2002
West Virginia Writers Annual
Spring Writing Competition Winners

1^st Place – "Skinny" by Kathleen Furbee (Preston County)

2^nd Place – "Single-Minded" by Mary E. Sansom (Kanawha County)

3^rd Place – "How Women Writers Can Do It All" by Fay Thompson (Jackson County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "The Joy of Mowing" by Candace D. Jordan (Monongalia County)
• "Hold the Senior Discounts" by Fay Thompson, (Jackson County)
• "An Apology" by Tim Nichols, Burlington (Mineral County)
• "Do You Love Him?" by Judith Stitzel (Monongalia County)
  
• "The Memory Box" by Phillis Knoll (Hancock County)
• "Night Trains" by Paul Dow Adams (Monongalia County)
• "My Guardian Angel" by Rebecca Conrad (Braxton County)

1^st Place – "The Golden Key" by Craig Etchison (Mineral County)

2^nd Place – "The Pyxis" by Zoe Farraris (Cabell County)

3^rd Place – "The Finisher" by Carley Amico (Ohio County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "Sonny Weather" by Alissa Isaacson (Monongalia County)
• "Sam and Gram in the Windy City" by Shari A. Heywood (Kanawha County)
• "The Wooflefooted Truffelump" by J.W. Sullivan (Barbour County)
• "Arf History" by Meg Hewitt (Greenbrier County)
• "Boulder Village" by Lisa M. Sheldon (Calhoun County)
• "Momma Loves to Summer Dance" by Jeff A. Mangus (Kanawha County)
• "Moondog" by Jorn Lynae Mork (Greenbrier County)

1^st Place – "Boobs" by Don Narkevic (Barbour County)

2^nd Place – "Rain in the Hollows" by Sean O'Leary (Jefferson County)

3^rd Place – "Escape from Plumfield" by Arla Ralson (Kanawha County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "Pinecrest Rest Haven" by Grace Cavalieri (Berkeley County)
• "Y Mains" by David L. Gibson (Greenbrier County)
• "Take My Hand" by Dustin Frazier (Brooke County)
• "Happily Ever After" by Joe McCabe (Berkeley County)
  

1^st Place – "Through the Uneven Forest" by Paul Martin (Wayne County)

2^nd Place – "A Semblance of Purpose: Stories and Vignettes from Two Wars and a Host of Other Unpleasantness" by Robert Flanagan (Hampshire County)

3^rd Place – "Ship & Shoes & Sealing Wax" by Joan Stewart (Pleasants County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "A Fountain of Learning" by Craig Etchison (Mineral County)
• "The Stories of My Mind" by Twyla Swiger Vincent (Harrison County)
• "Short Story Collection" by Joan McAteer (Kanawha County)
  

1^st Place – "The Perfect Dad" by Knute Rockne Scholl (Boone County)

2^nd Place – "One More Star" by Tonya Cox (Hampshire County)

3^rd Place – "Existence of Dragons" by Geoff Seabolt (Putnam County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "One Starry Night" by Laura Basford (Kanawha County)
• "The Return" by Beth Morrow (Greenbrier County)
• "Fourth Quarter" by Jake Heater (Braxton County)
• "Fundraisers Charles" by Justin Taylor (Mason County)
• "To Speak or Not to Speak: Bad Grammar Not So Bad" by Julie Green (Nicholas County)
• "Why Skateboarding Is Not a Crime" by Casey Moles (Kanawha County)
• "Nanny" by Hillary J. Hamburg (Kanawha County)

1^st Place – Untitled by Megan McDonald (Berkeley County)

2^nd Place – "Child, Shadow Wolves, Lemonade" by Claire Berlin (Lewis County)

3^rd Place – "Silently Crying" by Ashley Lynn Reed (Wood County)

Honorable Mentions, in order:

• "Jack" by Tyler Evans (Raleigh County)
• "Breath" by Summer Carpenter (Kanawha County)
• "Tired" by Lisa Go (Kanawha County)
• "Something to Write About" by Summer Carpenter (Kanawha County)
• "Sour & Words" by Ra'ed Abdel-Hadi (Kanawha County)
• "Know" by Samantha Derringer (Raleigh County)