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WRWA Conference Photos Are Up!

Scroll Down To See Lots of Pictures From The 60th Anniversary Fall Conference!


The WRWA 60th Anniversary Cake




WRWA Leaders with the anniversary cake




Contest Winners




Claudia Anderson (Honorable Mention - Essay) and President Donald Schambow




Jade Ring Winner (Essay) Julie Eger and Claudia Anderson. Julie also won 2nd place in the Nostalgia category.




Jade Ring Winner (Adult Short Story) LaMoine MacLaughlin and Claudia Anderson




Jade Ring Winner (Nostalgia) William Ladewig and Claudia Anderson




Heidi Overson (Essay - 2nd Place) and Claudia Anderson




Sally Bair (Article - 2nd Place) and Claudia Anderson




Barb Jensen (Essay - 3rd Place, Article - Honorable Mention) with Claudia Anderson




Janet J. Grant-Gustafson (Adult Short Story - Honorable Mention) and Claudia Anderson




Liz Rhodebeck (Serious Poetry - Honorable Mention) and Claudia Anderson




Pat Fitzgerald (Adult Short Story - Honorable Mention) and Claudia Anderson




Maryo Gard Ewell - Saturday's Keynote Speaker




LaMoine MacLaughlin and Thomas King reading Maryo Ewell's sketch




Speaker Lorraine Hawkinson - WRWA Historian




Speaker Joanna MacKenzie




Sunday's Keynote Speaker Rosanne Bittner




Youth reading at the WRWA Conference as LaMoine MacLaughlin looks on. From left: Katie Peterson, Cassandra Hansen, and Lynne Walling





The Writers' Roundtable



Nate Scholze - the WRWA Fall Conference Coordinator. Great job, Nate!



JoAnn Opsahl and Nostalgia Judge Susan Engebrecht at the registration desk.




Thomas King reading his original rap, "I Write!"




Roxanne Aehl, the Open Mic Emcee




LaMoine MacLaughlin Reading at Open Mic




Waiting their turn for the Open Mic




Henry Guerra Pujol from Puerto Rico reading at the Open Mic session.




Don Schambow reading during Open Mic




Dave Rank during Open Mic




Bette Willams during Open Mic



Allen Ansorge Reading at Open Mic




Shirley Gutkowski and son




John Mutter (Article - Honorable Mention) asking a question.




Earle Garber