(1)-Mainstream Novels and Literary Novels

1st Place:

• The October Man: A Novel
• David Halperin
• Durham, NC

Second place:

• Dominant Male
• Timothy Burns
• Taos, NM

Third place:

• Midnight Blues
• Lois Cutts Sullivan
• Los Lunas, NM

(2) Mystery/Suspense/Thriller/Adventure Novels

1st Place:

• Rummage For Death
• Kristin Parrott
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• Peace, Love & Murder
• Nancy Conner
• Ithaca, NY

3rd Place:

• Eyes Of The Night Jaguar
• Suzanna Neal
• San Diego, CA

(3) Romance Novels

1st Place:

• A Hunk For The Holidays
• Cathleen Smith
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• The Stone Key
• Gabriella Anderson
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• Dark Legacy
• Barb Simmons
• Bosque Farms, NM

(4) Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Novels

1st Place:

• Into The Crow Wood
• Marian Frear
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• Demon Lover
• Armando de Aguero
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• What Is Is
• James Manton
• Mesquite, TX

(5) Historical/Am. Frontier/Western Novels

1st Place:

• Flaherty's Run
• William Henry Hoffman
• Fort Myers, FL

2nd Place:

• Under A Crimson Sky
• Jackie Clements-Marenda
• Staten Island, NY

3rd Place:

• Blood Oath
• Timothy Burns
• Taos, NM

(6) Middle Grade/Young Adult Novels

1st Place:

• Ringing Bird
• Keith E. Moen
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• The Thing About Pomegranates
• Iliana Pappas
• New York, NY

3rd Place:

• Pain And Power
• Kari Haworth
• San Jose, CA

(7) Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror Short Stories

1st Place:

• "Path To F'dar"
• Darren Moore
• Phoenix, AZ

2nd Place:

• "Oberon's Bane"
• Wendy Bickel
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• "The Wind Still Whispers Their Names"
• Sean Abbott
• Albuquerque, NM

(8) Mainstream and Literary Short Stories

1st Place:

• "Cinema Verite"
• John Blanchard
• Oakland, CA

2nd Place:

• "Interstate"
• Rory McClannahan
• Edgewood, NM

3rd Place:

• "Duck Pond"
• Marilyn Stablein
• Albuquerque, NM

(9) Mystery/Romance Short Stories

1st Place:

• "Dead Man Breathing"
• David Corwell
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• "A Soft Place To Fall"
• Susan Coppola
• Miami, FL

3rd Place:

• "The Bounty Hunters"
• James Kuykendall
• Laredo, TX

(10) Other Genres: Historical, Western, etc. Short Stories

1st Place:

• "Chupacabra"
• Ana Manwaring
• Penngrove, CA

2nd Place:

• "Albuquerque Sky"
• Carolyn Donnell
• San Jose, CA

3rd Place:

• "Double Jack: A Miner's Mark"
• Val Valentine
• Pagosah, CO

(11) Middle Grade Young Adult Short Stories

1st Place:

• "The Poor House"
• George Youngblood
• Spring, TX

2nd Place:

• "Captive Audience"
• Sheryl Allen & Deborah Snyder
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• "A Mustang For Blanca"
• Paula C. Merrow
• Albuquerque, NM

(12) Nonfiction Article/Essay

1st Place:

• "A Discharge By Any Other Name"
• Peggy Spencer
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• "In The Medina"
• Gregory McElwain
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• "Discover The Sandia Foothills"
• Robert Huffman
• Albuquerque, NM

(13) Children's Nonfiction Article

1st Place:

• "Fred Harvey, The Father of Fast Food"
• Sheila Wood Foard
• Van Buren, MO

2nd Place:

• "Why Abraham Lincoln Became An Inventor"
• Larry Greenly
• Albuquerque, NM

(14) Nonfiction Book

1st Place:

• Rosebuddies
• Louella Bryant
• Lincoln, VT

2nd Place:

• Living With Nephew
• Sherri L. Burr
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• No Heroic Measures- The Life and Times of a Hospice Nurse
• Nancy Costea
• Albuquerque, NM

(15) Nonfiction Children's Book

1st Place:

• Divided Loyalties: The Story Of Sarah Townsend
• Wendy Bickel
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• Spirit Horse: Woody Crumbo, Native American Artist
• Margaret Parks
• Tijeras, NM

16) Children's Picture Book (Fiction & Nonfiction)

1st Place:

• Brat The Pirate
• Leslie Prichard
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• Five Stones
• David S. Hagan
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• Until Red Dust Circles The Moon
• Patricia Hernandez-Gonzales
• Albuquerque, NM

(17) Screenplay

1st Place:

• My Late Wife
• Marc Calderwood
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• Orgasms And Other Lies
• Elizabeth Appell
• Kentfield, CA

3rd Place:

• Dancing Like Myself
• Tracy Koretsky
• Berkeley, CA

(18) Poetry

1st Place:

• "My Son Strapped To My Back"
• Marilyn Stablein
• Albuquerque, NM

2nd Place:

• "Recollected In Tranquility"
• Heather O'Shea
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• "Dime Box Time"
• Jamie Erin Henry
• Albuquerque, NM

(19) Spanish Language/ Nonfiction Article/Essay

1st Place:

• "No Lo Suficiente"
• Ricardo Gonzalez
• Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

2nd Place:

• "Funeral En McDonald's"
• Margarita B. Montalvo
• Albuquerque, NM

3rd Place:

• "Guernica"
• Lucretia Tippit
• Albuquerque, NM