Short Story Marlin Barton is from the Black Belt region of Alabama. His short stories have appeared in two anthologies and a variety of journals, including The Sewanee Review, which awarded him the Andrew Lytle Prize. His book-length works include a novel, A Broken Thing, published in 2003, and two collections of stories, The Dry Well, published in 2001, and Dancing by the River, published in 2005. He teaches in, and helps direct, the "Writing Our Stories" project, a program for juvenile offenders in Alabama.
First Chapter of a Novel Lynn Pruett earned her MFA at the University of Alabama. Her novel, RUBY RIVER, was published in 2002 by Atlantic Monthly Press. She has also published short stories, essays, and poems. She teaches in the low-residency MFA program at Murray State in Kentucky.
Poetry Sue Walker, Poet Laureate of Alabama for 2003-2007, also serves as the English Department Chair at the University of South Alabama. She has published six volumes of poetry, including Blood Will Bear Your Name, which won the Book of the Year Award in 2002 from the Alabama State Poetry Society. Her latest collection is It's Good Weather for Fudge, Conversing with Carson McCullers. Nonfiction and Narrative Nonfiction Brooks Clark was a writer-reporter at Sports Illustrated in New York City for 10 years, an editor at Whittle Communications in Knoxville for five years, and for more than a decade has been a speech writer at the Tennessee Valley Authority and a freelance magazine writer. His work has appeared in various magazines, and he writes regularly for two Knoxville periodicals -- Metro Pulse, a weekly, and CityView, a monthly.
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DIVISION C: ADULT
SHORT STORY 1st Place: Buddy Mewbourne of Talladega for "Soldier Boy Killed" 2nd Place: Linda Singleton (Ellard) of Odenville for "The Promise" 3rd Place: Sue Thomas of Lincoln for "Running from the Beast" HM-1: Tim Nalley of Pell City for "Dream Life"
1st CHAPTER of a NOVEL 1st Place: Lamar May of Cropwell for THE LAST KEEPER 2nd Place: Jessica R. Broome of Ragland for JUST LIKE YOU 3rd Place: Buddy Mewbourne of Talladega for MY SWORD FOR A SCALPEL No Honorary Mentions
POETRY 1st Place: Brenda Simmons of Odenville for "The Drummer Boy's Cap" 2nd Place: Brianne Abel of Pell City for "The Tightrope Walker" 3rd Place: Jean Lindquist of Trussville for "Backyard Gymnasts" No Honorary Mentions
NONFICTION 1st Place: Dorothy Lessley of Sylacauga for "The Art of Teatime" 2nd Place: Buddy Mewbourne of Talladega for "A Hero's Story" 3rd Place: Renate Harder of Ashville for "Globalization" No Honorary Mentions
NARRATIVE NON-FICTION 1st Place: Sue Thomas of Lincoln for "Grandmother Was a Card" 2nd Place: Beth Cox of Pell City for "Her Presence" TIE -- 3rd Place: Christy M. Bell of Talladega for "The Slow Train" TIE -- 3rd Place: Christal Brannan of Riverside for " 'Cat' astrophe " HM-1: Roderick Burtram of Springville, AL for "Snake Dogs" HM-2: Renate Harder of Ashville, AL for "The Heroic Nurse"
SHORT STORY 1st Place: Charles N. Raymond of Shelby Countyfor "The Hunter" 2nd Place: Philip Pratt of Birmingham for "The Halted" 3rd Place: Annelies DeVos of Birmingham for "Counterpoison" No Honorary Mentions
POETRY 1st Place: Dana Ullrich of Birmingham for "Miscarriage" 2nd Place: Amanda Eckmyre of Pinson for "Silent Tears" 3rd Place: Edrian Woods of Birmingham for "Changes" HM-1: Stacey Singleton of Pell City for "Life is but a Clam"
NONFICTION 1st Place: Jim Bedsole of Pell Cityfor "Calvinisms" 2nd Place: Bridget Alday of Helena for "How to Be Sixteen" No Honorary Mentions
2006 - DIVISION A: 5th--8th GRADE
SHORT STORY 1st Place: Mary Elizabeth Chambliss of Birmingham for "Ghosts of the Night" 2nd Place: Holt Harvey of Birmingham for "Match Point" 3rd Place: Carlye Brown of Birmingham for "Fallen Angel" HM-1: Lillian Culp of Birmingham for "Memories of Lady"
POETRY 1st Place: Ce Ce Pless of Birmingham for "One to Remember" 2nd Place: Meghen McCarrick of Birmingham for "Nature" 3rd Place: Olivia Ansley of Birmingham for "Criticism" HM-1: Julia Franklin of Birmingham for "Twigget Restaurant" HM-2: Grace Carroll of Birmingham for "Happy" HM-3: CeCe Pless of Birmingham for "Mystical Beast"
NONFICTION 1st Place: Casi Thomas of Pell City for "Mrs. Church" 2nd Place: Anna Gail Smith of Ragland for "The Perfect Horse for Me" 3rd Place: Casi Thomas of Pell City for "My Wonderful Dog Pooh" No Honorary Mentions
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