2024 Contest Winners

*Please note: Not every category has winners. Although there were entries, the judges did not feel they were worthy of awards. If a category is not listed, there were no awards given.

Children’s Category

         Honorable Mention – Watch Judy Run by Cora L. Cole

         3rd   Two Men and a Message by Esther Zeiset

         2nd  Tombley Wombley Goes on a Bumpy Ride by Pauline Lewis

         1st  Not Awarded

Devotional

         3rd What’s in a Name? by Deborah Lea Abbott

         2nd The God Who Forgets by Drexel C. Rankin

         1st Grafted in Love by Kathy Fieser

Flash Fiction

         Honorable Mention – The Man Who Could Not Cry by Esther Zeiset

         3rd A Day in the Life of The Dying by Dan Palmer  

         2nd  NA

         1st  NA

Humor

          Honorable Mention – The Missing Ciabatta Rolls by Kim Lengling and
A Scampering Tale from a Man Cave by Violet Barkley

         3rd Hotel Manners by Carolyn Barrett

         2nd Wrung Out Over Responsibility by Esther Zeiset

         1st  NA  

Light Verse

         Honorable Mention – Going to the Spring by Cora L. Cole

         3rd Bedtime Stories by Kathy Fieser

         2nd NA

         1st NA

Nonfiction Article

         Honorable Mention – Out on a Limb: Zacchaeus, Jesus, and Evangelism by Drexel C. Rankin

         3rd An Important Character Study by K. Edward Neves

         2nd Not Awarded

         1st Is Borrowing Biblical? by Bill Day

Novel Beginnings
Honorable Mention – Resolute by Violet Barkley

         3rd The (Re)Making of Elias Birdsong by Dan Palmer

         2nd Not Awarded

         1st  Journey of Faith by Wanda MacAvoy

Serious Poetry

         Honorable Mention – Liar by Carla R. Shover

         3rd Leftover Land by Cora L. Cole

         2nd NA

         1st NA

The Spirit of St. Davids – Chris Tarcson

The Thistle Award – Esther Zeiset