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Show Writing Contest Winners Listed Class B-Serious Poetry: First Prize--$500 "Fear of the Telephone" & Other Poems, Anthony Sobin, Salt Lake City; Second Prize-$300 Prize-$300 "The Woman in the Wolfs Head Mask", Steven L. Meeker, Salt. Lake City; Honorable Mention-- "Slender "Slen-der Iron Rungs" William Frederick Sorensen, Salt Lake City. 1 Class B-l Serious Poetry with Single Theme: First Prize--$350 "Borderline" "Border-line" & Other Poems; Second Prize -$200 "Death Mask: A Sequence of Poems" Po-ems" Edward Byrne, Salt Lake City; Honorable Mention--' 'Vision and Prayer" Loretta M. Sharp, Provo; Honorable Mention- "Mud in Our Eyes" & Other Poems, Dennis Clark, Orem. Class C--Light Verse: First Prize--$300 "All That Glitters" & Other Poems Jean ; B. .Boycel Salt Lake " City; Second Prlze-$200 "Raccoon" & Other . Poems Caroline" S. Harper, Spanish , Fork; Honorable Mentlon-. Mentlon-. "The X-Perf & . Other Poems , Laurelle L. Dalton,, Leht; Honorable Mention-"The Mention-"The Light touch" LeRoy Burke Meagher,. Salt Lake City. ... Class D-Short Story: First Prize--$300 "A Year for the DaVroom Child" Linda Dunning, Salt ;Lake City: Second Prize ftie-$100 "Deer ; Hunt" Larry Best, Orem: Second Prize ftie-$100 ftie-$100 "Red Hands" 'Elizabeth, 'Eliza-beth, Young Lane, Provo: Second Prize ftie-$100 "River "Ri-ver Full or Storm" Fred Nollan, Salt Lake City: i Honorable Mention- 4 Judith" Jud-ith" .Evalyn M. Sandberg. Salt Lake City: Honorable Mention- "Strength2 Over Judges of the 22nd annual Original Writing Competition Competi-tion sponsored by-the Utah Arts Council were high in their praise of the quality of writing being done in Utah', according to Dr. Edward L. Hart, chairman of the Council's Coun-cil's Literary Committee, who today released the names of the winners of the nine separate contests. The judges of the contests, : who are among the top professionals in the country in their fields, described many of the entries not only as publishable, but as crying out for publication. And not just the winners Many entries that were awarded no , prizes were of such high f. .. quality that they would have won in less prestigious Y contests, and , many will . eventually find publishers. , y According to Dr. Haii, an : impressive; number , of win-. win-. ners of previous contests , have ended up in print. The novel.. that won t two "years , ago, -for instance, : will be released by a New York publisher in September, and . . the; author ; has received -advances for future work. Many, poems and a number of childrehs books from , previous contests have been , published; :. - ml. More Utah writers than ever become its reputation, it is considered now by most who enter as the top literary event of the year. The addition last year of a $5000 -publication prize has,enhan-; ced the interest. The publication publica-tion prize is awarded to assist with the publication of the best book-length , winner of the regular contest; since -the purpose of the contest is not just to pass out prizes' but to stimulate the production and publication of works that will enhance the value of literature in the state. The 354 works entered in this year's contest were distributed as follows: novel, 1 8; book-length collection of short stories, 22; serious poetry, 75: long poem or group of poems on a related theme, 52; light verse, 27; individual short story, 87; juvenile book, 25; young adult book, 9; and magazine article, 39. Entries in the contest come from all over the state and the winners have a good geographical distribution as well, including includ-ing Lewiston, Orem and HeberCity. Class A--NoveI: First Prize-$1,000, "Buc-kdancer" "Buc-kdancer" Francois Camoin, Salt Lake City; Second Prize-$750 "Dreaming of Horses" Hal Moore, Salt ' Lake City: Honorable Men-tion-"Iri a Meadow,; Lost by a . Pond Jen barker,,, Salt" Lake City: Honorable Men-f tion-"Multiply But Not Re-' plenish the Earth" rlarvey , Greenfield, Salt Lake City. .. t. ' : Class A-2-Book-Length Col- lection of Short Stories: First Prize$l,000 ;"The Uncle" & Other Stories, Joan Katherine Shaw, Lewis-ton; Lewis-ton; Second Prize ftie-$300 "The End of the World is Los Angeles"- Francois Camoin, Salt Lake City; Second Prize ftieJ-$300 "Storms at Sea &. Other Places" James Thomas, Thom-as, Salt Lake City; Second xPrize tiel-$300 "Blue Feather Fea-ther & Other Stories" Hazel Loomis, Salt Lake City; Honorable Mention-"Letters from the Labyrinth" Linda Sillitoe, Salt. Lake City; . Honorable Mention-" Aug- . ust" & -Other'Morrhom ;. Stories, tarry E. Morris, Salt' LakeCitv. Dust" Alice F, Seiter, Heber Oitv: Honorable Mention-"Why Mention-"Why the Ivy twinesV Joan . H. Haskins, Salt Lake City. Class E-Juvenile Book: J First Prize-$500 "A Leg- ; end of ( Emerald .ake" ; , ' Muriel Jenkins Heal, Provo;, Second Prize-4300 "Nettle" Carole Osborne Cole. Bount-, ifwl.' .,. Class E-1-Young Adult Dcok First Prize-$500 ?Three: ; Women Rangers" Gloria ., Skurzynski ; ; Salt Lake; City; ' Second Prize$300 "Gaven : House" Penelope M. Backus Orem; - Honorable Mention-, ' "Oirl Most Likely..." Ivy. Ruckman. Salt Lake City. Class F-Magazine Article: ' ' First Prize--$300 "With ( Love and Homemade Bread" . , . Howard J, Whelan. Jr.. .Logan; Second Prize-$200 - "Mrs? Corey's Story" Janet R;.-Balmforth: Honorable Mention-" Books n That Bind"' Dora D. Flack. Bountiful.' Bount-iful.' ' - ' |
