Each of the following three categories will have a $100
first place prize winner and two honorable mentions. All
winners will receive a certificate. There is a $3 fee for
each entry. See Guidelines Section for full details.

1. Poetry can use any subject and any form limited to one single spaced page
2. Fiction can use any subject limited to 1,500 words
3. Non-Fiction can use any subject limited to 1,500 words

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The entry fee for each of the remaining nine categories is $2. There will be four awards:

• $20 First Place
• $10 Second Place
• $5 Third Place
• Honorable Mention

Certificates will be awarded for all winners.

Prose:
Prose entries are limited to 1,000 words

1. Essay or Article - - Ozarks Related
2. Short Story - - Any Genre
3. Nostalgia/Reminiscence
4. Humor - - Any Subject
5. Essay or Opinion Piece

Poetry:
Poetry entries are limited to one single spaced page

1. Rhyming - - Any Subject and Any Form
2. Comic Verse - - Any Form
3. Free Verse - - Any Subject
4. Haiku - - Traditional (5, 7, 5 - - Nature Theme)

Guidelines for Entries:

1. Alll entries must be the original, unpublished work of the contestant.
2. Do not enter the same prose or poetry in more than one category.
3. All manuscripts must be typed on 8 1/2 X 11 paper in standard manuscript form.
4. Prose must be double spaced.
5. Poetry must be single spaced.
6. Except for Haiku, all entries must have a title.
7. Place the category name and number, plus the number of
   words (for prose) in the upper left corner of each entry. List
   the poetry form where applicable.
8. DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME ON THE ENTRY. Include a cover
   sheet listing ALL entries by category name and number, title,
   and the first line of the manuscript or poem. Put your name,
   address, phone number and e-mail address on the cover sheet.
9. Keep all originals, no copies will be returned. No entries or
   winners will be published.
10. Winners will be announced and awards given at the October,
    2009 regular SWG meeting or mailed to those unable to attend.
11. DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked no later than
    October 1, 2009. SWG is not responsible for lost, misdirected, or postage-due entries.
12. For a list of winners, please include a SASE with you entry.
13. No limit on entries per category. However, no entrant may win
    more than one award per category entered, regardless of the number of entries.
14. Make all checks payable to the Springfield Writers' Guild Contest

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2009 Winners:

JIM STONE MEMORIAL AWARD

Grand Prize Poetry:

• 1^st Place, Larry Cunningham, Willard MO, for "A Family Legacy"
• Honorable Mention, Joanne Ryan-Evans, Mansfield MO, for "Wheat Weavers"
• Honorable Mention, Carol Carpenter, Livonia MI, for "Bag Full of Fall"

Grand Prize Fiction:

• 1^st Place, D. Beecher Smith II, Memphis TN, for "On the Dock at Great Tan"
• Honorable Mention, Shirley McCann, Springfield MO, for "Rest In Peace"
• Honorable Mention, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "Break and Pop"

Grand Prize Nonfiction:

• 1^st Place, Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR, for "Blood on Halloween: A True Account"
• Honorable Mention, Larry Cunningham, Willard MO for "The Nature Knight Man"
• Honorable Mention, Garnet Hunt White, Doniphan MO, for "Can a Lie be True?"

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15th ANNUAL SWG PROSE AND POETRY AWARDS

Prose-Essay or Article-Ozarks Rleated:

• 1^st Place, Marilyn K. Smith, Fair Grove MO, for "Jake Fleagle Captured at Branson Depot"
• 2^nd Place, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "My Mountain Home"
• 3^rd Place, Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR, for "Ozarks Reunion"
• Honorable Mention, Lee Ann Sontheimer Murphy, Neosho MO, for "Moving to the Ozarks"

Prose-Short Story:

• 1^st Place, Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR, for "There Is No Rule"
• 2^nd Place, Malu Graham, Memphis TN, for "Grandma Hettie's Ghost"
• 3^rd Place, Joyce Ragland, Lebanon MO, for "Rock-Picking"
• Honorable Mention, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Planet Gone to the Dogs"

Prose-Nostalgia/Reminiscence:

• 1^st Place, Rosemary Dunn Moeller, St. Lawrence SD, for "Enchanted Attention"
• 2^nd Place, D. Beecher Smith II, Memphis TN, for "Cold War Christmas"
• 3^rd Place, Jacquelyne R. Mountcastle, Springfield MO, for "Just one more time"
• Honorable Mention, Charles D. King, Springfield MO, for "Blue Jeans"

Prose-Humor:

• 1^st Place, Charles D. King, Springfield MO, for "Liquor Store"
• 2^nd Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Heavenly Hooey"
• 3^rd Place, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "Stinker"
• Honorable Mention, Sara Gipson, North Little Rock AR, for "Friendly Encounter"

Prose-Essay:

• 1^st Place, Patricia J. Woodward, Springfield MO, for "Dogs Know Best"
• 2^nd Place, Larry Cunningham, Willard MO, for "Officially Old"
• 3^rd Place, Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock AR, for "Rejoice in the Chemo Treatments"
• Honorable Mention, Carleta Goodwin Fernandes, Amarillo TX, for "Books..Books"

Poetry-Rhyming:

• 1^st Place, Joyce O'Neal, Springfield MO, for "A Soldier's prayer"
• 2^nd Place, Reta Stewart Allen, Springfield MO, for "The Unplanned Child"
• 3^rd Place, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Perennials"
• Honorable Mention, Charles K. Firmage, Boise ID, for "Potatoes in the Ashes"

Poetry-Comic Verse:

• 1^st Place, Larry Cunningham, Willard MO, for "Discipline"
• 2^nd Place, Malu Graham, Memphis TN, for "Tis an Ill Wind"
• 3^rd Place, Florence Bruce, Memphis TN, for "In Defense of Pet Rocks"
• Honorable Mention, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Author Exclusion"

Poetry-Free Verse:

• 1^st Place, D. Beecher Smith II, Memphis TN, for "Leonardo's Model"
• 2^nd Place, Charles K. Firmage, Boise ID, for "Were You Ever Bit by a Dead Bee?"
• 3^rd Place, Vicki Wheeler, Las Vegas NV, for "Are You There?"
• Honorable Mention, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Hankies"

Poetry-Haiku:

• 1^st Place, Roberta Page, Lebanon MO, for "purple martins coax"
• 2^nd Place, Carol Dee Meeks, Tulsa OK, for "seasons' stormy week"
• 3^rd Place, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "wooly bug crawls by"
• Honorable Mention, D. Beecher Smith II, Memphis TN, "bread crumbs tossed on snow"

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2008 Winners:

JIM STONE MEMORIAL AWARD

Grand Prize Poetry:

• 1st Place, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Bridges and Doors"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Carol Carpenter, Livonia MI, for "Lilacs Bloom in the Vacant Lot"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Drought"

Grand Prize Fiction:

• 1st Place Charles D King, Springfield MO, for "Just An Old Toy Ring"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "Average"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Faye Williams Jones, N Little Rock AR, for "In the Waiting Room
  After..."

Grand Prize Nonfiction:

• 1st Place, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "Confessions of a Young Drunk"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Doyle Suit, ST Charles MO, for "Backfire'"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Lydia Suarez, Verona NJ, for "Pale Northern Legs"

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14th ANNUAL SWG PROSE AND POETRY AWARDS

Prose-Essay or Article-Ozarks Rleated:

• 1st Place, Marilyn K Smith, Fair Grove MO, for "In Spite Of The Revenuer's Threat"
• 2nd Place, Doyle Suit, ST Charles MO, for "Sparse Cotton"
• 3rd Place, Sara Gipson, N Little Rock AR, for "Making Mountain Music"
• Honorable Mention, Faye Williams Jones, N Little Rock AR, for "The Wind Laughed"

Prose-Short Story:

• 1st Place, Doyle Suit, ST Charles MO, for "A Pig For Sarah"
• 2nd Place, Sara Gipson, N Little Rock AR, for "Living On ˇhe Edge"
• 3rd Place, Gary R Hoffman, Pensacola FL, for "Complicated Situation"
• Honorable Mention, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "Photo Album"

Prose-Nostalgia/Reminiscence:

• 1st Place, Doyle Suit, ST Charles MO, for "Grandpa's Possum"
• 2nd Place, Faye Williams Jones, N Little Rock AR, for "Flour Sack Dresses"
• 3rd Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "The Summer Boys"
• Honorable Mention, Annette Geroy, Kerrville TX, for "A Bottle Filled with Sand"

Prose-Humor:

• 1st Place, Linda Elin Hammer, Philomath OR, for "Pushing My Buttons"
• 2nd Place, Nancy Shelton, Springfield MO, for "Chicken Dinner"
• 3rd Place, Reta Stewart Allen, Springfield MO, for "Cutting Back"
• Honorable Mention, Gary Hoffman, Pensacola FL, for "Nadine's"

Prose-Essay:

• 1st Place, Gary R Hoffman, Pensacola FL, for "The Age of Antiquity"
• 2nd Place, Almo Leslie McElmurry, Miller MO, for "What is Wrong with Our..."
• 3rd Place, Steve Whisnant, Little Rock AR, for "We Can Do Better, Y'all"
• Honorable Mention, Beverly Reid, Springfield MO, for "The Evolution of Sexual..."

Poetry-Rhyming:

• 1st Place, Linda Kay King, Springfield MO, for "In Days to Come"
• 2nd Place, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Bag Lady"
• 3rd Place, Catherine Moran, Little Rock AR, for "Thoughts on Being Picked"
• Honorable Mention, Jim Barton Huttig AR, for "Mexican Sunflower"

Poetry-Comic Verse:

• 1st Place, Marilyn K Smith, Fair Grove MO, for "The Day We Learned to Cuss"
• 2nd Place, Gary Hoffman, Pensacola FL, for "Cooter"
• 3rd Place, Lee Ann Russell, Springfield MO, for "Stuffed Stuffing Stuff"
• Honorable Mention, Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful UT, for "The Bottle"

Poetry-Free Verse:

• 1st Place, Carol Carpenter, Livonia MI, for "New World Spices"
• 2nd Place, Faye Williams Jones, N Little Rock AR, for "Word Play"
• 3rd Place, Catherine Moran, Little Rock AR, for "Starting Over"
• Honorable Mention, Jerry-Mac Johnston, Springfield MO, for "Working Hands"

Poetry-Haiku:

• 1st Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "In a dying breeze"
• 2nd Place, Marilyn K Smith, Fair Grove MO, for "joyously flitting"
• 3rd Place, Jerri Hardesty, Briefield AL, for "Tempentuous boy "
• Honorable Mention, Sara Gipson, N Little Rock AR, for "Lacy ice crystals"

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2007 Winners:

JIM STONE MEMORIAL AWARD

Grand Prize Poetry:

• 1st Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Porch Swing"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Marian Kaplum Shapiro, Lexington MA, for "Editing It Down"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence SD, for "I Lost My Son's Voice"

Grand Prize Fiction:

• 1st Place Travis King, Chickasha OK, for "Yellow Man"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Cynthia Reeg, Chesterfield MO, for "Christmas Treasures"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Henry Greenfield, Miami FL, for "Dancing with Meyer Lansky"

Grand Prize Nonfiction:

• 1st Place, Faye Williams, Little Rock AR, for "Close Enough to Touch"
• 1st Honorable Mention, Beverly Reid, Springfield MO, for "Spellbound by 'Snowbound'"
• 2nd Honorable Mention, Patricia L Sanders, Foristell MO, for "Sins of the Season"

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14th ANNUAL SWG PROSE AND POETRY AWARDS

Prose-Article:

• 1st Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Hidden Value"
• 2nd Place, Sylvia Forbes, Fayette MO, for "Out for an Afternoon Stroll"
• 3rd Place, Sandy Jordan, Neosho MO, for "Ste. Genevieve, Missouri"
• Honorable Mention, Neil Chandler, Mountain Home AR, for "Sunset"

Prose-Short Story:

• 1st Place, Travis King, Chickasha OK, for "The Writer"
• 2nd Place, Laura Loomis, Pittsburg CA, for "The Sign"
• 3rd Place, Nancy Shelton, Springfield MO, for "The Repairman"
• Honorable Mention, Doyle Suit, St. Charles MO, for "A Pig for Lisa"

Prose-Nostalgia/Reminiscence:

• 1st Place, Karen W Waggoner, Flippin AR, for "Day of Terror"
• 2nd Place, Patricia L Sanders, Foristell MO, for "Down Home"
• 3rd Place, Peg Nichols, Olathe KS, for "Grasshopper Summer"
• Honorable Mention, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Just (almost) Like the Ones I..."

Prose-Humor:

• 1st Place, Neil Chandler, Mountain Home AR, for "Lazy Bones"
• 2nd Place, Jason Offutt, Maryville MO, for "It's All in How You Say It"
• 3rd Place, Elizabeth Orendorff, Uniontown AR, for "Company for Dinner"
• Honorable Mention, Charles D King, Springfield MO, for "The Truth Is"

Prose-Essay or Opinion:

• 1st Place, Rosemary Moeller, St. Lawrence SD, for "All I Can Do Today"
• 2nd Place, Faye Williams Jones, Little Rock AR, for "How to Write Parallel Poems"
• 3rd Place, Beverly Reid, Springfield MO, for "Who Loves the Toys?"
• Honorable Mention, Nancy Thatcher Cerny, Clarkridge AR, for "SHUT UP!"

Poetry-Rhyming:

• 1st Place, Charles D King, Springfield MO, for "Army of One"
• 2nd Place, Eugene Shea, Hanna WY, for "Straddling Fences"
• 3rd Place, Faye Williams Jones, Little Rock AR, for "In Chemo Chairs"
• Honorable Mention, Jim Barton Huttig AR, for "Chalk Daddy"

Poetry-Comic Verse:

• 1st Place, Eugene Shea, Hanna WY, for "Fixing Social Security"
• 2nd Place, Faye Boyette Wise, Benton AR, for "Unbrotherly Love"
• 3rd Place, Marilyn K Smith, Fair Grove MO, for "A Fact of Life"
• Honorable Mention, Lila Borg Rohrer, Victor IA, for "A I Hate Rules Poem"

Poetry-Free Verse:

• 1st Place, Jerry-Mac Johnston, Springfield MO, for "A Man Enjoys"
• 2nd Place, Michael E Strosahl, Elwood IN, for "Downsizing"
• 3rd Place, Ninette Freed, Palm Desert CA, for "Northern Exposure"
• Honorable Mention, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Late Apples"

Poetry-Haiku:

• 1st Place, Glenna Holloway, Naperville IL, for "Laughing grass..."
• 2nd Place, Jim Barton, Huttig AR, for "Firewood split..."
• 3rd Place, Faye Williams Jones, Little Rock AR, for "antique roses..."
• Honorable Mention, Eugene Shea Hanna WY, for "first robin..."