2008 Contents Results

POETRY:  judged by Michael Blumenthal, Days We Would Rather Know

• First Place: "Night Beach" by Gail Comorat of Lewes, Delaware.
• 2nd Place: "Seaside" by Gail Comorat of Lewes, Delaware.
• 3rd Place: "The Fog" by Gary Hanna of Dagsboro, Delaware.

NONFICTION:  judged by Marian Fontana, A Widow's Walk

• First Place:  "The World is My Oyster" by George Merrill of St. Michaels, Maryland
• 2nd Place:  "There's No Place Like Here" by Sarah Barnett of Olney, Maryland
• 3rd Place:  "The Night the Mars Ride Burned (August 1964)" by Nancy Powichroski, of Harbeson, Delaware
• Honorable Mention:  "Is this Spot Taken?" by Paula Kotowski of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
• Honorable Mention:  "A Rocky Path to the Beach" by Deanna Duby of Milton, Delaware
  

FICTION:  judged by judged by Mark Gompertz, Publisher, Touchstone books, Simon & Schuster.First Place:  

• "The Luck" by Brenda Witmer of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 2nd Place:  "Saving the Child" by Nancy Lynn Powichroski of Harbeson, Delaware
• 3rd Place:  "Things to Do When it Rains" by Christine Kapp of Summit, NJ