Davis County Writes! Winners
The Davis County Writes! Awards Night, sponsored by the Bountiful and Wasatch Writers (Layton) Chapters of the League of Utah Writers, the Rhyme and Reason (Bountiful) chapter of the Utah State Poetry Society, and the Davis County Clipper was held May 17, 2005, at 7 p.m., in the basement of the South Branch of the Davis County Library.
Awards
Awards were presented in the following categories:
Adult
Personal Essay
Short Story
Rhyming Poetry
Non-rhyming Poetry
Youth
Prose
Poetry
Prizes
Cash prizes were offered to first, second, and third place contestants in each category. Deserving entries were awarded an honorable mention certificate.
1st--$25
2nd--$15
3rd--$10
Winners Poetry--Adult Non-Rhyming
First Place--Edith Baker, 'Coming Down the Mountain'
Second Place--Alice Whipple, 'Depression Child'
Third Place--Edith Baker, 'Summer Nightmare'
First HM--Ray Briscoe, 'Wasatch Love Story'
Second HM--Vera O. Bakker, 'Homing Place'
Third HM--Alice Whipple,
Poetry--Adult Rhyming
First Place--Edith Baker, 'I Am Playing All the Right Notes'
Second Place--Merrijane Rice, 'Love Sonnet for an Infant'
Third Place--Vera Ogden Bakker, 'The Medicare Blues'
First HM--James Beal, 'The Conceited I'
Second HM--Ellen Hindman, 'The Alarm Clock'
Third HM--Bonnie Gudmundsen, 'Congregation of Us All'
Personal Essay
First Place--Eva C. Bean, 'Ah, What is So Rare as a Night in Bath'
Second Place--Jeanette E. Hugh, 'The Worm Farm'
Third Place--Ginny Checketts, 'Paint a Picture with Words'
First HM--Janine Creager, 'On to Victory'
Second HM--Matthew L. Lalli, 'Higher on the Hill'
Third HM--Matthew L. Lalli, 'Trouble on Main Street'
Short Story
First Place--Edwin Smith, 'Birds of a Feather'
Second Place--Bonnie Gudmundson, 'Marie'd5s Patchwork Quilt'
Second Place (tie)--George Hawkins, 'Spanish Gold'
First HM--Walt Eddy, 'Unraveled'
Second HM--Eric Purdy, 'Yosemite'
Third HM--Ellen Hindman, 'Jelly Bean Grandma'
Youth Recognition
Short Story--Mitch Nall
Poetry--Michelle Sharp, Elizabeth Anderson
Entry Pickup
Entrants in the contest who did not pick up their entries at Awards Night may pick them up at any regular meeting of the Bountiful Chapter of the League of Utah Writers.
Bountiful Chapter
Every third Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 745 S. Main, Bountiful
