2011
Winners
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Winners who
were able to attend the May 1
Foster City International Writers Contest Awards Ceremony.
Ann Foster (1st place - Personal Essay), Mary
Ellen Wolfers (2nd place - Poetry),
John Villar (1st place- Fiction), Tia Creighton (2nd place- Personal
Essay),
Greg Erion (2nd place- Humor), Jean Wong (2nd place- Children�s
Stories).
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Lyla
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2008:
Fiction
FIRST PLACE: Gary Missel, "The LOL"
HONORABLE MENTION: Philip Gin, "Saul
Wright, American King"
Personal Essay
FIRST PLACE: Jennifer Ko, "Three Lessons
Learned at a Charlie Palmer Restaurant"
HONORABLE MENTION: Greg Erion, "December 7, 1941"
Poetry
FIRST PLACE: Patrick Quinn,
"Requiem for Slot Machines in the San
Bruno Slot Machine Museum"
HONORABLE MENTION: Gerald Keogh Jr., "One
Final Request from the Fallen Heroes"
Children's Story
FIRST PLACE: Lyla Faircloth Ellzey, "David and Elizabeth and the Pirate’s Monkey"
HONORABLE MENTION: Darlene Buechel, "The Return of the Real Granny"
Humor
FIRST PLACE: Carmen Lee, "David Studs and Suds"
HONORABLE MENTION: None awarded;
2007:
POETRY: First Prize- Robert J. Miller: "Collateral Damage"
POETRY: Honorable Mention – Bart Oxley: "The Spell of Wonderlust"
HUMOR: First Prize – Bart Oxley: "George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln"
HUMOR: Honorable Mention- Eugene H. Bales – “Comediens’
Staples"
FICTION: First Prize: - Phylis Ann Warady: "Shattered Image"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Eric Glasgow - "A Place on the Road"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Kathleen M. St. Claire: "Words
Like Freedom"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: Honorable Mention – Bart Oxley: "Little
Boy Lost"
PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize – Margot Lenigk:
"Survival"
PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention – Greg Erion:
"The Gettysburg Address and My Dad"
2006:
POETRY: First Prize- Robert J. Miller: "Supporting Them"
POETRY: Honorable Mention – Susan M. Wingate: "The Fisherman, The
Eagle, and Jesus"
FICTION: First Prize: - Alex Veach: "The
Marksman"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- William W. Chiang - "Aloha, Sir Knight"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Pamela Chang: "Christmas
Missing"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: Honorable Mention – Annette K. Gulati: "Patience to Pose"
PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize – Karen E. Gallimore:
"Dad’s in the Foyer, the Ice is in the Sink"
PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention – Claudette DeCarbonel:
"Rewiring"
2005:
POETRY: First Prize- Morwena Bleuett:
"The Lunch Party"
POETRY: Honorable Mention – Sheila Berenson: "Into the Light"
FICTION: First Prize: - Emily Jans: "Paper
Daughter"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Bart Oxley - "Interview with General George
Patton"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Heather Norris: "A Brand New
Family”
CHILDREN’S
STORIES: Honorable Mention – Carol Biederman:
"The Six Lives of Henry the Ape"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize – Judith G. Beene:
"Healing the Heart After Loss"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention – Kaitlyn
McNeil: "As Life Goes On"
2004:
POETRY: First Prize- Bruce Henderson: "Orgy in Winter"
POETRY: Honorable Mention – Daniel Spradling:
"Sic Transit Gloria"
FICTION: First Prize: - Elizabeth Denton Appell:
"Lost Language"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Tracy Korensky - "Floating
from Chagall"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Karen Stanton: "Martin”
CHILDREN’S
STORIES: Honorable Mention – Karen Stanton: "Papi’s
Gift"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize – Yvette Irvin: "Finding
Monica"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention – Ephima
Morphew: "The Most Beautiful Christmas Tree"
2004:
POETRY: First Prize- Bruce Henderson: "Orgy in Winter"
POETRY: Honorable Mention – Daniel Spradling:
"Sic Transit Gloria"
FICTION: First Prize: - Elizabeth Denton Appell:
"Lost Language"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Tracy Korensky - "Floating
from Chagall"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Karen Stanton: "Martin”
CHILDREN’S
STORIES: Honorable Mention – Karen Stanton: "Papi’s
Gift"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize – Yvette Irvin: "Finding
Monica"
HUMOR / PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention – Ephima
Morphew: "The Most Beautiful Christmas Tree"
2003:
BLANK VERSE: First Prize- Philip Gin: "Lifeguard Newport Beach"
BLANK VERSE: Honorable Mention – Leslie Ragsdale: "Early Morning"
RHYMED VERSE: First Prize- Robert J. Miller: "On the Day You Win the
Gold"
RHYMED VERSE: Honorable Mention – Philip Gin: "The Product-Line
Manager Gets Inspired"
FICTION: First Prize: - Philip Gin: "Plastic Models"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Robert J. Miller - "What Waits in the
Shadows"
CHILDREN’S STORIES: First Prize: - Masaho Kusuhara: "Raindrops”
CHILDREN’S
STORIES: Honorable Mention – Bart Oxley: "The Prince of the Tide Pools"
HUMOR: First Prize – Robert Morley: "Appointment with the Doctor"
HUMOR: Honorable Mention – R. Lee Paulson: "Impressionist
Impression"
2002:
BLANK VERSE: First Prize- Stan Goldberg: "You?ll
Like It"
BLANK VERSE: Honorable Mention - John Young: "Droplets"
RHYMED VERSE: First Prize - John Nimmo: "Paris
Notre Dame"
RHYMED VERSE: Honorable Mention - Steve Schafer: "Hmmm"
HUMOR: First Prize - Peter Crosby: "Virgin Homeowners"
HUMOR: Honorable Mention- Stan Goldberg - ?Who?s In
Charge of Catching Bad Guys"
FICTION: First Prize: - Tajma Beverly:
"The Possession of ?T?"
FICTION: Honorable Mention- Mari McGrady -
"Emeralds From Mountains"
CHILDREN?S STORIES: First Prize: - Jean Hanson: "The 5 Thousand Friends
of
Veronica Vutch"
CHILDREN?S STORIES: Honorable Mention - Patricia Weaver: "Shadow"
PERSONAL ESSAY: First Prize - Viola Odell: "Horseplay"
PERSONAL ESSAY: Honorable Mention - Cathy Chang: "The Yellow Tie that
Binds"
2001:
BLANK VERSE: First Place - Jennifer Campbell: "It Only Happens on
Television"
BLANK VERSE: Honorable Mention - Henry Clay Lindgren: "The Frog"
RHYMED VERSE: First Place - Steven J. Schafer: "Justice ?"
RHYMED VERSE: Honorable Mention - Gail Flynn: "Spider"
HUMOR: First Place - Jack O. Patterson: "He Said, She Said"
HUMOR: Honorable Mention - Matthew Bazzanella:
"Dark Death Diner"
FICTION: First Place - Evelyne Holingue:
"The Mug Quest"
FICTION: Honorable Mention - Marc Igler: "The
Reefer"
CHILDREN?S STORIES: First Place - Sharon K. Whitehill:
"Princess Frannie?s Freckles"
CHILDREN?S STORIES: Honorable Mention - Jennifer K. Hendersen:
"Presenting Pierre: A Pigeon in Paris"
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