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2007 SWA Writers Contest Winners - Congratulations! So many great entries.
Look for Currents VI - Prize winning work anthology to be published in October 2008.
 



Fiction Winners

 

Winners in Fiction were, first place, Brenda Joziatis, Concord, NH; second, Christine Quirk, Clinton, Mass.; and third, Virginia DeLuca, Durham, NH.
The judge was Merle Drown, Concord,NH,  author of two novels and a faculty member for the MFA program at Southern New Hampshire University.





Non-fiction Personal Essay

 

 

For the Personal Essay, the winners were, first place, Hilary Hansen, Reisterstown, Md.; second, Ronna Flaxner, Rye, NH; and third, Joann Snow Duncanson, Greenland, NH.
Honorable mentions were Aine Greaney, Newburyport, Mass.; Priscilla Carr, Nottingham, NH; and Meghan Fennell, Gardiner, Maine.
The judge was Laurie Morrissey, Hopkinton. a free lance writer and assistant director of publications at Saint Anselm College.
 

Poetry 

 


In Poetry, the winners were, first place, Kolleen McGonagle, Methuen, Mass.; second, Jacqueline Lapidus, Brighton, Mass.; and third, Maren Tirabassi, Portsmouth, NH. Ben Schwartz, Dover,NH received Honorable Mention.
The poetry judge was Vincent Cioffi of Vermont, author of three collections of poetry.