| 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 |