2024 JULY WORKSHOP CONTESTS WINNERS

Contest #1: Chase Memorial Award, 6 Enteries
Judge: Aaron Bolerjack, Historian and Poet

1st Place: The Waving Wheat Can Sure Smell
Bittersweet - Sydney Aerin Pruett
2nd Place: Sooner - Mike Wahl
3nd Place: An Oklahoma Legend - Judith Rycroft
1st HM: Oklahoma's John Wilkes Booth - Dena R. Gorrell
2 HM: Not Awarded
3 HM: NotAwarded

Contest #2: Clairbel Nelson Award, 10 Entries,
Judge: Anonymous, Retired University Literature Professor

1st Place: Last Trip - Trina Lee
2nd Place: Waiting For My Prince - Dena R. Gorrell
3rd Place: Hopeful - Jerri Hardesty
1st HM: The Voice of Autumn - Catherine Moran
2nd HM: The Catastrophic Monster - Patti Koch

Contest #3: Lula Mae Trull Award, 7 Entries
Judge: Karen Kay Bailey

1st Place: Hawiian Memory - Judith Rycroft
2nd Place: Old Home Sites - Mike Wahl
3rd Place: A Bee and the Rose - Patti Koch
1st HM: Petals at Toes - Sara Gipson
2nd HM: Rose Delights, Spring Sites - Dena R Gorrel
3rd HM: Not Awarded

Contest #4: Nonet Award, 10 Entries
Judge: Taylor & Bridget Popham and Pamela Mackiewicz,
Oklahoma School Teachers

1st Place: Nonet Nostalgia - Judith Rycroft
2nd Place: Relief - Patti Koch
3rd Place: Embracing Dusk - Sara Gipson
1st HM: Reunion - Trina Lee
2nd HM: Nonet - Sydney Aerin Pruett
3rd HM: Looking For A Place to Hide - Catherine Moran