The Mountain Heritage Literary Festival

Writing Contest

The winners of the 2008 Mountain Heritage Literary Festival Writing Competitions have been announced and follow below.

James Still Prize for Short Story (judge Chris Holbrook)
1st - Judy Cooper, Florence, KY – Shirley to God
2nd - Turner Bowling, Middlesboro, KY – Peeping Through the Devil’s Fingers
3rd - Thomas McKnight of Cedar Bluff, VA – Pastor McClanahan
HM - Tim Stapleton, Rogersville, TN – The Reunion
HM - Amanda Jo Sloan, Draffin, KY – Over Home

George Scarbrough Prize for Poetry (judge Lyrae Van Clief Stefanon)
1st - Cheryl Denise Miller, Phillipi, WV – Nickel Mines, PA, Oct 2nd, 2006
2nd - G.C. Compton, Jonancy, KY – Big Shoal, Big Town on the Shandy
3rd - Charles Swanson, Chatham, VA – Table Syrup, Cigarettes and the Blind

Jesse Stuart Prize for Young Adult Fiction (judge Anne Shelby)
1st - Tiffany Williams, Johnson City, TN – The Pharaoh of Appalachia
2nd - Lauren King, Wichita, KS – Mother, Nevertheless
3rd - Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith, Richmond, KY – The Joy of Jumping
HM - Barbara Smith, Phillipi, WV – Mirrors
HM - Ruth Pettey Jones, Cookeville, TN – The Conjure Woman

Emma Bell Miles Prize for Essay (judge Karen McElmurray)
1st - Jane Sasser, Oak Ridge, TN – On Emmanuel Cemetery Road
2nd - Leona “Charlie” Holman, Piney Flats, TN – From Memory (and by Heart)
3rd - Judy Lee Green, Murfreesboro, TN – The Bottle Tree

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