Chattanooga Writers Guild

2003 WRITING CONTEST WINNERS:

Adult Categories:

Fiction:

First Place and winner of a $50 cash prize, Ronald Lands for “The Healer"
Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Tom Rybolt for “The Belt"
Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Rebecca K. Brooks for “My Life As A Nose"

Poetry:

First Place and winner of a $50 cash prize, Janet Newheart for “Paris"
Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Stefani Byrd for “Free Thinking”
Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Rob Shepard for “Nooga-Not Hollywood”

Creative Nonfiction:

First Place and winner of a $50 cash prize, Joseph Schild for “Strawberry Road”
Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Rebecca K. Brooks for “Coal Truck Wreck on the Mountain”
Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Fartema M. McCleary for “Sixty-six Books”

Cover Art:

Student Categories:

Fiction:

First Place and winner of a $50 cash prize, Natalie Brackett for “Jenny’s Wish"
Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Jordan Coleman for “Come In Saturday”
Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Marshall Bright for “The Soldier”
Honorable Mention, Tessa Crevasse for “Ugh!!!”
Honorable Mention, Joe Armstrong for “My Friend’s a Murderer”
Honorable Mention, Katherine L. Hoffman for “A Summer with the Fairies”
Honorable Mention, Nick Diegel for “The Thirteenth Year”

Poetry:

First Place and winner of a $50 cash prize, Lee Reece for “Change My Mind”
Tied for Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Megan Coleman for “untitled”
Tied for Second Place and winner of a $25 cash prize, Jordan Carl Apfeld for “Virtuoso”
Tied for Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Will Vetterick for “Night”
Tied for Third Place and winner of a $15 cash prize, Seth Johnson for “NORAD”
Honorable Mention, Marshall Bright for “The Dust Bowl”
Honorable Mention, Mario Tucker for “The Moon”
Honorable Mention, Kelsey Samples for “Depths”
Honorable Mention, Lee Reece for “Incarcerated”