Central Oregon Writers Guild

GUILD’S 2012 LITERARY HARVEST A HUGE SUCCESS

This year marked another successful Literary Harvest, where the audience enjoyed an evening of excellent stories by the top ten contest winners. 

Winning entries were selected by a panel of local judges, Bill Baber, RaeAnn Proost and Bunny Thompson. The winners’ stories will be published in the 2012 Literary Harvest Chapbook, which will be available at the Guild’s November 15 meeting at COCC Redmond Campus, Building 3, 2030 College Loop SE. Chapbooks are $10 each, and can be purchased at any Guild meeting as well as local bookstores. 

The winners are:

First Place (tie):   Ava Wilson, Terrebonne, “Weekly Rats,” Short Fiction
                          Cameron Prow, Bend, “A Gentler Lens,” Poetry
Second Place:     Michael Wayne, Bend, “Genesis of a Madman,” Short Fiction
Third Place:         Craig Gipson, Sisters, “In Sickness and in Health,” Short Fiction
                           Ginger Dehlinger, Bend, "Fallen Icons,” Essay
                           Cheri Lee Helfenstein, Bend, "For the Dead Dragonfly,” Poetry
                           Karen Gilden, Bend, "Meeting the Enemy,” Memoir
                           Anita Lanning, Redmond, "Final Sign," Short Fiction
                           Ellen Jacobs, Bend "Frybread, Please!" Poetry
                           Sherrie Gant, Bend, "Baling Wire and a .357," Memoir

Congratulations to each of the winners!

.Top 4 2012 Literary Harvest Contest Winners   Photo by Mary Pax

 

Craig Gipson, Michael Wayne, Cameron Prow, Ava Wilson