About the Contest
Every two years North Country Public Radio and the
Adirondack Center for Writing offer cash awards in a contest for the best new writing by authors of the region. For each contest two genre are selected, with prizes awarded in each genre, and in each of two age groups, 12-20 years, and 21 years and older.
Judging is done by a panel of regional editors and writers. The winning authors for the 2007-2008 contest are featured below. The text of the winning entries will be available shortly. The 2009-2010 contest is still in the planning stage. Genre, judges, submission guidelines and deadlines are yet to be determined.
Winners
of the 2007-08 Contest
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL!
Humor 21+
First Place: Patrick O'Brien, West Chazy, NY
Jerry on the Wall | Read
Runner-up:
Janice Cutbush, Ballston Spa, NY
Aunt Margaret's Uterus and Other Miscellaneous Clutter | Read
Humor 12-20
First Place: Raven Hetzler, Potsdam, NY
Congress Embrolied in Kitten vs. Puppies Debate | Read
Short Story 21+
First
Place: Gabriela Bartlett, Saratoga Springs, NY
The Girl | Read
Runner-up:
Glen Erick Miller, Lowville, NY
Essence | Read
Runner-up:
Paul Schimmelpfennig, Waterville, VT
Seneca Said | Read
Short Story 12-20
First
Place: Mariah Wilson, Lisbon, NY
Pressed Flowers | Read
Runner-up:
Catherine Sheard, Canton, NY
Mountaintop | Read
Runner-up:
Matthew Snyder, Potsdam, NY
Lessons of the Field | Read
Winners
of the 2005-06 Contest
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL!
Nature
Writing
First Place: Trina Hikel, Hinesburg, VT
Nature
| Read
Runner-up:
Clint McCoy, Canton, NY
Loon Gluttony | Read
Memoir
Writing
First
Place: Patricia Baird Greene, Hermon, NY
The Day Before The Auction
| Read
Runner-up:
Dana Fast, Lake Clear,
NY
Escape from the Ghetto | Read
Runner-up:
Renate Wildermuth, North Creek, NY
The King of Crumbs | Read
Winners
of the 2003-04 Contest
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL!
One-Act
Play: authors age 21+
First Place: Betsy Kepes, Colton
Friday
Afternoon at the Kleen-N-Brite | Listen
| Read
Runner-up: Fred E. Balsac, Jr., Jay
Who’s
Buried With Lou Gehrig’s Disease? (Or, John Wayne Walks This Way) | Listen
| Read
Runner-up: Patrick O'Brien, West Chazy
Fly
on the Wall | Listen
| Read
One-Act
Play: authors age 12-20 years
There were no awards given for
one-act plays by authors 12-20.
Short
Fiction: authors
age 21+
First
Place: Mary Case, Glenfield
Skin Deep | Listen
| Read
Runner-up:
Mary Cuffe, Galway
Flora | Listen
| Read
Runner-up: Kevin Pentalow,
Brushton
Wasting Time | Listen
| Read
Short
Fiction: authors age 12-20 years
First Place: Albert Trithart,
Potsdam
The
Violin | Listen
| Read
Runners-up:
none were recognized
Winners
of the 2002 Contest
CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL!
Creative
Non-Fiction, 21 years and older
Winner:
Mary Cuffe, Galway NY
How to Make Abandoned Orchard Apple Pie
Listen
| Read
Runner
up: Charlotte Landon, Potsdam NY
Hattie Campbell
Listen
| Read
Runner up: Hilary Grimes, Norwood NY
Ice
Listen
| Read
Creative
Non-Fiction, 12-20 years
Winner:
Jeffrey Rowledge, Madrid NY
We Were a Back Road Family
Listen
| Read
Runner
up: Logan Thomas Patnode, Cranberry Lake NY
untitled
Listen
| Read
Runner
up: Kate McCahill, Lake Placid NY
The Family Reunion
Listen
| Read
Poetry,
21 years and older
Winner:
Nancy Means Wright, Cornwall VT
Tableau
| The
Open Door |
Choices
Read all three poems
Runner
up: Bernice Mennis, Fort Ann NY
To Live
By the Sea |
Pictures in the Tunisian Desert |
I Come to Your Door
Read all three poems
Runner
up: Gerald Schwartz, West Irondequoit NY
Song of Noah John Rondeau
Listen | Read
Poetry,
12-20 years
Winner:
Benjamin Giler, Burlington VT
Clean cloths
through poetry, or vice-versa
Read
all three poems
Runner
up: Jennifer Williamson, Canton NY
Lover
| Medusa
| Town
of My Farewell to You
Three poems
Runner
up: Joe Cervelin, Tupper Lake NY
Undispiuted Tribute/Tones of Hoon/Until
the Sun
Read
all three poems
