First Place GWA 2006 Annual Contest

Actually first and second place in the Georgia Writer's Association Annual contest for 2006. Here is the announcement from Geri Taran:

Congratulations to all who entered GWA's Annual Members' Contest.

I am pleased to announce the winners, received yesterday. Please note that due to the limited number of entries, overall, and the fact that some members entered numerous selections, some individuals won more than one prize.  

Fiction
1st     Sam Smith for Ellis, not Elvis
2nd     Sam Smith for Merle Littel
3rd     Tom Pilgrim for Under Lock And Key

Essay
1st     Bobbie Christmas for A Pound of Bacon, a Ton of Courage
2nd     Debbie Unterman for Revelation
3rd     Bobbie Christmas for I am a Writer, By Golly

Poetry
1st     Gabriel Stauf for Heavy Tipper at the Grand Hotel
2nd     Gabriel Stauf for Mango Encounters
3rd     Jill Jennings for A Different Kind of Christmas

All who entered can be proud, however, as these were all excellent entries and we thank you for your continued support of Georgia Writers Association and all it represents in the greater literary community of Georgia. We hope that next year the number of entries will be far greater, even though it will make the task of judges far more difficult.

I wonder how many entries they received? I know that I sent several. Also it's interesting to see that they liked "Ellis,Not Elvis" better than "Merl Littel". I would have ranked them the other way around.

The results are encouraging, and they come at a good time - when I am about to start on a major rewrite of my current novel. A little acknowledgment  does help quite a bit.