2009 Jade Ring Winners Announced

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2009 JADE RING WINNERS!!!!!!!

Nostalgia:

1st Place: Janet Grant-Gustafson

2nd Place: Martha Griffiths


3rd Place: Martha Griffiths

1st Honorable Mention : Patricia Kasten

2nd Honorable Mention: Dorothy M. Loftus



Juvenile Short Story:

1st Place: Darlene A. Buechel

2nd Place: Carol Deprez

3rd Place: Carolyn Marquardt

1st Honorable Mention: Laurie Risch

2nd Honorable Mention: Idella Anacker



Humorous Poetry:


1st Place: Cathy Conger

2nd Place: Dorothy Lund

3rd Place: Ruby Walton

1st Honorable Mention: Kathleen Hayes Phillips

2nd Honorable Mention: Cathy Conger



Serious Poetry:

1st Place: Mary Jo Balistreri

2nd Place: Judy Kolosso

3rd Place: Karla Huston

1st Honorable Mention: Christine L. Abresch

2nd Honorable Mention: Patty Miler



Article:

1st Place: Jeane Knapp

2nd Place: Greg Peck

3rd Place: Elayne Clipper Hanson

1st Honorable Mention: Sally Bair



Adult Short Story:

1st Place: Cheryl A. Hanson

2nd Place: Kathleen Ernst

3rd Place: Cynthia Uhrich

1st Honorable Mention: Barb Jenson

2nd Honorable Mention: Carolyn Ostrander

3rd Honorable Mention: Kimberly Suhr


Essay:

1st Place: Cheryl A. Hanson

2nd Place: Nancy Sweetland

3rd Place: Joanne Nelson

1st Honorable Mention: Barb Jensen

2nd Honorable Mention: Betty Brogaard


Well done all!!!!

2009 Spring Writers' Conference

MAY 1st and 2nd in SIREN, WI

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Check out our exciting conference schedule!
Click on speakers names for their bios

Friday, May 1st

6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Writers’ Roundtable (separate sessions for prose and poetry)

Saturday, May 2nd

8:00 – 9:00 Registration, coffee, and meeting each other

9:00 – 9:10 Opening Remarks

Robin Butler, Boyd Sutton, Denis Simonsen

9:10 – 9:30 Brief Presentation: Alan Ansorge Play

9:30 – 9:45 Book Sales/Signing/General Audience Admission

(Public access for Michael Perry’s 1^st presentation only)

9:45 – 10:45 Michael Perry (1) – Stories from Home

10:45 – 11:00 Break – Book Sales/Signing

(People who came only for Perry’s presentation buy books and depart)

11:00 – 12:00 Michael Perry (2) – Freelancing, Publishing, and the Writing Process

12:00 – 12:15 Book Sales/Signing

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Explanation of Exhibit: Ladysmith Exhibit (writing & visual arts)

Brief Presentation: Tom King (reading/recitation)

Lindemann & Nelson Contest Awards

1:00 – 1:45 Michael Norman – How to gather and organize material for your writing

1:45 – 2:15 Youth Contest Awards (Denis Simonsen and LaMoine MacLaughlin)

1^st place winners read their entries

Cassie Hanson Song

2:15 – 3:00 Beverly Larsen – Poetry is Significant

3:00 – 3:15 Break – Book Sales/Signing

3:15 – 4:15 Open Mic

4:15 – 4:20 Closing Remarks