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..."