, Tn) A Lost Paperclip Prays To Vulcan
14-Black Holes & timie Warps (Poetry) | Christine Strevinsky First -  Jessica Thompson (New Harmony, In) Wooden Boxes
Second -  Beecher Smith (Memphis, Tn) In Advance Of The Invasion
Third -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) A Sibling In The Cellar
Hm -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Anonymous
Hm -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Legacy
Hm -  Joan Terry (Dallas, Ga) No Time For Black Holes
15-Short Attention Span (Poetry) | Anna Lucas First -  Sally Clark (Fredericksburg, Tx) Prayer In Public Schools
Second -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Progeny
Third -  Mary Zimmer (Madisonville, Ky) Today'S Ozymandias
Hm 1 -  Sheri Wright (Louisville, Ky) Feeding Time
Hm 2 -  Caroline Sposto (Memphis, Tn) Passing
Hm 3 -  Carol Carpenter (Livonia, Mi) Aunt Glory'S Estate Sale