Abilene Writers Guild Abilene, Texas, U.S.A. "Not failure, but low aim, is crime." (Lowell) P.O. Box 2562—Abilene, Texas 79604 Monthly meetings are the fourth Thursday at 7:00 P.M. Meeting at the Center for Contemporary Arts, 220 Cypress St.

     Abilene Writers Guild has an annual contest open to the public with small entry fees and significant cash prizes. For the 2007 contest, the fees were $5 for seven of the categories and $10 for three novel categories. Each of the ten categories has a first prize of $100, second of $65, and third of $35. Judging is done by qualified professionals, many of whom include comments and suggestions on each entry. Rules for the contest are posted early in the calendar year, and submissions are accepted during the month of July. Each year we have approximately four hundred entries from all over the world.

ABILENE WRITERS GUILD CONTEST 2007

WINNERS LIST

*Members of Abilene Writers Guild

     In addition to the annual contest, AWG Members participate in approximately six members-only contests through the year with a monthly prize of $25.00. Please join us so you can participate in these contests.

Winners of AWG 2006 Annual Contest

     You are a winner if you entered the contest. You have a manuscript you can submit to a publisher, and quite likely the judge's comments will be helpful to you. (We cannot promise each judge comments on each piece.) The winners announced at noon on October 21 are:

Winners of the 2005 Abilene Writers Guild Annual Contest

Category 1 - Unrhymed Poetry (75 entries)

Honorable Mention	Virtual Golf	Dan Case, Denton , Texas
	Leroy's Hero	Evanell Ator Davis, Abilene , Texas
	Guadalajara!	Evanell Ator Davis, Abilene , Texas
	To Paint My Craving	Von S. Bourland, Happy , Texas
	Marching Band	Miki Lynn Fryar, Lufkin , Texas
3rd	Retrospect	Gwen Choate, Nacogdoches , Texas
2nd	Pointed Boots	Loretta Diane Walker, Odessa , Texas
1st	Ravel's Ruby	Evanell Ator Davis, Abilene , Texas

Category 2 - Rhymed Poetry (64 entries)

Honorable Mention	Killing Time
	Fracture Frenzy		Rita Rasco, Abilene , Texas
	The Moon and Saturn Were Having a Little Race		Jim Wilson, Abilene , Texas
	The Desert Columns		Yvonne Nunn, Hermleigh , Texas
	The Six Stages of Man		Barbara Darnall, Abilene , Texas
	Moina's Afghan		Dorothy Sue Davis, Abilene , Texas
3rd	Reflection of an 18 Year Dream		Jan Powell, Abilene , Texas
2nd	Just for One Day!		Rita Rasco, Abilene , Texas
1st	Last Rites		Benjamin Vogt, Lincoln, Nebraska

Category 3 - Children's Stories for ages 3 to 10 (59 entries)

Honorable Mention	Pinkie The Pot-Bellied Pig	Pat Drake, Abilene , Texas
	The Llama From Lometa	Jan Carrington, Abilene , Texas
	Stripes	Doree O'Connell, San Luis Obispo, California
	Puppy Power	Heidi Derks-Rehmann, Spruce, Michigan
	A Sapling Grows Up	Jennifer L. Martin, Phoenix, Arizona
	Lizzy the Lizard	Tracey J. Hayes, Phoenix, Arizona
3rd	Scaredy-Cat Stephen	Kathryn Lay, Arlington , Texas
2nd	Open Sesame	Cynthia Wright, Allen , Texas
1st	Just Noah	Franci Rogers, Abilene/Waco , Texas

Category 4 - Articles/General Interest (22 entries)

Honorable Mention	At Last! A Use for the Deadly Cliche	Gwen Choate, Nacogdoches , Texas
	A Duel Heritage	Laura Thaxton, Abilene , Texas
3rd	Reunion	Sharon Ellison, Abilene , Texas
2nd	The Legend of the Death Bird	Ruth Sellers, Abilene , Texas
1st	Staged Illness: A Medical Teaching Tool	Phyllis M. Hanlon, Charlton, Massachusetts

Category 5 - Inspiration (28 entries)

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Honorable Mention	And the Angels Carried Him	Dianne Tims,, Winnsboro, Louisiana
	Seeking Two Worlds	Emily Tipton Williams, Fort Worth , Texas
	Patsy Sue, the Wrecking Crew	Jan Carrington, Abilene , Texas
3rd	The Christmas Game	Gwen Choate, Nacogdoches , Texas
2nd	Fingers in the Sand	Karen Witemeyer, Abilene , Texas
1st	The Womb of God	Judy Lee Green, Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Category 6 - Memoirs/Composition of Nostalgia (55 entries)

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Honorable Mention	The Day I Took A Gun to School	Dan Case, Denton , Texas
	Come On, I Want to Show You Something	Doug Sellers, Abilene , Texas
	Damascus Loom	Lisa Ohlen Harris, Arlington , Texas
	'Bout the Same Age	Stan Johnson, Sweetwater
	A Teacher's Reward	Emily Tipton Williams, Fort Worth , Texas
	My Trip to Grandmotherhood	Emily Tipton Williams, Fort Worth , Texas
3rd	Dawn Patrol	Doree O'Connell, San Luis Obispo, California
2nd	Grandma, You Never Held Him	Meta E. Lee, Weston, Florida
1st	A Beautiful Memory	Laura Thaxton, Abilene , Texas

Category 7 - Fiction for Adults (40 entries)

Honorable Mention	A Towering Sowball Toss	Mark K. Larsen	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
	Stronger than Snow	Jan Carrington, Abilene , Texas
	Flying Free	Kathryn Lay, Arlington , Texas
	White Dust	Sharon B Buchbinder, Baltimore, Maryland
	I'll Just Tell It Like It Is	Barbara Rollins, Abilene , Texas
3rd	Neighborhood Watch	Frances Johnson, Sweetwater , Texas
2nd	The Phone Call	Louise Kantro, Modesto, California
1st	Searching for Sardan	Wendy Koenig, New Sweden, Maine

Category 8A - Novel Adventure/SciFi/Horror/Other (22 entries)

Honorable Mention	Confessions of a Serial Bride	Melissa Lynn Baker, Burleson , Texas	Surrogate Winners
	Slipping the Surly Bonds	Susan Haven, Bryan , Texas
	Play Dead	Berniece Rabe, Denton , Texas
3rd	Someone is Watching	Kelley Terrill, Royse City, Texas
2nd	Under Twin Suns	Wendy Koenig, New Sweden, Maine
1st	Hobo	David Hilton, Austin , Texas

Category B - Mainstream/Romance/Western Novel (39 entries)

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Honorable Mention	Take a Back seat, Bronte Sawyer	Amy Laundrie, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
	The Moons of Jinks	Betty Pichardo, Houston , Texas
	Arden's Act	Elizabeth Wenning, Cedar Park , Texas
	We'll Meet Again	JoAnne Horn Burks, May , Texas
3rd	For No Apparent Reason	Shana Fimbres, San Diego, California
2nd	Best Interests	Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, California
1st	Star Struck	Diane McCartney, Burleson, Texas