Post #82 – Women’s Memoir Writing, ScrapMoir – Matilda Butler and Kendra Bonnett
Memoir Contest Winners Announced
Welcome to the announcement of winners — winners of our third memoir writing contest for 2011. Kendra and I offer our thanks to the large number of women who submitted their memoir contest entries by March 31. We love the diversity and creativity of well-written memories of Aprils past.
For this contest, we created two categories — April Memories and April Birthdays. Then came the hard part — choosing our winners. After reading and re-reading entries, Kendra and I are pleased to present our list of winners and to share these marvelous and thoughtful stories with you. Today we are publishing four First Place prize-winning stories. We are publishing a three-way tie for First Place in April Memories category and the one First Place winner in the April Birthdays category.
Note: If you did not win this month, we urge you to enter one of our future contests. There are numerous topics in the coming contests. For the complete list, go to: http://WomensMemoirs.com/contests.
Below is the complete list of winners. The four First Place winning stories will appear throughout the day. One this morning at 10 am, one at noon, one at 2 pm, and the last this evening at 4 pm (all PDT). We hope you’ll come back and read all four. The Honorable Mentions will be published beginning in October.
THE MEMOIR CONTEST WINNERS
APRIL MEMORIES:
First Place Ties
(in alphabetical order)
Tracy Kauffman-Wood for Kitchen Veda
Phyllis Mattson for Journey to America
Judith L. Newton for Three Butters
Honorable Mentions
(in alphabetical order)
Shondeya Betari for Herb School
Antonia Gentile for April and My Spring Eternal
APRIL BIRTHDAYS:
First Place
Kathleen Hewitt for Sixteen Aprils
Honorable Mentions
(in alphabetical order)
Linda Austin for And a Child was Born
Deborah Gilson for Cut the Cake
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Congratulations to all of these winners. We hope you enjoy their stories. Be sure to visit this site at 10 am, noon, 2 pm, and 4 pm for
FOUR GREAT MEMOIR STORIES.
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