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Jessamyn West Contest Winners 2011 

 

Napa Valley College Winners

First Prize, Fiction                                        Donna DeWeerd “Solo”

Second Prize, Fiction                                   Pamela Jackson “Reading Chekhov”

Third Prize, Fiction                                       Peggy Prescott “Whatever”

                                Judge:  Anne Evans, Professor Emeritus, Napa Valley College

 

First Prize, Poetry                                        Dan Kaufman “Kinship”

Second Prize, Poetry                                   Peggy Prescott “The Right Time, The Right Place”

Third Prize, Poetry                                       Bonnie Jean Long “We Take Dad to a Chinese Restaurant”

                                Judge:  Michael Waterson, Napa County Poet Laureate

 

First Prize, Nonfiction                                 Peggy Prescott “Finding a Voice”

Second Prize, Nonfiction                            Rudy Mancini “Pugilist Down”

Third Prize, Nonfiction                               Gertrude Martin “Mystery”

Honorable Mention, Nonfiction                   Jessica Tiu “My Culture”

                                Judge:  Noelle Oxenhandler, Associate Professor of English, Sonoma State

 

First Prize                                                  Amber Rose De La O "old news with some old shoes in the old called  
            San Francisco"

Honorable Mentions                                  Jaycee Bell, Karewith Casas, Shakiro Deasis, Shameem K. Ghauri, 
           Chelsea Hammerdorfer, Jessica Whitmire

                                Judge:  Fain Hancock, Napa Valley College

 

High School Winners

First Prize, Fiction                                        Laura Sitter “Counting by Numbers” Napa High

Second Prize, Fiction                                   Adriana Baeza “Repressing the Moonlight” Napa High

Third Prize, Fiction                                      Alyssa O’Kelley “The New Jack City Hustler” Napa High

                                Judge:  Karen Larsen, Professor of English, Napa Valley College

 

First Prize, Poetry                                      David Sornberger “Epiphanies of a Hindsight Man” Napa High

Second Prize, Poetry                                 Adriana Baeza “Brother” Napa High

Third Prize, Poetry                                     Carlie Ott “Hypocrites” Napa High

                                Judge:  Lori Barron, Writing Center Instructional Assistant, Napa Valley College

 

First Prize, Nonfiction                                Elizabeth Cole “The Fog” Napa High

Second Prize, Nonfiction                           Hannah Tiberend “Mont St. Michel” Napa High

Third Prize, Nonfiction                               Brogan McCuen “The Day I Took my Imagination for a Walk” Napa  
     High

Honorable Mention, Nonfiction                  Montana Upton “How to Annoy Your Siblings” Napa High

                                Judge:  Cathy Gillis, Professor of English, Napa Valley College