Aurora Artisans^® Short Story and Creative Non-Fiction Contest

2009

Contest judges were:

Professor John Kavari and Professor Perry Nicholas

Neither judge is on the Word Worth^® nor Aurora Artisans^® staff nor is either related to anyone on the staff. The judges did not know the names of the writers whose essays they read.

We are pleased that we received submissions from a very wide geographical area and that the submissions were of high quality.

First Place:

Helen Peppe ◊ Maine ◊ Nomenclature

Second Place:

Elizabeth Morana ◊ New York ◊ The Rocks

Honorable Mention:

Arthur Schwartz ◊ New York ◊ Survivors of the Revolución

Elaine Greensmith Jordan ◊ Arizona ◊ Presumed Innocent

Arthur Schwartz ◊ New York ◊ Defense Against the Thunder

Barbara DuBois ◊ New Mexico ◊ Grandma