ABC-Artisans of Books ANNOUNCES STATE COMPETITION WINNERS

ABC-Artisans of Books Announces State competition Winners

ABC-Artisans of Books recently held a state-wide competition for Florida writers and poets. The 13 winners were announced on December 16, 2015, at the Selby Library.

All submissions that advanced to the finals will be included in the 2016 Anthology of Florida Writers and Poets scheduled for publication later in the year.

Judging Team

Nancy Tancey Buscher - State Contest Chairman

ABC Co-founder / Vice President; Director of Buscher Consultants; Content Coordinator, Eastside Venice Neighbors Magazine (Venice, FL)

             

                                              Ted Mallires; BMus, MMus - Poetry Judge

Plus degree in English: music, lyrics and poetry have been his life; 30 years teaching  (Osprey, FL)

Carlene Champine - Short Story Judge

Reference Librarian; on the Board of Friends of the Library: Englewood and Charlotte Libraries. She established the Lending Library at United Methodist Church in Boca

Grand  (Osprey, FL)

  Pam Callender, BFA, MFA - Finalist Judge

Professional Arts and Media Curator including Special Events, award-wnning artist and arts curator; Eckerd College Alumni Committee Member, St. Petersburg, FL., Advisor to Director of the Common Walk Art Festival, Fitzwilliam, NH (Sarasota FL)

ABC - 2016 Anthology of Florida Authors and Poets

Short Story Category

          1st Place Winner

                      Jane Blythe                                       Scar Tissue

                      Sarasota, FL 34233

          2nd Place Winner

                      Clarissa Thomasson                       Scarlett Ribbons

                      Venice, FL 34292

          3rd Place Winner

                      Carol White                                       After Life

                      Boca Raton, FL 33496

        

1st Honorable Mention

         Sue Kotchman                                  Finding Sofia

         Seminole, FL 33776

2nd Honorable Mention

          Henry Heitmann                              Isle of Enchantment

          Ft Myers Beach, FL 33931

Chairman's Pick                                       

          Joe Cyr                                              Ugga

                      Sarasota, FL 34239

                     

Poetry Category

          1st Place Winner

          Thomas Noel Smith                         The Serenade Pastorale

          Arcadia, FL 34265

2nd Place Winner

          Norma Minturn Stilwell                   The Wind Reaper

          Sarasota, FL 34242

3rd Place Winner

          Mimi Paris                                         The Forgotten Obit

          Lake Worth, FL 33467

        

1st Honorable Mention

          Henry Heitmann                              Lingering in the Rain

          Ft Myers Beach, FL 33931

2nd Honorable Mention

          Mimi Paris                                         Almost

          Lake Worth, FL 33467

Chairman's Pick - Tie

          William Bokis                                                I Hate Being Nine Years Old         

          Lake Placid, FL 33852

          Judy Domienik                                 Tea Time

          Venice, FL 34293

Event Photographer:                               Lucy Beebe Tobias - Sarasota, FL

Winning Submissions Read By:                        Brenda Darnley Martin -Tampa, FL

Door Prize Donations                               Cheryl Summers Art Gallery-Venice, FL

                                                                      Buscher Consultants-Venice, FL

                                                                      Frames by Giuseppi- Sarasota, FL                                                                     Sun-Moon-Stars Printing-Venice, FL

                                                                      Book by Brenda M Spalding