For Poetry: 

   First place awarded to Amy Dengler of   

     Gloucester, MA for The Communion Dress;

   Second place awarded to Nancy Wheaton on

     Portsmouth, NH for Breakfast

   Third place awarded to Frederick Chormann

     of Concord, NH for Hydrangea

   Honorable Mentions:

      Meg Petersen of Plymouth,  NH for Charlie

      Chaplin Lookalike Contest

      Emma Duffy-Comparone of Portsmouth, NH for

      Walking One Morning In Fall, and

      Roger Finch of Cape Neddick, ME for Entering

      the Procession 

For Fiction:

    First place awarded to Michael Wade of Stratham,

      NH for The Da Vinci Cod

    Second place awarded to Patricia Salome of 

      Portsmouth, NH for Talullah Alone

    Third place awarded to John Bubar of Durham, NH

      for Journal

    Honorable Mention:

      Noreen Hyde of Durham, NH for The Recipie

For Non-Fiction (Personal Essay):

   First place awarded to Clare Moore of York, ME for

      Guided by a Great Blue Heron

   Second place awarded to Sue Quinlan of Newmarket,

      NH for The Doctor's Bag

   Third place awarded to Linda Argenti of Nashua, NH

      for Different Worlds

   Honorable Mentions:

     Mary Ann Hendry of Hampton, NH for Jesse Owens

     Heather Seeley of Brentwood, NH for Cigarettes

       and Christmas

     Taylor Filiaut of Hampton, NH for Bridged Souls