|
More than 1,000 writers across the state submitted poetry, nonfiction and fiction stories for the 2006 Creative Writing Contest. Winners live in Anchorage unless otherwise noted. Their age is at the time of their submission
Martin Palmer , 79, Wasilla, "The Rose Arbor"
About Martin Palmer
Kahlin Blees, 9, "Giraffe Boy"
About Kahlin Blees
GRADES 3 AND UNDER
Winner: Nora Herzog, 9, "By the Sea"
Honorable Mentions: Sibella S. Campbell, 8, "Megan"
Jenna Hickel, 8, "Spring"
GRADES 4-6
Winner: Leah Hardenbergh, 10, "Alaska Is My Home"
Honorable Mentions: Cameron Skinner, 11, "Light"
Hazel Underwood, 9, Kenny Lake, "Salmon"
Conner N. White, 10, Palmer, "Ballad of Rob Benny"
GRADES 7-9
Winner: Hunter Guarino, 12, "Up North"
Honorable Mentions: Alexander Deedy, 13, Wasilla, "The Scariest Sound"
Adrina Knutson, 15, Copper Center, "I Can't Write!"
GRADES 10-12
Winner: Henry Lyford, 16, "A Play on Frost's 'Once by the Pacific' "
Honorable Mentions: Anthea Carns, 17, "Morningstar"
Aleks Fleener, 17, "Only a Moment"
COLLEGE
Winner: Kathleen Hash, 28, "Great- Grandmother's Apron"
Honorable Mentions: Sandra Kleven, 61, "Bridges"
Oliver Jeffery, 35, "DNR"
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Winner: Gregorio Ames, 41, "Monarchs in Michoacan"
Honorable Mentions: Mary Edmunds, 68, "Thalassic Theme"
Jenna Lobb, 27, "Julianne"
Martin Palmer, 79, Wasilla, "Ravens"
GRADES 3 AND UNDER
Winner: Rain Davila, 9, Palmer, "My Coach"
Honorable Mentions: Kaycee Nufer, 9, Palmer, "Saved by Grapes"
Connor Van Alstine, 9, "Hope"
GRADE 4-6
Winner: Noam Levenson, 10, Sitka, "Istanbul, Turkey"
Honorable Mentions: Shannon Petersen, 12, "There's a Bear on the Beach!"
Jessica Vassar, 11, Chugiak, "How Dogs Help Us and How We Can Help Dogs"
GRADES 7-9
Winner: Kyle Zencey, 14, "Deck of Cards on the Bush Administration"
Honorable Mentions: Rebecca Wolfe, 13, "It's This Way!"
Clara Noomah, 15, Fritz Creek, "(Very Nearly) The End of the Road"
Molly Watkins, 15, Kenai, "My Birthday Surprise"
GRADE 10-12
Winner: Rachel Walls, 18, "Wardrobe Malfunction"
Honorable Mentions: David E. McGovern, 17, "The Art of Defying Time: An Everyday Adventure"
Hannah Watkins, 16, Kenai, "Afternoon Adventure"
Jeffrey B. Outwater, 17, Kotzebue, "Retirement"
COLLEGE
Winner: Shelbi Lynne Laughlin, 21, "Connecting the Dots"
Honorable Mentions: Leslie Hsu Oh, 32, Eagle River, "When the Four of Us Had Cancer"
Cinthia Deike-Sims, 40, "Cafe Utopia"
Kye Klamser, 18, Homer, "Untitled"
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Winner: Jeanne Waite Follett, 64, Moose Pass, "Old Letters, Old Friends"
Honorable Mentions: Brenda Dolma, 47, Homer, "How I Came To Be"
Lisa Espey, 44, Wasilla, "Till Death Do Us Part"
J. Hughes, 60, "In Churches"
Marilyn Sigman, 54, Homer, "A Peculiar Beauty"
GRADES 3 AND UNDER
Winner: Dominic Welch, 8, Palmer, "The Train"
Honorable Mentions: Kahlin Blees, 9, "Giraffe Boy"
Merrigan Horn, 8, "Rocket Girl"
GRADES 4-6
Winner: Ben Peterson, 12, "The Adventures of Joe Bob"
Honorable Mentions: Regan Fitzgerald, 12, "Wars Heart and Tears"
Samantha Luban, 10, "The Crush"
GRADES 7-9
Winner: Katelyn Lamson, 14, Eagle River, "Amazing Gracie Mae"
Honorable Mentions: Stacy Wheeler, 15, "Temptation"
Kelly Moran, 13, Wasilla, "Papui's Wren"
Dalecia Young, 14, "Enlightenment"
GRADES 10-12
Winner: Hannah Watkins, 16, Kenai, "Four-Eyes"
Honorable Mention: Reid Magdanz, 15, Kotzebue, "Feeding Time"
COLLEGE
Winner: Pat O'Hara, 57, "Arrow of Light"
Honorable Mention: Gina Purrington, 29, "Koppies"
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Winner: Martin Palmer, 79, Wasilla, "The Rose Arbor"
Honorable Mentions: Paul Bryner, 32, "Trademark"
Jessica Bowman, 26, "No Style in This Namaita Show"
Gregorio Ames, 41, "Fishing the Flood Tide"
No winner
Honorable Mentions: Ed Miner, 56, "Speller Boy"
Dennis Thurston, 52, "A Diplomatic Meeting"
Katherine Bringold, 17, "The Bus"
Winner: Stephanie Timmerman, 29, "Shout Out to All My RAGBRAI Riders" and "Dixie Cups" on stephanie.journalspace.com
Honorable Mention: Whitney Moore, 15, "From Cosmo" on
blog.myspace.com/lucky13wm
|
 |
|
