Category 1 — pERSONAL bLOG
Sponsored by: Prestige Prose
1st Place:
”Two Balloons” by Aleasha Wales Shelnutt
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”The Essence of Sunlight” by Shelley Anne Richter
Norman Galaxy of Writers
3rd Place:
”What You Are Built For” by Don Money
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”Embarking on the Uncharted” by Shelley Stutchman
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
2nd Honorable Mention:
”The Mysterious Variorum Chaucer” by Anne Cosgrove Wimberly
Norman Galaxy of Writers
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Depression Lies” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
Category 2 — Unpublished eSSAY
Sponsored by: Lisbeth L. McCarty
1st Place:
”Let’s Raise Our Voices About Noisy Restaurants” by Jeanean Doherty
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Place:
”The One, the Other” by Heather O’Connor
Member at Large
3rd Place:
”My Homework Ate My Childhood” by Aleasha Wales Shelnutt
Member at Large
Category 3 — Unpublished mEMOIR/nOSTALGIA
Sponsored by: The Inklings
1st Place:
”Farewell, Virginia Slims Girl” by Jan Morrill
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”Settling Summer” by Shelley White
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
3rd Place:
”Norman Ray” by John T. Biggs
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”The Sugar-Cube Angel” by Billie Holladay Skelley
Member at Large
2nd Honorable Mention:
”The Sweetest Song” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch” by Laura Atanacio Edington
Member at Large
Category 4 — Unpublished pROSE HUMOR
Sponsored by: Martha Draper in memory of Mardis Ann (Draper) Hess
1st Place:
”The Island” by Charles Templeton
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”Last One on the Line” by Don Money
Member at Large
3rd Place:
”A Hickey Proposal” by Kathleen Rohrbach
Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild
1st Honorable Mention:
”Guess What’s Coming to Dinner” by Mary Flowers Brannon
Norman Galaxy of Writers
Category 5 — Unpublished SCRIPT: Film, Play, TV
Sponsored by: The Tulsa NightWriters
1st Place:
”And the Beat Goes On” by H.B. Berlow
Rose Rock wRiters
2nd Place:
”Where the Wild Wind Blows” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
3rd Place:
”It’s Always on Friday” by Bob Hargrove
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”Live from the Tree” by Shelley White
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
Category 6 — Unpublished aRTICLE: Inspirational
Sponsored by: Kathlyn Carter Litteer
1st Place:
”Facing the Sun” by Billie Holladay Skelley
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”The Empty” by Joyce Hanewinkel
Tulsa NightWriters
3rd Place:
”The Toughest Choice” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Her Birthday is the Least of Her Concerns” by J.B. Nicholson
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Honorable Mention:
”When One Door Closes, Jump Through the Window” by Aleasha Wales Shelnutt
Member at Large
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Teetering Like a Wolverine” by Peter B. Tirrell
Member at Large
Category 7 — Unpublished Article: Non-Fiction Feature
Sponsored by: Rose Rock wRiters
1st Place:
”The Indian Fighter and the Peaceful Ute” by Regina McLemore
Tahlequah Writers
2nd Place:
”Tornados: Chasing the Storm” by Aleasha Wales Shelnutt
Member at Large
3rd Place:
”Can Cats and Dogs Be Gay? What Science Tells Us” by Amy Shojai
Rose Rock wRiters
1st Honorable Mention:
”Interview with a Bot: AI’s Impact on the Writing Landscape” by Kelly Stone Gamble
Member at Large
Category 8 — Unpublished Article: Technical/How-To
Sponsored by: Jody Karr
1st Place:
”Winning NaNoWriMo” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
2nd Place:
”You’ve Got Pee-Mail: How to Deal With Dog Urine on Your Lawn” by Amy Shojai
Rose Rock wRiters
3rd Place:
”Six Tips for Writing a Mystery Novel” by Mary Ann Kerl
McAlester’s McSherry Writers
Category 9 — Unpublished Poetry:Rhymed Short
Sponsored by: Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Place:
”Emerald Eyes” by Merle Davenport
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Place:
”Fear of Flying” by Jill Hierstein-Morris
Member at Large
3rd Place:
”It’s a Girl” by Dalinda Hagens
Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Popcorn” by Una Belle Townsend
Creative Quills
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Arizona’s Big Decision” by Shelley Anne Richter
Norman Galaxy of Writers
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Snow Angel” by Aleasha Wales Shelnutt
Member at Large
Category 10 — Unpublished Poetry: Rhymed Long
Sponsored by: Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Place:
”Midamir and Tinayel” by Merle Davenport
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Place:
”The Great Serengeti Migration” by Daniel Moreschi
Member at Large
3rd Place:
”The Lunatic Club” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Git Along My Little Cowpoke” by Marty Graham
Member at Large
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Drandazilla” by Storme Maynard
Member at Large
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Echoes” by J.W. Rose
Bartlesville WordWeavers
Category 11 — Unpublished Poetry: Unrhymed Short
Sponsored by: eMerge Literary Magazine
1st Place:
”Brown and Brittle” by Judith Rycroft
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
2nd Place:
”Tin Can Full of Pencils” by Holly Jahangiri
Pen & Keyboard Writers
3rd Place:
”Panic Packer” by Sally Hoch
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”Lost at Sea” by Barbara Shepherd
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Giant Manta” by Judith Briggs Coker
Norman Galaxy of Writers
3rd Honorable Mention:
”It’s Not You, It’s Me: Breaking Up with My Dentist” by Shelley White
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
Category 12 — Unpublished Poetry: Unrhymed Long
Sponsored by: Winona Bennett Cross
1st Place:
”Summer Town, Winter Town” by Marty Graham
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”Chisholm Trail Haiku” by Una Belle Townsend
Creative Quills
3rd Place:
”New Lies Every Morning” by James Graham
Invite to Write
1st Honorable Mention:
”Will I Get It?” by Susan Kite
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
2nd Honorable Mention:
”The Day I Loved the World” by Lisbeth L. McCarty
Norman Galaxy of Writers
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Press 9 for Customer Service” by Kenyon J. Blunt
Tulsa NightWriters
Category 13 — Unpublished Short Story: Flash Fiction
Sponsored by: Marcia Preston
1st Place:
”Night Vision” by C.M. Healy
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”Proud Mama” by Wendy Blanton
Prosateurs
3rd Place:
”Paper Dancers” by Cary Herwig
Rose Rock wRiters
1st Honorable Mention:
”Deadly Imagination” by Kathlyn Smith
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Rubina’s Rose” by Sherry Skye Stuart
Member at Large
3rd Honorable Mention:
”Small Town, USA” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
Category 14 — Unpublished Short Story: Juvenile
Sponsored by: eMerge Literary Magazine
1st Place:
”Thrilling Days of Yesteryear” by Don Money
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”Alligators at the Riverwalk” by K.N. Listman
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
3rd Place:
”The Blessing Jar” by Shelley Anne Richter
Norman Galaxy of Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Stampede!” by Barbara Shepherd
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Look Who’s Coming to Dinner!” by Mary Ann Kerl
McAlester’s McSherry Writers
Category 15 — Unpublished Short Story: Young Adult
Sponsored by: Norman Galaxy of Writers
In Memory of Ann Champeau
1st Place:
”Wunderkammer” by Don Money
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”A Dark Place” by Donna Welch Jones
Tulsa NightWriters
3rd Place:
”Seven for a Secret” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
”The Wabi Sabi Grinch” by Jan Morrill
Member at Large
Category 16 — Unpublished Short Story: Adult
Sponsored by: Enid Writers Club
1st Place:
”Forgiveness” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
2nd Place:
”The Crone’s Odyssey” by Joyce Hanewinkel
Tulsa NightWriters
3rd Place:
”The Getaway” by J.W. Rose
Bartlesville WordWeavers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Fractured” by Barbara Shepherd
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
2nd Honorable Mention:
”On the Wind of the Night” by Cathy Collar
Bartlesville WordWeavers
Category 17 — Unpublished Short, Short Story: Adult
Sponsored by: Winona Bennett Cross & Alicia Dean
1st Place:
”Found” by Donna Welch Jones
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Place:
”High Rise Surprise” by Linda Trout
Tulsa NightWriters
3rd Place:
”Quest” by John T. Biggs
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”The Onyx Buffalo” by Dylan Henderson
Ozark Mountain Guild of Writers
2nd Honorable Mention:
”The Gargoyle’s Perch” by Eric Reitan
Rose Rock wRiters
3rd Honorable Mention:
”The Tracks of Her Tears” by Leah J. Simmons
Member at Large
Category 18 — Unpublished Short, Short Story: Romance
Sponsored by: Julia Mozingo & CROW
1st Place:
”Playing the Long Game” by Dianne McCartney
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
2nd Place:
”Arm in Arm” by J.W. Rose
Bartlesville WordWeavers
3rd Place:
”Wednesday Morning” by E.G. Swarthout
Bartlesville WordWeavers
1st Honorable Mention:
”Shoes” by Jeanean Doherty
Tulsa NightWriters
2nd Honorable Mention:
”On Fire” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
Category 19 — Unpublished Short Story: Western
Sponsored by: Winona Bennett Cross
1st Place:
”The Legend of Jesse Gray” by Jennifer McMurrain
Bartlesville WordWeavers
2nd Place:
”The Gunslinger” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
3rd Place:
”Floods Stir Up Dangerous Things” by Ben C. Johnson
Tulsa NightWriters
Category 20 — Unpublished Short Story: Horror
Sponsored by: F. Ray Gaskin
1st Place:
”Inspiration” by Stephen Patrick
Member at Large
2nd Place:
”The Beast at the Door” by Eric Reitan
Rose Rock wRiters
3rd Place:
”The Rental” by K.A. Cosby
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”Death Benefits” by Debra A. Gillette
Fort Worth Writers
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Devil May Care” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
Category 21 — Unpublished Short Story: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sponsored by: Green Country Ruff Riters
1st Place:
”Wish Upon a Star” by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
2nd Place:
”The Case of the Errant Vacuum” by Thomas H. Palmer
Fort Worth Writers
3rd Place:
”The Last First Dance” by Eric Kelmelis
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
”The Witches of Duran” by Deborah McCollum
Pen & Keyboard Writers
2nd Honorable Mention:
”Two Brothers and the Troubled Isle” by Ann Cleary
Bartlesville WordWeavers
Category 22—Unpublished Book: Picture Book
Sponsored by: Vivian Zabel & Jacque Graham
1st Place:
Mooses and Gooses by Stephanie Theban
Member at Large
2nd Place:
Peas are Flying Everywhere! by Mary Ann Kerl
McAlester’s McSherry Writers
3rd Place:
ABC: Animals of the World by Heather Bowen
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
Cub and Coo-Coo by Kelly Bennett
Member at Large
Category 23—Unpublished Book: Middle Grade
Sponsored by: Quill Hawk Publishing
In Memory of Lynn Thomas
1st Place:
Ladies and Gentlemen, Elvis Has Left the Building by Stephanie Theban
Member at Large
2nd Place:
Have You Seen This Dog? by C.M. Healy
Member at Large
3rd Place:
Poppy and Marigold by Meg Welch Dendler
Ozark Mountain Guild of Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
No More Mouse by Lisbeth L. McCarty
Norman Galaxy of Writers
Category 24—Unpublished Book: Young Adult
Sponsored by: Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
1st Place:
Accidental Magic by Rebecca Loomis
Member at Large
2nd Place:
With a Little Grace by Deborah McCollum
Pen & Keyboard Writers
3rd Place:
Friends Like Dust by Cary Herwig
Rose Rock wRiters
1st Honorable Mention:
Planet of Outcasts by Susan Kite
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
Category 25—Unpublished Book: Non-Fiction
Sponsored by: Oklahoma City Wrtiers, Inc.
1st Place:
In Search of Lost Worlds by K.A. Cosby
Member at Large
2nd Place:
Peek-A-Boob by Shelly Stutchman
Oklahoma City Writers, Inc.
3rd Place:
Criminal Thinking by Merle Davenport
Tulsa NightWriters
Category 26—Unpublished Book: Historical Fiction
Sponsored by: Winona Bennett Cross
1st Place:
Courting in a Storm by K.N. Listman
Member at Large
2nd Place:
The End of Treachery by H.B. Berlow
Rose Rock wRiters
3rd Place:
A Life of Joy by Theresa Hupp
Kansas City Writers Group
1st Honorable Mention:
Texas Express to Berlin by Dona Mularkey
McAlester’s McSherry Writers
Category 27—Unpublished Book: Mainstream
Sponsored by: 4RV Publishing
1st Place:
These Are Not My Final Words by Samantha Ryan
Member at Large
2nd Place:
Feeling Lucky by DeeDee Chumley
The Inklings
3rd Place:
The Reckoning by Dianne McCartney
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
Category 28—Unpublished Book: Mystery/Suspense
Sponsored by: Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
1st Place:
Glass by Mark Edward Jones
Central Region Oklahoma Writers
2nd Place:
Guil-Tea by Dianna Street
Pet & Keyboard Writers
3rd Place:
Twice Scorned by Dianne McCartney
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
1st Honorable Mention:
Good Bones by Kathlyn Smith
Tulsa NightWriters
Category 29—Unpublished Book: Romance
Sponsored by: Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild
1st Place:
The Bottom Line by Sarah McGregor
Romance Ink
2nd Place:
Pride by Samantha Ryan
Member at Large
3rd Place:
Smoke by K.R. Brorman
Member at Large
1st Honorable Mention:
Vampire Queen’s Revelation by Sabrina A. Fish
Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild
Category 30—Unpublished Book: Horror
Sponsored by: Kim Toscano
1st Place:
The Ark People by Nicholas Lyon
Rose Rock wRiters
2nd Place:
Hush Little Baby by Raven Lee
Bartlesville WordWeavers
3rd Place:
Dead Man’s Island by Stephen Patrick
Member at Large
Category 31—Unpublished Book: Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Sponsored by: Linda Basinger
In Memory of Ann Champeau
1st Place:
Songs of the Dead by Kim Toscano
Member at Large
2nd Place:
Waking in Darkness by Wendy Blanton
Prosateurs
3rd Place:
Karen Song and the Thieves of Dushara by Mike Akins
Pen & Keyboard Writers
1st Honorable Mention:
First Oaths by C.J. Tuma
Member at Large
2nd Honorable Mention:
Tabula Rasa by Eric Reitan
Rose Rock wRiters
Category 32 — Published Book: Non-Fiction
Sponsored by: Linda Apple
in memory of Velda Brotherton
Trophy Winner:
52 Weeks to Well-Being: What a Woman Needs to Know to Become the Queen of Her Finances by Peggy Doviak
Tornado Alley Sisters in Crime
Category 33 — Published Book: Juvenile
Sponsored by: Nicholas Lyon
Trophy Winner:
Snickerdoodle’s Shenanigans by Meg Welch Dendler
Ozark Mountain Guild of Writers
Category 34 — Published Book: Young Adult
Sponsored by: LilyBear House, LLC
Trophy Winner:
Judah Starweaver and the Way of the Dragon by Tamara Grantham
Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild
Category 35 — Published Book: Adult
Sponsored by: Bartlesville WordWeavers
Trophy Winner:
Vampire Queen’s Search by Sabrina A. Fish
Oklahoma Romance Writers Guild
Category 36 — Published Book: Poetry
Sponsored by: Maria Veres
Trophy Winner:
SAND at the Mercy of Wind by Karen Kay Knauss
Member at Large
Crème de la crème
Sponsored by: Central Region Oklahoma Writers & Dianne McCartney
in memory of Inez Phillips
Trophy Winner:
Accidental Magic by Rebecca Loomis
Member at Large
