Each quarter we offer readers the chance to vote on their favorite stories that appeared in The Storyteller. Everyone who has a story or poem published has a chance to win. There is no higher honor than to be chosen "the best" for that quarter than from fellow writers. Winners receive a copy of the magazine and a certificate. Please remember to vote.
You can vote online by sending an email with "Votes" in the subject line to: storytellermag1@yahoo.com
January/February/March 2011
Fiction:
1st place: Richard Bauman--The Day of the Butterfly
2nd place: Les Williams--Under Nebraska Skies
3rd place: Jane Lonnqvist--The Clock
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Thomas E. Chipman--Hug "Em Before You Go
2nd place: Dorothy Bussemer--Gypsies in Our Town
3rd place: Kamal Parmar--The Magic of Monssons in India
Essay:
1st place: Louise Larsen--Contentment
2nd place: Harvey Silverman--The Field
3rd place: Bea Epstein--Beware the Evil Eye
Poetry:
1st place: Sonja Kosler--Child of My Child
2nd place: Kate Duvall--Next on the Agenda
3rd place: Jennifer McConnel--Luna
April/May/June 2011
Fiction:
1st place: Cynthia Collins--The Signature
2nd place: Wayne J. Gardiner--Cliched
3rd place: Dan Edwards--A Perfect Storm
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Judith Ceppa--The Barefoot Preacher's Wife
2nd place: Barbara L. Brutt--A Missionary Kid's Account of a Wraparound Skirt
3rd place: Juanita Nobles--It's Not Always Easy
Essay:
1st place: Louise Larsen--Start Now
2nd place: Evie Kalvelage---Joyful Chaos and Blueberry Moments
3rd place: Dorothy Bussemer--In the Beginning
Poetry:
1st place: Paul L. Shaw--The Old Man and the Boy
2nd place: C. B. Stow--I Found the Wooded Trail
3rd place: Ron Flowers--Old Man at the Nursing Home
July/August/September 2010
Fiction:
1st Place: Ruth Weeks--Second Chances
2nd place: Bridget Grove-Carlson--Twenty Photographs
3rd place: Donna Welch Jones--Mercy
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Janet K. Brown--Growing Up
2nd place: Mary K. Rechenberg--Daddy's Courage
3rd place: Donna Tanner--Granddad
Essay:
1st place: Margaret Brinton--Untilmate Defeat
2nd place: Dorothy Bussemer--The Take Along Box
3rd place: Rachel Savage--Carter's Keeper
Poetry:
1st place: Carol Fisher--No Rain Again Today
2nd place: Roger Cowin--They Came to America
3rd place: Joyce Rakers--Shopping On A Cold Night
October/November/December 2010
Fiction:
1st place: Beth Stephenson--The New York Quadrille
2nd place: Connie Ferdon--Winter Heart
3rd place: Gary Dudney--Cries-at-Moon and Fields of Snow
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Lori Geppert--When Santa Looks Like Uncle Al
2nd place: Hazel Hale-Bostic--Barbershop Saturday Morning
3rd place: Brian Huba--The Ford Granada
Essay:
1st place: Dorothy Stanaitis--The Mulberry Tree
2nd place: Louise Larsen--Slower, Older, Smarter
3rd place: Kerry Brian Charlton--Bumper Bullets, Crinolines and Chrome
Poetry:
1st place: Paul L. Shaw--Are You A Poet?
2nd place: Rick DeBaun Thomas--His Story
3rd place: Rebecca J. Wellman--Mailbox
You can vote online by sending an email with "Votes" in the subject line to: storytellermag1@yahoo.com
January/February/March 2011
Fiction:
1st place: Richard Bauman--The Day of the Butterfly
2nd place: Les Williams--Under Nebraska Skies
3rd place: Jane Lonnqvist--The Clock
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Thomas E. Chipman--Hug "Em Before You Go
2nd place: Dorothy Bussemer--Gypsies in Our Town
3rd place: Kamal Parmar--The Magic of Monssons in India
Essay:
1st place: Louise Larsen--Contentment
2nd place: Harvey Silverman--The Field
3rd place: Bea Epstein--Beware the Evil Eye
Poetry:
1st place: Sonja Kosler--Child of My Child
2nd place: Kate Duvall--Next on the Agenda
3rd place: Jennifer McConnel--Luna
April/May/June 2011
Fiction:
1st place: Cynthia Collins--The Signature
2nd place: Wayne J. Gardiner--Cliched
3rd place: Dan Edwards--A Perfect Storm
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Judith Ceppa--The Barefoot Preacher's Wife
2nd place: Barbara L. Brutt--A Missionary Kid's Account of a Wraparound Skirt
3rd place: Juanita Nobles--It's Not Always Easy
Essay:
1st place: Louise Larsen--Start Now
2nd place: Evie Kalvelage---Joyful Chaos and Blueberry Moments
3rd place: Dorothy Bussemer--In the Beginning
Poetry:
1st place: Paul L. Shaw--The Old Man and the Boy
2nd place: C. B. Stow--I Found the Wooded Trail
3rd place: Ron Flowers--Old Man at the Nursing Home
July/August/September 2010
Fiction:
1st Place: Ruth Weeks--Second Chances
2nd place: Bridget Grove-Carlson--Twenty Photographs
3rd place: Donna Welch Jones--Mercy
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Janet K. Brown--Growing Up
2nd place: Mary K. Rechenberg--Daddy's Courage
3rd place: Donna Tanner--Granddad
Essay:
1st place: Margaret Brinton--Untilmate Defeat
2nd place: Dorothy Bussemer--The Take Along Box
3rd place: Rachel Savage--Carter's Keeper
Poetry:
1st place: Carol Fisher--No Rain Again Today
2nd place: Roger Cowin--They Came to America
3rd place: Joyce Rakers--Shopping On A Cold Night
October/November/December 2010
Fiction:
1st place: Beth Stephenson--The New York Quadrille
2nd place: Connie Ferdon--Winter Heart
3rd place: Gary Dudney--Cries-at-Moon and Fields of Snow
Non-Fiction:
1st place: Lori Geppert--When Santa Looks Like Uncle Al
2nd place: Hazel Hale-Bostic--Barbershop Saturday Morning
3rd place: Brian Huba--The Ford Granada
Essay:
1st place: Dorothy Stanaitis--The Mulberry Tree
2nd place: Louise Larsen--Slower, Older, Smarter
3rd place: Kerry Brian Charlton--Bumper Bullets, Crinolines and Chrome
Poetry:
1st place: Paul L. Shaw--Are You A Poet?
2nd place: Rick DeBaun Thomas--His Story
3rd place: Rebecca J. Wellman--Mailbox
