JADE RING CONTEST WINNERS

Note: All cities are located in Wisconsin unless otherwise stated.

WWA announces Jade Ring contest award winners

Below is a complete list of the award winners for each Jade Ring Contest Category, titles of their award-winning entries.

Prizes this year were:

First Place: $150
Second Place: $100
Third Place: $80
Honorable Mention: $15 (two maximum)

2011
Serious Poetry Contest Manager: Suzy Wedeward Judge: Chuck Rybak Entry count: 121 poems from 56 entrants
1^st Place	Karla Huston, Appleton, "O Hair after Donald Hall"
2^nd Place	Peter Lund, Hayward, "Two Neighbors"
3^rd Place	Judy Kolosso, Slinger, "Farmer, Taster of Life"
Honorable Mention	Yvette Viets Flaten, Eau Claire, "Dead Things"
Honorable Mention	Jean Preston, Kenosha, "To My friend, Suitje, in Thailand (Upon Watching an Episode of The Great Race on TV)"
Humorous Poetry Contest Manager: Suzy Wedeward Judge: Chuck Rybak Entry count: 39 poems from 20 entrants
1^st Place	Sandra Lindow, Menomonie, "The Fitting"
2^nd Place	Connie Ludlum, Merrimac, "Annie Cadaver"
3^rd Place	Nancy Jesse, Madison, "Question for My Deceased Father"
Honorable Mention	Alice D'Alessio, Middleton, "My Husband Dreams About Tomatoes"
Honorable Mention	Doris Bezio, DePere, "Heart Covered Boxers"
Nostalgia Nonfiction Contest Manager: Robert Chesney Judge: Joel McNally Entry count: 56 entrants
1^st Place	Rena Beyer, Three Lakes, "Our Church"
2^nd Place	Gary Jones, Sister Bay, "Edna"
3^rd Place	Peg Sherry, Madison, "My Love Affair with Fire"
Honorable Mention	Jamie Kinworthy, Pardeeville, "The Skinny on Breakfast"
Honorable Mention	JoAnn Jones Opsahl, Merrill, "JoAnn"
Essay Nonfiction Contest Manager: Robert Chesney Judge: Joel McNally Entry count: 12 entrants
1^st Place	Dawn Bedore Proctor, Madison, "The Ride Home"
2^nd Place	Gary Jones, Sister Bay, "Memorials Forgotten"
3^rd Place	James Guhl, Hudson, "The Call of the Flambeau"
Honorable Mention	Greg Peck, Janesville, "A Giant of a Killer in a Body Too Small"
Honorable Mention	Barbara Kaufmann, Appleton, "When the Student is Ready, the Teacher Sparkles"
Adult Fiction Contest Manager: Nancy Jesse Judge: Philip Martin Entry count: 55 entrants
1^st Place	Karl L. Rubinstein, Hayward, "Sparks"
2^nd Place	Anne C. Zimmerman, Portage, "The Chrysalis Stage"
3^rd Place	Maura Fitzgerald, Milwaukee, "One Letter Off"
Honorable Mention	Kim Suhr, Wales, "Rink Rats"
Honorable Mention	John J. Mutter, Jr., Shawno, "The Regulator"
Juvenile Fiction Contest Manager: Nancy Jesse Judge: Katy Vopal Entry count: 22 entrants
1^st Place	Elizabeth Haling, Hayward, "If I were ..."
2^nd Place	Tia Svardahl, Sun Prairie, "One Beautiful Me"
3^rd Place	Heidi Overson, Coon Valley, "Kari's Hope"
Honorable Mention	Elizabeth Gamache, West Bend, "Curtain Call"
First Chapter/First Pages Contest Manager: Sean Little Judge: Carol Kaufman
1^st Place	Jenny Benjamin-Smith, Milwaukee, "This Most Amazing"
2^nd Place	Jeanette Michalets, Oconomowoc, "The Ten Cent Cafe"
3^rd Place	Andrew Davis, Houston, MN, "Baker's Dozen"