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See 2005 winners below rules for 2006

DEADLINE: JULY 15, 2006

GRANDMOTHER EARTH XIII

NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS

PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088

PHONE: 901-309-3692

E-mail: gmoearth@aol.col

www.grandmotherearth.com

Work can be unpublished or published. Money award entries (and selected finalists if permission is given) will be published in Grandmother Earth XIII. Rights to previously published work must belong to the author.

Poetry Awards

Any subject, Any form, 50 line limit

$150 First Prize

$100 Second Prize

$75 Third Prize

$50 Fourth Prize

Prose Awards

              Any subject, fiction or non-fiction, 1500-word limit

          $150 First Prize
          $100 Second Prize
          $75 Third Prize

Additional Awards: $50 1st Place, $25 second place


	1. Best Haiku, Senryu, or short form, 6 line limit


	2. Best use of Humor, Poetry or Prose

3. Environmental theme, Poetry or Prose

RULES:

Each writer whose work is published will receive one extra copy in addition to the entry copy.
There is no entry fee for art and photographs. Payment is also one copy of the book. Send SASE for return of art or photo. Work previously published in any Grandmother Earth publication is not eligible for awards.

1. To enter general awards, submit one typed copy (standard font) of each poem (single space) or prose piece (double space) with no identification;
2. and one copy with name and address in upper right corner. Both poetry and prose should be single spaced on this identified copy.
3. Enclose an entry page with your name, address, telephone number, email if applicable and title of all entries and amount of fees enclosed. You may also include 3 or 4 sentences of biographical data.
Indicate whether any or all are to be considered for publication if a non-money winner. All rights are returned to the author after publication. Work that does not win money awards will be published only with permission. All honorable mention winners may not be published. All works for which permission is given cannot possibly be published.
4. In upper left corner of an extra copy indicate if your work is to be considered for a specific additional awards if entering same
work for both general and addition awards there is no extra fee.
5. Fees are $10 for 1-3 entries and $2 for each additional entry. (Make checks payable to Grandmother Earth.) All entrants will receive one copy of Grandmother Earth .XIII--Retail: $9.95.
6. See Student Rules for totally new student rules.
7. Mail entries postmarked by July 15, 2006 to GEC CONTEST CHAIRPERSON, PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088

2005 GRANDMOTHER EARTH AWARDS

Judge: Madelyn Eastlund
Poetry Awards

1st    Losing the Farm, Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL
2nd    Geese, June Owens, Zephyrhills, FL
3rd    Cottonwoods, Kitty Yeager, Arkadelphia, AR
4th    When the Moon Was Unreachable, Verna Lee Hinegardner, Hot Springs, AR
1HM    Shiloh, Daniel Leonard, Oak Ridge, TN
2HM    Standing in the Dark, Pat King, Albia, IA
3HM    Carrying a Bucket of Stars, Rosalyn Ostler, Salt Lake City, UT
4HM    The Art of Peace and Origami, Carol Ogdon Floyd, Linton, IN
5HM    Hallelujah-kind-of-day, Rita Goodgame, Little Rock, AR
6HM    Washday, 1920, Elizabeth Howard, Crossville, TN

Judge: Martha McNatt

General Prose:
1st    Eat Your Heart Out, Fred Astaire, Jo Anne Allen, Ola, AR
2nd    A Neat and Tidy Crime, Phylis Warady, Grass Valley, CA
3rd    Yellow Pages Romance, Carl Dana, Saratoga Springs, NY
HM    The Washtub Adventure, John E. Clemons, La Crosse, WI
HM    George, John E. Clemons, La Crosse, WI

Environmental Prose:
1st    Four Friends, an Improvisation, Marguerite Thoburn, Watkins. Lynchburg, VA
HM     Through the Windowpane, Connie Spitter, Tucson, AZ

Judge: Pat Crocker

Humorous Poetry
1st     Dentist's Nightmare, Gloria R. Milbrath, Port Dodge, IA
HM     The Stripper, N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT
    Lost in the Bubble, 2055, Russell H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
    Commitment, Michael R. Denington, Bartlett, TN

Humorous Prose
     My Special Church Day, N. E. Chapman, Oklahoma City, OK
     HM     Aunt Zeenie's Almost New Shoes, Anne H. Norris, Memphis, TN
    Yellow Pages Romance, Carl Dana, Saratoga Springs, NY
    Wired for Flight, Meg Roman, Zephyrhills, FL

Judge: Lucile Ray

Short Form:
1st    Identity Crisis, Phylis Warady, Grass Valley, CA
HM    A Poem I First Thought of in Memphis, Brett Taylor, Knoxville, TN
    August by the Bay, Vincent Tomeo, Flushing, NY
          United We Stand, Edna Carpenter Booker, Iowa, City, IA
    Woodland Performance, Dena R. Gorrell, Edmond, OK

Judge: Thomas McDaniel

Haiku
1st    sitting in silence, Frances W. Muir,
1HM    One fern frond falls prey, Ellaraine Lockie, SunnyDale, CA
HM      Early Ozark Morning, Diane Stefan, Mountain Home, AR
          Senryu, Edna Carpenter Booker, Iowa, City, IA
    Senryu, Michael R. Denington, Bartlett, TN
    “Persnickety” pet, Annetta Talbot Beauchamp, Helena, AR
    old mulberry tree, Meg Roman, Zephyrhills, FL


Judge: Marcelle Nia

Enviornmental Poetry
1st    Solitude, Arla M. Clemmons, La Crosse, WI
1HM    Losing the Farm, Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL
HM    For Mississippi Blessing, Winifred Hamrick Farrar, Meridian, MS
    By Dawn's Early Light, Pame Bosman, Bunnell, FL
    Sweet Smells of June, Annetta Talbot Beauchamp, Helena, AR
    Wonderment of Dawn, Anne-Marie Legan, Herrin, FL

Student Awards

1st    Obsession, Courtney Watts, Ellicott City. MD
2nd    The One, Christopher Watts, Ellicott City, MD
3rd    A Bad Day, Cecilia Snow, Memphis, TN
4th    Haiku, Cameron Hidayat, Memphis, TN

Rules for the 2006 Awards will be posted shortly.

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