The Mountain Heritage Literary
Festival
June 15-17, 2012
Writing Contest
The winners of the 2011 Mountain Heritage Literary Festival Writing competitions were:
Jesse Stuart Prize for Young Adult Fiction - Judged by Connie Jordan Green
3rd - Marie Mitchell and Mason Smith of Richmond, Ky. – The Terrible Tale of the Hairy Hand
2nd -Marnie Brooks of Cary, N.C. – Twisted Sitter
1st - Marnie Brooks of Cary, N.C. – Elephant Dreams
Emma Bell Miles Prize for Essay - Judged by Jim Minick
HM- Amy Clark of Big Stone Gap, Va. – Buck
3rd - Amy Clark of Big Stone Gap, Va. – Amazing Grace
2nd -Deborah Gold – Cleaning Up for DSS
1st - Casey Clabough of Appomattox, Va. - Satyr
George Scarbrough Award for Poetry - Judged by Ron Houchin
HM- Jennifer L. Brinkley of Alvaton, Ky. – Homecoming
3rd - Gretchen McCroskey of Bristol, Va. – Rear View Mirror
2nd - Jane Sasser of Oak Ridge, Tenn., - The Bee Hive
1st - Larry Thacker of Middlesboro, Ky. – Cabin Echo
HM - Gabriel Morley of New Tazewell, Tenn. – A Tiger in Your Bed
3rd - Jessica Boggs of Johnson City, Tenn. – Bread Tie
2nd - Chris Helvey of Frankfort, Ky. – Trick or Treat
1st - Gabriel Morley of New Tazewell, Tenn. – Forty-Seven Year Old Butch White Woman Who Has a Thing for Black Guys
Lincoln Memorial University
Cumberland Gap Parkway
P.O. Box 2005
Harrogate, TN 37752
Phone:
423.869.6432 or 800.325.0900, ext. 6432
