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Lora K. Reiter, Ph.D., Keynote |
Betty Gibb |
Tom Mach |
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Anne Haehl |
Shirley Swayne |
Carol Russell |
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Robert McManes |
Mary-Lane Kamberg |
Carol Anderson |
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J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award 2003 Winner: Tom Mach for his historical novel, Sissy! Award presented by incoming KAC president, Doris Schroeder |
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Nelson Poetry Book Award 2003 Winner: Ruth Stunz for her collection of poetry, Contrails in the Wind. |
Ferguson
Kansas History Book Award: no award granted |
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Book Award Winners
Write About a Kansas Author Award 2003
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Robert D. Carey |
Leona Dillard |
Duane Herrmann |
Doris Schroeder |
First Place |
Robert D. Carey, D1, Topeka, for "Kansas Icon— William Allen White" |
Second Place |
Leona Dillard, D6, Hutchinson for "Blance M. Irving; Kansas Authors Club Twenty-Eighth President" |
Third Place |
Annet Wood, D5, Wichita |
Honorable Mention |
Duane Herrmann, D1, Topeka for "Dr. David S. Ruhe, Kansas Author" Doris Schroeder, D6, Hutchinson for "Stepping Stones to Writing for Kansas Author Esterh Loewen Vogt" |
Distinguished
Mention |
Beth Lagaron, Lawrence for "Colorless Words: The Dark Truth in Junky (William S. Burroughs)" |
Literary Contest Winners at the Convention
also visit 2003 Winners List
POETRY
Theme winners: Duane L. Herrmann, Jeane Jackson, Naomi Patterson,
Marie Marshall
Rhymed Verse winners: Marie
Marshall, Estella Meech, Alice Flower
Free
Verse winner: Diane Palka
Narrative winners: Naomi
Patterson, Leona Dillard, Robert McManes, Lily Angle
Whimsy winners: Julie
Miller, Naomi Patterson, Alice Flower, Anne Mart
Classic Form
winners: Naomi Patterson, Lorraine Kaufman, Lily Angle
Japanese
Form winners: Marie Marshall, Jean Jackson, Robert McManes
Song Form winners: Tom Mach, Joann Williams, Alice Flower
PROSE
Theme
winners: Dorothy M. Ternes, Doris Schroeder
Story
for Children (7-12) winners: Alice Flower, Joann
Williams, Dorothy M. Tornes
Feature
Article winner: Joann Williams
Memoir
winners: Alice Flower, Naomi Patterson, Judie Miller,
Max Yoho, Yvonne Evie Green
Inspirational
winners: Barbara Brady, Joy Uthoff, Dorothy Ternes,
Judie Miller
Prose-Short Story winners: Luann French, Leona Dillard
Historical
Research winners: Roxie Olmstead, Tom Mach, Duane
L. Herrmann, Dorothy M. Ternes
First Chapter
of Book winners: Christi Breault, Joanne Williams,
Sam Pierson
Around the Convention
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| Left: Ray Nelson conducts the Sunday Morning Devotional
Service. Above: Members browse in the book room. |
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