2003
West Virginia Writers Annual
Spring Writing Competition Winners

1^st Place – "The Famous Five Dollar Incident" by James D. Crosby, Lumberport (Harrison County)

2^nd Place – "The Wedding" by Devika R. Malhotra, Parkersburg (Wood County)

3^rd Place – "Woman's Best Friend" by Krista Holcomb, Cedar Grove (Kanawha County)

Honorable Mention, in order:

• "Remembering John" by Lawrence Chisholm, Mathias (Hardy County)
• "Cancer, War, and Christmas" by Kathleen Furbee, Independence, (Preston County)
• "An Apology" by Tim Nichols, Burlington (Mineral County)
  

Children's Books Category

1^st Place – "The Abbeyville Angels and the Town Dump Mystery" by Brenda May Clark, Alderson (Greenbrier County)

2^nd Place – "Noah, the Ordinary Goldfish" by Jamie Cope, Scot Depot (Putnam County)

3^rd Place – "The Firefly Who Thought His Tail was on Fire" by Fay Thompson, Ripley (Jackson County)

Honorable Mention, in order:

• "Lucky's Last Ride" by James D. Crosby, Lumberport (Harrison County)
• "I Know Who I am" by W. Robert Scott Murray, Kenova (Wayne County)
• "Maeve's Quest" by Cheryl Kobe, Murraysville (Jackson County)
  

Drama Category

1^st Place – "The Sphinx" by Joe McCabe, Falling Waters (Berkeley County)

2^nd Place – "The Baxter Marathon" by H.J. Rogers, New Martinsville (Wetzel County)

3^rd Place – "Wicked Women" by Sally Brinkman, Berkeley Springs (Morgan County)

Honorable Mention:

• "The Jade Green Dress" by Dale Heaster, Morgantown, (Monongalia County)

Inspirational Writing Category

1^st Place – "By an Unseen Hand" by Patsy Evans Pittman, Vienna (Wood County)

2^nd Place – "An Unspoken Eulogy" by John N. Mugaas, Lewisburg (Greenbrier County)

3^rd Place – "Cancer, War, and Christmas" by Kathleen Furbee, Independence (Preston County)

Honorable Mention in order:

• "Memories of and Ordinary Woman" by Willa Izzo, Lewisburg (Greenbrier County)
• "Sherry's Song" by Patsy Pittman, Vienna (Wood County)
• "The Homeplace at Sycamore Creek" by Lois Casto, Ripley (Jackson County)

Novel Category

1^ST Place -- "Red Necks" by Teresa Newsome, Madison (Boone County)

2^ND Place -- "A Leaf in the River" by Connie S. Stone, Rainelle (Fayette County)

3^RD Place -- "The Lean Scrolls" by Susan Johnson, Richwood (Nicholas County)

Honorable Mention:

• "Paranoia" by Jenny Bowman, Morgantown (Monogalia County)
• "Crossroads" by Barbara Nelson, Cross Lanes (Kanawha County)
• "The Girl Who Flew Through the Window" by Leslie Kenney, Hurricane (Putnam County)
  

Poetry Category

1^st Place – "Ebay Item #743630111 ...  Part of a Child's Shoe from Stutthof Concentration Camp" by Don Narkevic, Philippi (Barbour County)

2^nd Place – "Nine Haiku for Marfa" by Ellen Broudy, Lewisburg (Greenbrier County)

3^rd Place – "I Wish I had Known" by Joan Wyrick Ellison, Charleston (Kanawha County)

Honorable Mention in order:

• "Me" by Renita Sue Loyd, Sutton (Braxton County)
• Untitled... "So, you want to be a Trooper" by Donald W. Hedrick, Lewisburg (Greenbrier County)
• "David and Bathsheba" by John Wyrick Wllison, Charleston (Kanawha County)
  

Short Story Category

1^st Place – "Raise Your Glasses, Folks, to Frannie and Bernice" by Helen Pollack Becker, Harper's Ferry (Jefferson County)

2^nd Place – "One Soft Boiled Egg" by Dale Heaster, Morgantown (Monogalia County)

3^rd Place – "The Big Grey Blur" Jeanne WIlson, Grantsville (Calhoun County)

Honorable Mention in order:        

• "Grass, Penguins and Shopping Centers" by Elizabeth Parrish, Martinsburg (Berkeley County)
• "A Yuletide Tale" by Ben Campbell, Hico (Fayette County)
• "The Preacher's Wife and the Harley Man" by Sarah Allen, Alderson (Greenbrier County)