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HOUSTON WRITERS GUILD Writers Contests

The Fall 2009 Contests Winners!

Novels/Screenplays

First Place $500

Claudia Herring, Houston, "Enchanter"

(Claudia Herring, First Place Winner out of 96 Novel Entries)
Read her first chapter of the novel here

Second Place - a Three-way tie

Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, CA

Ash Krofton, Barnesville, PN

Michael Wilson, Houston, TX

Third Place - The End of All Roads, Jan Rider Newman, Houston, TX

Fourth Place - Sir Beak and the Dragon, Stephanie Morris, Manor, TX

Fifth Place - Flytrap, Ted Grosch, Austin, TX

Honorable Mention

Secrecy Imperative, Ted Grosch, Austin, TX

Spirit Justice, Joseph L. Lanza, Sugar Land, TX

Playing St. Barbara, Marian Szcezepanski, Houston, TX

Grand Finale, James A. Pounds, Austin, TX

The Ghosts of Ravenwood, Diane LaCombe, Cibolo, TX

The End of Summer, Ronald Scott, Houston, TX

Quantum Level Zero, Ted Grosch, Austin, TX

Saltwater Rising, Lynn Tullos, Richmond, TX

Death Cruise, Dan Anderson, Houston, TX

Killer Goat, Dave Pasta, Sugar Land, TX

The Remarkable Love of Vincent Campello, Connie Brzowski, Mount Belview, TX

A Small Odyssey, Mary Bryan Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX

God's Gold, George Smith, Sugar Land, TX

Ascending Angel, Jessica Capelle, Houston, TX

The Game, Leiza Walker, Houston, TX

Sally Rideout's Wrestling Ranch, James A. Pounds, Austin, TX

Digital Thoth, Joseph L. Lanza, Sugar Land, TX

The Masterpiece, Marilyn Callahan, Houston, TX

Scots Revenge , Jack Hutchison, Houston, TX

Heads Will Roll, Kelly Matherly, Sugar Land, TX

The Ties That Bind, Ann James, Kingwood, TX

Hyde Park, Sandra L. Campbell, Houston, TX

Battlefield NASA, James Verlander, League City, TX

The Gifted, Stephanie Morris, Houston, TX

A Different Beat, Susan Breeden, Houston, TX

Broken Laces, Rodney Walther, Sugar Land, TX

Beyond the Shadows, Diane Holcomb, Plano, TX

Down Under, T. Lynn Murphy, Houston, TX

The Shape of Grace to Come, Shelly Immel, Houston, TX

Casanova Strikes, Linda Krzywicki, Sugar Land, TX

Heaven, Hell or Hoboken, Mary Ann McNulty, Missouri City, TX

Lifetime Achievement Award - Novel

A War of Her Own, Sylvia Dickey Smith, Georgetown, TX

Short-Story

1st Place

1st--Two Shoes, James A Pounds, Austin, TX

2nd—Doing Right By Her, Suzanne Ferrell, Austin, TX

3rd—Debt of Getting Even, Mary Bruan Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX

Personal Essay

1st—We Sketch Your World, Judy Callarman, Cisco, TX

2nd—Novel Fatigue, Lauren Salkin, Maine

3rd—Homemade Donuts, Nikki Loftin, Austin, TX

Poetry

1st—Dying Young, Mary Bryan Stafford, Liberty Hill, TX

2nd—Ear Ache Rap, Mary Margaret Draughon, Clear Lake, TX