Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the November 2008 SWW International Monthly Writing Competition

One-Page Poetry

1st Prize: Karin Bradberry, Albuquerque, NM for "When Nobody Wore Clothes."

2nd Prize: Laurel Burnett, Albuquerque, NM for "Cloth Recollections."

3rd Prize: John Orman, Albuquerque, NM for "Drawing on the Past."

Honorable Mentions (alphabetical):
Laurel Burnett, Albuquerque, NM for "Southwest Gale Force Wind."
Ruth Friesen, Albuquerque, NM for "Music of Rain."
Ruth Friesen, Albuquerque, NM for "The Moment."
Elizabeth Ann Galligan, Albuquerque, NM for "Holy Obligation."
Dianne Layden, Albuquerque, NM for "For Nat King Cole."
Carol Dee Meeks, Broken Arrow, OK for "Cherokees Gain Ground."
Charles Powell, Albuquerque, NM for "Her Questions"

Judges' Comments:
The winners and honorable mentions show strong use of language, and the details are vivid, lucid and tasteworthy.

Winners

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the December 2008 SWW International Monthly Writing Competition

Christmas Anecdote

1st Prize: John Orman, Albuquerque, NM for "How I Found Santa Without NORAD"

2nd Prize: Ruth Friesen, Albuquerque, NM for "Silent Night."

3rd Prize: Nan Barnard White, Albuquerque, NM for "Lonely Christmas, Unusual Gifts."

Honorable Mentions (Alphabetical):
Karen S. Elliott, Albuquerque, NM for "Christmas Anecdote."
Betty Turk, Albuquerque, NM for "The Truth Will Out."
Ann Marie Potter, Las Vegas, NV for "In Good Company"
Elizabeth Ann Galligan, Albuquerque, NM for "The Sweetest Christmas Ever"
Jerry R. Davis, Albuquerque, NM for "Gifts Should be More than Pretty Wrapping"
Elizabeth Rose, Galisteo, NM for "Father Christmas"