For 19 years the Homer News and the Homer Council on the Arts have collaborated to produce the Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest. Today we announce the winners of all categories — poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Honorable mention and winning pieces will be posted online by the end of the week.
Poetry K-3 Winner Rylan Reese Silence on Eight Legs Honorable Mentions Austin Cline The Predator of the Pond Jessica Sonnen I Like Kittens 4-6th grade Winner Andie Sonnen The Pit of Snakes Honorable Mentions Briea Gregory Golden Sunlight 7th-9th grade Winner Chloie Green Empty Bottles Honorable mentions Irene Pellegrini Forgive Me JJ Sonnen Summer 10th-12th grade Winner Kayte Kerns I am the same thing I always have been Honorable mentions Kayla Fisher I Prefer Jazz Kayte Kerns Sylvia: Delirious Open/Adult Winner Deborah Poore Medusa's Curls Honorable Mentions Jessica Davis The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso Deborah Poore In Deference to Carl Sandburg Fiction K-3: Winner Trent Law Bear Wants More Honorable Mentions Aiden Pullman Pumpkin Boy andBubble Gum Man Cassidy Wylde The Nightmare 4-6th grade Winner Emily Coble The Worst Play Ever Honorable Mentions Briea Gregory Raven's Language Audrey Russell The Last Ghost 7-9th grade Winner Lindsey Schneider Maggie Honorable Mentions Isabel Beach My Day as a Cat Sierra DeLoach Howl 10-12th grade Winner James Hutchinson Getting Nowhere Honorable Mention Amelia Tyrer Vacant Strings Open/Adult Winner Larry Baxter Strange Bering Honorable Mentions: Jacob Bell There She Is, The Ocean Eric Boyce Alaskan Gourmet Chicken (a recipe) Nonfiction K-3 Winner: Xander Kulhanek My Favorite Hayfield Honorable Mentions Katlyn Vogl The Windy Woods Liam Houlihan The Fort 4th-6th grades Winner Briea Gregory Kids' Fishing Day Honorable Mentions Cody Quelland My Kenai River Trip Elan Carroll My New Dog 7th-9th grade Winner Molly Mitchell Rufus Honorable Mentions Mark Reutov Instant Gratification Molly Mitchell Rae 10th-12th grade Winner Kayla Fisher The Hole-y Terror Honorable Mentions David Martishev Crush Kayla Fisher Boldly Going Where No Man Has Gone Before Open/Adult Winner Megan Spurkland Boxes Honorable Mentions Joan Dodd Bound for Akutan Gail Sorensen Old Age and a Happy Life
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Monday, February 21, 2011
19th Kenai Peninsula Writers Contest
