WHISPERING PRAIRIE PRESS
• 2010 POETRY, FLASH FICTION AND ESSAY WRITING CONTEST RESULTS •

CONGRATULATIONS!

ESSAYS
1st Place:	Rosemarie Goos • Raymore, MO, “Growing Mathilde”
2nd Place:	Robert C. Jones • Warrensburg, MO, “Riding a Bicycle”
3rd Place:	Norm Ledgin • Stanley, KS, “The Classy Sicilian”
	Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
	Shannon Cavanaugh • Folly Beach, SC, “Fire in the Belly” Lisa Daly • Kansas City, MO, “Debbie's Decision” Cathy C. Hall • Lilburn, GA, “New Age Awkward” Dianne Hardy • Logan, Utah, “Stealing” Pamela A. Lewis • Elmhurst, NY, “All Watched Up” Wendell Logan • Denver, CO, “Angie's Day” Joseph P. Ritz • Hamburg, NY, “When the Iceman Came” Lyzette Wanzer • San Francisco, CA, “Closeted”
FLASH FICTION
1st Place:	Katey Schultz • Interlochen, MI, “The Last Thing They Might Have Seen”
2nd Place:	Marilee Aufdenkamp • Hastings, NE, “Genevieve and Rudy”
3rd Place:	Teresa C. Vratil • Leawood, KS, “ The South Wind”
	Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
	Eduardo Rey Brummel • Salida, CO, “One Heart Body” Carol Carpenter • Livonia, MI, “A Podunk Place Where Nothing Ever Happened” Pamela Boles Eglinski • Lawrence, KS, “The Upside-Down Tomato Plant” Cathy C. Hall • Lilburn, GA, “Home” Alan Proctor • Kansas City, MO, “Copter Kit” Katey Schultz • Interlochen, MI, “In This Land of Death and Dirt” Pamella L. Withroder • Beebe, Ark., “The Green Door” Tricia Zoeller • Marietta, GA, “The Perfect Son”
POETRY
1st Place:	Suzan Troutt • Ridgedale, MO, "Lucrezia"
2nd Place:	Shirley Manning • Kaysville, Utah, "Message from a Crow"
3rd Place:	Marilyn Page • Lecompton, KS, "A Good Son"
	Honorable Mentions (in alphabetical order)
	Carol Carpenter • Livonia, MI, "Polar Bears at the Detroit Zoo" Jane Christensen • Nacogdoches, TX, "Beggar Winds" Cheryl Davis • Springdale, Ark., "Sunday Morning in Branson" Glen Enloe • Independence, MO, "Slipstreams" Jack Granath • Kansas City, KS, "The Fan Gives Advice" Ellaraine Lockie • Sunnyvale, CA, "Taking Issue with Marcelino" Ellaraine Lockie • Sunnyvale, CA, "Rebellion" Shirley Rickett • Alamo, TX, "Memorial Day" Lyzette Wanzer • San Francisco, CA, "Lessons at the Knee"