These Are the Winners of the 2008 Arkansas Writers' Conference Literary

These are the winners of the 2008 Arkansas Writers' Conference LiteraryAwards.
If no state name is given in the winner's address, the state is Arkansas.
Special Award* Four days, three nights at the Writers' Colony at DairyHollow in Eureka Springs.
*Only the 1st place winner will receive the WCDH stay, so 2nd and 3rd placeare essentially honorable mentions, unless the 1st place winner is unableto take advantage of the award.
1st place: Justin Quarry, Jonesboro
2nd place: Thomas Thornton, Benton
3rd place: Bill Hylton, Little Rock
Grand Conference Award/Non-Fiction - Wit and Wisdom
1st place: Carol Nash Smith, Hot Springs1st HM:
2nd place: Jim Barton, Huttig 2nd HM:
3rd place: Leo Patterson, Fort Smith3rd HM:

Grand Conference Award/Fiction
1st place: Jim Barton, Huttig 1st HM:

2nd place: Madelyn F. Young, Hot SpringsVillage2nd HM:
3rd place: 3rd HM:

AWC Poetry Award
1st place: Robin Burrows, Little Rock 1st HM: Del Garrett, Jacksonville
2nd place: Betty Heidelberger, Sherwood 2nd HM: Nancy Powell, Hackett
3rd place: Faye Boyette Wise, Benton 3rd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig
AWC Prose Award
1st place: Leo Patterson, Fort Smith 1st HM: Lorna Stone, Conway
2nd place: Patrick McCully, Rowlett, Texas 2nd HM: Carol Nash Smith, HotSprings
3rd place: Dorothy Hatfield, Beebe 3rd HM:
Arkansas Center for the Book Award
1st place: Ellen Withers, Conway 1st HM: Phyllis Hemann, North Little Rock
2nd place: Fay Risner, Keystone, Iowa 2nd HM: Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, Fla.
3rd place: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock 3rd HM: Steve Whisnant, Little Rock
Arkansas, My Arkansas Award
1st place: Nancy Powell, Hackett 1st HM: Carol Nash Smith, Hot Springs
2nd place: Patrick McCully, Rowlett, Texas 2nd HM: Ann Champeau, Norman, Okla.
3rd place: Paula Harmon Barnett, McCrory 3rd HM: Leo Patterson, Fort Smith
Association of Senior Arts Programs Drama Award
1st place: Bill Crumpler, McKinney,. Texas1st HM:
2nd place: Linda Wiges, Traer, Iowa2nd HM:
3rd place: Michael Burgan, Chicago, Ill.3rd HM:
Gale S. Gill Award (Memoir)
1st place: Evan G. Blake, Stone Mountain, Ga.1st HM: James F. Marsh, Little Rock
2nd place: C. Allan Butkus, Ash Flat 2nd HM: Ellen Withers, Conway
3rd place: Del Garrett, Jacksonville3rd HM: Ann Champeau, Norman, Okla.
Rita S. Goodgame Award (Poetry)
1st place: Pat Durmon, Norfork 1st HM: Mary E. O'Dell, Louisville, Ky.
2nd place: W. H. Holland, Bastrop, Texas 2nd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig
3rd place: Ann Carolyn Cates, Hot Springs 3rd HM: C. Allan Butkus, Ash Flat
Hot Springs Village Writers' Award
1st place: Candy Meier, Des Moines, Iowa 1st HM: Jan Morrill, Fayetteville
2nd place: C. Allan Butkus, Ash Flat 2nd HM: Bill Crumpler, McKinney, Texas
3rd place: Bill Hylton, Little Rock 3rd HM: Beverly Stanislawski, CrownPt., Ind.
Let's Hear it for History Award
1st place: Shirley Stewart, Ozark. Mo.1st HM: Patrick McCully, Rowlett, Texas
2nd place: Leo Patterson, Fort Smith2nd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig
3rd place: Paula Harmon Barnette, McCrory 3rd HM: Jeanie Horn, Marshall
Minute Award (Poetry)
1st place: Virginia Buelke, Citrus Springs, Fla.1st HM: Dena Gorrell, Edmond, Okla.
2nd place: Frances Wykes Searcey, Norman, Okla.2nd HM: Ann Carolyn Cates, Hot Springs
3rd place: Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, Utah 3rd HM: Pat Durmon, Norfork
Westward Ho Award
1st place: Steve Whisnant, Little Rock 1st HM: Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, Calif.
2nd place: Lorna Stone, Conway 2nd HM: Ellen Withers, Conway
3rd place: Jim Barton, Huttig 3rd HM: Bill Crumpler, McKinney, Texas
Arkansas Pioneer Branch NLAPW Poetry Award
1st place: Jean Barber, Fayetteville 1st HM: Beverly Stanislawski, CrownPt., Ind.
2nd place: Lucille M. Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa 2nd HM: Betty Heidelberger, Sherwood
3rd place: Diane Stefan, Mountain Home 3rd HM: Genevieve DeWitt, BatonRouge, La.
Arkansas Pioneer Branch NLAPW Prose Award
1st place: Ruth McHaney Danner, Spokane, Wash.1st HM: Fay Risner, Keystone, Iowa
2nd place: Jean Lafferty, Flippin 2nd HM: Nancy Peacock, Fort Smith
3rd place: Helen Pennington, Pine Bluff 3rd HM: Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs
Best of the Best Award
1st place: Marj Hart, Cabot 1st HM: Pat King, Albia, Iowa
2nd place: Evan G. Blake, Stone Mountain, Ga. 2nd HM: James Gray, Lakeland, Fla.
3rd place: W. H. Holland, Bastrop, Texas 3rd HM: Joan Barber, Fayetteville
Caudle Memorial Award (Shakespearean Sonnet)
1st place: Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs 1st HM: Catherine Moran, Little Rock
2nd place: Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, Utah 2nd HM: VirginiaBuelke, Citrus Springs, Fla.
3rd place: Jim Barton, Huttig 3rd HM: Joan Barber, Fayetteville
Christian Poetry Award
1st place: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, Ala. 1st HM: Frances Cowden, Cordova, Tenn.
2nd place: Phyllis Hemann, North Little Rock 2nd HM: Michael Denington, Bartlett, Tenn.
3rd place: Candy Meier, Des Moines, Iowa 3rd HM: Pat Durmon, Norfork
Delta Poets Award
1st place: Faye Boyette Wise, Benton 1st HM: Lucille M. Wilson, Des Moines, Iowa
2nd place: Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs 2nd HM: Patricia Laster, Benton
3rd place: Ann Carolyn Cates, Hot Springs 3rd HM: Dena Gorrell, Edmond, Okla.
Drew County Writers' Award
1st place: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock 1st HM: Debbie Holland, Conway
2nd place: Bill Crumpler, McKinney, Texas 2nd HM:
3rd place: Jan Morrill, Fayetteville 3rd HM:
Erdel Family Memorial Award
1st place: Jim Barton, Huttig 1st HM: Nancy Peacock, Fort Smith
2nd place: Tamara Mazzei, Coupeville, Wash. 2nd HM: Evelyn Mainus, Fort Smith
3rd place: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock3rd HM: Rachel Kulp, Gentry
Anne & W.H. Holland Award
1st place: Donna Volkenant, Saint Peter, Mo.1st HM: Josephine Leslie, Norman, Okla.
2nd place: Thomas Thornton, Benton 2nd HM: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock
3rd place: Nancy Peacock, Fort Smith3rd HM: Leo Patterson, Fort Smith
Blanche Simon Hollander Poetry Award
1st place: Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, Calif.1st HM: Ann Carolyn Cates, HotSprings
2nd place: Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, Fla. 2nd HM: Lynda La Rocca, Twin Lakes, Colo.
3rd place: Mary Mullen, Reading, Mass.3rd HM: Patricia Laster, Benton
Kohler/Spratt Award (I write because...)
1st place: Russell L. Long, Norman, Okla.1st HM: Shirley Stewart, Ozark, Mo.
2nd place: Don Hill, Eureka Springs 2nd HM: Dorothy Ott, Hot SpringsVillage
3rd place: Elizabeth Orendorff, Apoka, Fla.3rd HM: Kelly Henkins, Birch Tree, Mo.
Lucille R. Longstreth Memorial Award
1st place: Joan Barber, Fayetteville1st HM: Jim Barton, Huttig
2nd place: Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, Fla. 2nd HM: Karen Huber, Little Rock
3rd place: Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, Ala.. 3rd HM: Carol Nash Smith, Hot Springs
Lawrence L. May Memorial Award
1st place: Ellen Withers, Conway 1st HM: Kelly Henkins, Birch Tree, Mo.
2nd place: Ann Champeau, Norman, Okla.2nd HM: Ruth M.Danner, Spokane, Wash.
3rd place: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock3rd HM: Fay Risner, Keystone, Iowa
Al Rossini Memorial Award (Mystery)
1st place: Frances Wykes Searcey, Norman, Okla.1st HM: Madelyn Young, Hot Springs Village
2nd place: Thomas Thornton, Benton 2nd HM: Ellen Withers, Conway
3rd place: Joan Barber, Fayetteville 3rd HM: Bill Pitchford, Mena
Maggie A. Smith Memorial Prose Award
1st place: James F. Marsh, Little Rock 1st HM: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock
2nd place: Shelley Anne Richter, Oklahoma City 2nd HM: Del Garrett, Jacksonville
3rd place: Faye Williams Jones, North Little Rock 3rd HM: Jim Barton, Huttig
Grif Stockley Award (True Crime)
1st place: Bill Pitchford, Mena 1st HM:
2nd place: Betty McPherson, Little Rock 2nd HM:
3rd place: Cory Allen Cox, Maumelle 3rd HM:
Voices International Poetry Award
1st place: Vera Ogden Bakker, West Bountiful, Utah 1st HM: Lynda La Rocca,Twin Lakes, Colo.
2nd place: Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs2nd HM: Diane Stefan,Mountain Home
3rd place: Catherine Moran, Little Rock 3rd HM: Pat Durmon, Norfork
Emily Sudderth Award (Limerick)
1st place: Joyce Shiver, Crystal River, Fla. 1st HM: Annette TalbotBeauchamp, Helena
2nd place: Karen Huber, Little Rock 2nd HM: Jerry Davis, Hot Springs Village
3rd place: Betty Heidelberger, Sherwood 3rd HM: Nancy Peacock, Fort Smith
White County Creative Writers' Award (Nostalgia)
1st place: Jan Morrill, Fayetteville 1st HM: Shelley Anne Richter,Oklahoma City
2nd place: Pat King, Albia, Iowa 2nd HM: Dean Henning, Alexander
3rd place: Sandy Jordan, Neosho, Mo. 3rd HM: Anne Champeau, Norman, Okla.
Arkansas Student Poetry Award
1st place: Ginger McFarland, Siloam Springs 1st HM: Jessica Walker, LittleRock
2nd place: Nathan Roberts, Searcy 2nd HM: Henry Marz, Dumas
3rd place: Alexa Gray, Booneville 3rd HM: Hannah Maloy, Booneville
Humane Society of Pulaski County Award
1st place: Karin McAtee, Little Rock 1st HM: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock
2nd place: Phyllis Waldron, El Dorado 2nd HM:
3rd place: Debbie Aycock Williams, Magnolia 3rd HM:
Penpoint Writers' Group Award (Science Fiction)
1st place: Lorna Stone, Conway 1st HM: Rhonda Roberts, Searcy
2nd place: Ellen Withers, Conway 2nd HM: William Dobbins, Little Rock
3rd place: Steve Whisnant, Little Rock 3rd HM: Jo Eldridge, Mena
Dorothy Truex Award (Humorous/Ballroom Dance)
1st place: C. J. Clark, Hardy 1st HM: Steve Whisnant, Little Rock
2nd place: Sara Gipson, North Little Rock 2nd HM:
3rd place: Jan Morrill, Fayetteville 3rd HM: