Greensboro Awards, 2008

Sponsored by the Writers' Group of the Triad

Short Stories
Poetry

Short Stories

WINNER
Ann McMurray
Knoxville, TN
Story: Wednesdays We Have Chicken

Finalists, in no particular order

Jack Keator
Ponte Verde Beach, FL
Story: The Cat, the Cradle, and the Man on the Moon

Ann McMurray
Knoxville, TN
Story: A.J. and the Satellite Dish

Tom Glenn
Ellicott City., MD
Story: Tranquility Ridge

Lyn Fairchild Hawks
Chapel Hill, NC
Story: Retrograde

Susan Boskat Murray
Walkertown, NC
Story: Free Kittens

Ms. Shawn Nemeth Rubiera
Colfax, NC
Story: The Last Game of Jacks

Maureen Sherbondy
Raleigh, NC
Story: The Final Simcha

Rose Glickman
Berkeley, CA
Story: No Flowers, Please

David Wayne Black
Alton, IL
Story: There is No Escape

Poetry

FINAL JUDGE: Kathryn Stripling Byer, North Carolina Poet Laureate

WINNER
Michael Boccardo
High Point, NC

RUNNER-UP
Steve Lautermilch
Kill Devil Hills, NC

OTHER FINALISTS:
(in alphabetical order)

Michael Beadle
Canton, NC

Beth Copeland
Fayetteville, NC

Gayle Elen Harvey
Utica, NY

Debra Kaufman
Mebane, NC

Bruce Lader
Raleigh, NC

Ellaraine Lockie
Sunnyvale, CA

Anna Bellamy Lucas
Madison, IN

Penelope Scambly Schott
Portland, OR