Art Affair: Sponsor of the Poetry, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests

Shade Tree Creations is host to the Annual Poetry, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests sponsored by Art Affair.

Shade Tree Creations is pleased to also host a web presence for Wordwrights OKC Christian Writers.

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Art Affair

Art Affair is the sponsor of the annual Poetry Contest, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests. We invite you to review contest rules and submit your poetry and short stories (general and western) to the appropriate contest.

We are currently accepting entries for all three 2010 categories and are pleased to announce that all of our contests are listed in Writer's Market and our poetry contest is included in Poet's Market. Click the appropriate blue buttons in the menu to the left to view the rules and submission information for the Poetry, Short Story and Western Short Story Contests. New this year is a special Mystery Short Story Contest. Click here for the rules.

Thank you for visiting our website, and good luck if you choose to enter the contests.

We look forward to hearing from you! ~ Barbara Shepherd

See below for 2009 Winners for SS, WSS, and Poetry.

2009 WINNERS

ANNUAL ART AFFAIR WRITING CONTESTS

SHORT STORY:

First Place, Ann Holbrook, Fayetteville, Arkansas, “Life Everlasting”

Second Place, Lucinda C. Kiser, Edmond, Oklahoma, “Death by Chocolate”

Third Place, Lilah Contine, St. Charles, Missouri, “My Heart Sang”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention, Jim Barton, Huttig, Arkansas, “Falling for Cash”

Honorable Mention, Del Cain, Saginaw, Texas, “Yard of the Month”

Honorable Mention, Gary R. Hoffman,Okeechobee, Florida, “Perfect Ten”

Honorable Mention, Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma, “Purgatory”

Honorable Mention, Lucinda C. Kiser, Edmond, Oklahoma, “The Weight of the World”

Honorable Mention, Lauren Scott, Hayward, California, “Matches”

WESTERN SHORT STORY:

First Place, Linda Sherlock, Wallasey-Wirral, United Kingdom, “Ridin' On Ahead”

Second Place, Dave P. Fisher, Sparks, Nevada, “Crow Scout”

Third Place, Dave P. Fisher, Sparks, Nevada, “Mrs. Reynolds”

(Honorable Mentions – in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention, Robert Boertien, Gresham, Oregon, “Customer Service”

Honorable Mention, Dave P. Fisher, Sparks, Nevada, “Montana Jack”

Honorable Mention, Gary R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, Florida, “Bad Blood”

Honorable Mention, Lin Johns, Calgary-Alberta, Canada, “The Dude”

Honorable Mention, Judy Magnuson Lilly, Salina, Kansas, “Honeymoon Train”

Honorable Mention, M. Carolyn Steele, Tulsa, Oklahoma, “Keeper of the Fire”

Honorable Mention, Robert Walton, King City, California, “Black Maggie's Secret”

POETRY:

First Place – Patty Landi-Zippilli, Pitman, New Jersey – “The Rehearsal”

Second Place – Maria Rachel Hooley, Lawton, Oklahoma – “Refraction”

Third Place – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “At the Bluff”

( Honorable Mentions listed in alphabetical order)

Honorable Mention – Faye Adams, De Soto, Missouri – “Learning to Spit”

Honorable Mention – Del Cain, Saginaw, Texas – “Place”

Honorable Mention – Yvonne Carpenter, Clinton, Oklahoma – “State Fair Midway, 1960”

Honorable Mention – Sally Clark, Fredericksburg, Texas – “My Grandmother’s House”

Honorable Mention – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “Shadows”

Honorable Mention – David Dillon, Killington, Vermont – “Beaver”

Honorable Mention – Vicki E. Harris, Barnardsville, North Carolina – “Mind Betrayal”

Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “A few words about Babel”

Honorable Mention – Catherine Moran, Little Rock, Arkansas – “To remember the crossing”

Honorable Mention – Carol Dee Meeks, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “And Then Life Will Get Better”

Honorable Mention – Carol Dee Meeks, Tulsa, Oklahoma – “Together We Travel the Same Path”

Honorable Mention – Yvonne Nunn, Hermleigh, Texas – “Winter Passes the Torch”

Honorable Mention – Alyssa Anne Radda, Grants Pass, Oregon – “Seaspiration”

Honorable Mention – Harriet Slaughter, Long Beach, New York – “The Ballad of Cynthia Parker”

Honorable Mention – Linda Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Three-Year-Old Con Artist”

Honorable Mention – Linda Thompson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – “The Reunion”

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Congratulations to the winners and to all who entered! Try us again. Each year has different manuscripts, different writers and poets, and different judges.

Check out our special category for 2010.