For Poetry: 

   First place awarded to Mary Spofford French of   

     Hopkinton, NH for Back Then We Did Things Like That       

   Second place awarded to Don Kimball of

     Concord, NH for The Lesson

   Third place awarded to Patricia Callan

     of Dunedin, FL for You First

   Honorable Mention:

     Pamela Starr Nisetich of Sudbury, MA for

         My Mother's Lipstick

For Fiction:

    First place awarded to Michelle Valdez of Concord,

      NH for Ruby Finnegan

    Second place awarded to Maren Tirabassi of 

      Portsmouth, NH for January Girl and the Three Gifts

    Third place awarded to Jonathan Bohm of Hampton Falls, 

      NH for Dusty Road to Chimayo

    Honorable Mention:

      Patricia Relgstad of Manchester, NH for Deadly Justice

For Non-Fiction (Personal Essay):

   First place awarded to Matthew Deane of Newmarket, NH for West of Independence

   Second place awarded to Henry Spence of Effingham,

      NH for The Seventh Berry

   Third place awarded to Janet Knowles of North Hampton, NH for Judge Not

  Honorable Mention:

     Roland Goodbody of Portsmouth, NH for Mystery Tour