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