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
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