category1winners1999

New Century Writer Awards 1999

Category I

SHORT STORIES & NOVEL EXCERPTS

TOP 10 WINNERS

1^st Place – LEAVES – Kit Redeker (Emily Dickinson)

2^nd Place – TRISTAN’S QUARTER – Richard Scarsbrook

3^rd Place – MAGNET FOR MURDER – Robyn Travers

4^th Place – THE SECOND COMING – Sam Zitter

5^th Place – INDIAN SUMMER – Lynn Stegner

6^th Place – LIFE FORCE – Robin White

7^th Place – SOMETHING BLUE – Pat Gallant

8^th Place – THE PASSION FOR THE BULLS – Sylva Mularchyk

9^th Place – ECHO – Eric M. Witchey

10^th Place – THE QUALITY OF UNMERCY – Frawley Becker

FINALISTS -- 31 short story and novel excerpt manuscripts. Short Stories and Novels are mixed in this list.

THE BODY WITHOUT – Kerry Cohen

DO WA DIDDY – Michael G. Johnson

THE WHOLE TRUTH – Robyn Travers

METHUSA’S TOUCH – Stephen D. Miles

PLACE OF SWEET WATERS – Barbara Goldowsky

RUFUS – Elizabeth Oness

GENTLE JIM – Sam Zitter

THE FACE IS FAMILIAR – Sam Zitter

FRAME & MIND – Ilsa J. Bick

SILENCE – Henry Meyerson

RAIN – Henry Meyerson

ELECTRIC LIGHT IN MARCH – Douglas Crandell

LES DEUSE CHERIES – Frawley Becker

ERIC – Reven Tareak

SLOW TAKES THE DANCE FLOOR – Mark Bacus

DREAM GIRL – Brent Hartinger

A FINE MESS – Cindy Stillwell

GOODSMOKE – Cheever Tyler

CHILDREN IN THE GARDEN – Cheever Tyler

THERE USED TO BE RIVERS – Frank T. Fetherston

FIGMENT – Paula Brancato

BLACKHEART- Paula Brancato

THREE VIEWS – Paula Brancato

THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF THE BED – Paula Brancato

LIVING IMAGE – Gladys S. Gallant

THE IVORY LIE - Pat Gallant

THE PORTER – Pat Gallant

THE BLACK WINDOW – Pat Gallant

IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER – Pat Gallant

THE HAMMOCK OF TIME – M.A. SAVAGE

MINDSCAPE – Andrea Hairston

QUARTER-FINALISTS or Approx 217 out of 750 entries in Category I for FICTION which includes short stories and novel excerpts.

Short stories and novels excerpts are mixed in this listing. Please work your way down through the entire list to see all Quarter-Finalists in the FICTION category.

INSIGHT – Frederick J. McGavran

BASIL’S LEG LEFT – Jim Douglas

IMPOSSIBLE SHADOW – Richard Lyons

FAMILY LIVING – Karen Offitzer

THE LIVING – Peter Christopher

LEGS – Peter Christopher

SILVER HAIR LACE – James T. McGowan

NATHAN’S CAROUSEL – G.E. Shuman

THE CARPENTER – Louis E. Blount

BETWEEN SERMONS – Clifford Riley

ABSOLUTION – Sara Baker

THE MAN WHO MARRIED HIS CAT – Morm Wigington

DON’T YOU KNOW THERE’S A WAR ON – Jacob Jaffe

IN THE BLOOD – Daniel Bartlett

PEEPING – Brad Field

BRITTLE BRANCHES – Brad Field

COMMANDS- Brad Field

CARLOTTA’S BEAU – Joy Verde

THE PLACE – Hugh G.W. Swandel

THE GRASSHOPP HAS MORE THEN HE CAN CHEW – Robert Shaun Kilburn

KING OF SUBURBAN HIGH – Tripp North

LET’S LAUGH AT GOD – Douglas Crandell

NATURE Vs MAN –Douglas Crandell

A MARVELOUS JOURNEY – Rebecca Rusnak

FAR FROM THE TRIBE – Dan Newman

FATHERS AND SONS – Dan Newman

BEATLEMANIA – Jaime Mastomonica

LUMBRED – Jaime Mastromonica

ONE KNIGHT – Kathyrn Paulsen

THE HANDIWORK OF FATHERS – Robert Hartling Gates

THE WARMTH – David Dames

ERASURE – Gail Waldstein, M.D.

THE GRIN OF THE POSSUM – Patricia H. McCarter

THE HUNDERD YEAR HOUR – Mary E. Nelson

LIFE MAINTENANCE – Michael P. Edwards

A DEPT REPAID – Patricia Plummer Richey

THE FRAGILE THREAD – Patricia Plummer Richey

APPOINTMENT IN TANNERSVILLE – James M. Walzter

THE UPHOLSTERER – James M. Waltzer

ORPHANS – James M. Waltzer

MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHO YOU ARE – Alice O’Donell Sillivan

THE WILDFLOWERS FIELD: A STORY OF VALOUR – Reven Tareak

GABIEL’S SILENCE – Dan Brown

THE INTRUDER – Elieen Jones Kenedy

WHEN I SPEAK FRENCH – Persis Knobbe

LEO DOLAN MUST DIE – Donald R. Gordon

FRAME OF MIND – Ilsa Bick

MIRACLE IN MACON – Michael F. Smith

POSSUM BINGO – Jen Morgan

THE ASHES OF GREENWOOD – Tabatha A. Yeatts

DETROIT STORIES – Rhonda B. Stamell

ESCAPE – Dennis Must

BIG WHITEY – Dennis Must

URSA MAJOR IN VERMONT – Joan Connor

THE REAL STAN – Lina Ramona Vitkauskas

THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE – Roberto H. Tugade

SERVING SPIRITS – Robert Larkin

HORROR FLICK – Bob Zeidman

HYDE: A NOVELLA NOIR – Frank Polite

IN EVITA’S SHADOW Anita Crocus

THE VIENNESE DOLL HOUSE – Anita Crocus

UNCLE ALBERT’S DOLPHIN – Tom Yarborough

SOPHIE AND RUPERT – Valerie Reynolds

A FINE DAY FOR DUCKS – Jody Kuchar

FIVE SOLDIERS – Edward Tsue

THE PLAYER’S GUILD – Frank T. Fetherston

SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS – Terry Grove

FLYOVER STATES – Gary R. McClain

TOUJOURS DEAD – Susan Kiernan-Lewis

TRAVELING WITH OTHERS – Sandra Gail Teichmann

SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT – Jason Elbogen

CAT OWNERS – Jason Elbogen

THE RAINBOW WALKERS – George E. Shuman

BROKEN WINGS – Jeaninne M. Escallier Kato

FAMILY LIVING – Karen Offitzer

RAT FISH – Karen Offitzer

INQUEST – Terrance Ross

THE GETAWAY KID – B. Samuel Agro

THE JACKET – B. Samuel Agro

BREAD & BUTTER – Kit Redeker

SHASHONE: VICTIM AND SURVIVOR – E. Bernadine Bayez-Sydner

ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER TEAR – E. Bernadine Bayez-Sydner

A SMALL DEPRESSION IN A GARDEN OF VOWELS – Stephen D. Miles

SECOND COMING AT COLDWATER CREEK – Stephen D. Miles

STRAWBERRY SUNDAY – Barbara Goldowsky

HERB COOKS UP A STORM – Barbara Goldowsky

A QUESTION OF JUSTICE – Roberto H. Thgade

BACCHANAL – Donald R. Gordon

TO FATHER WITH LOVE – Christina Freeburn

This listing contains only NOVEL EXCERPTS that placed in the Quarter-Finals for 1999.

THE WAYFARER – Sue Stock

LIBERATION DAY – Bonnie Milani

PHOEBE MAE – Betty Givins

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WILLIAM HUNTER – Patricia Hunter Gray

SOUTHSEAS ODYSSEY – Herbert R. Wagner

SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS – Terry Grove

GREENWHICH VILLAGE, MEAN TIME – Russell Shane

FLYOVER STATES – Gary R. McClain

IF THE MOON COULD REMEMBER – JoAnn Bren Guernsey

THE ORD – Keith A. Hopps

DEVIL’S KNIGHT – Geri Borcz

CITY OF TEARS – Eric Balkan

CONNECTIONS – Jerry B. Holmes

SEASONS CHANGE – Jack Slay, Jr.

A DEATH IN PRAGUE – Victor Lana

THE DEALMAKER – Edward Francisco

A ROOM IN RENO – Paul Perry

PEACE ON EARTH, INCORPORATED – William G. Wizinsky

SALTS – Gary Eller

MILDAY FRANCENSCA HER TOYE – Michael McCanles

MINDROT – Gail Waldstein, M.D.

NO STONE UNTURNED – Kathie Hill

BETWEEN THE DARK AND THE DAYLIGHT – Elsie Hosking Straight

BROOKLYN NOCTURNE – Larry Hayes

YOUNG SANTA (a children’s novella) – Rocky Share

DEATH IN THE EYES OF THE ASTRONOMER – Yokanaan Kearns

ALOHA, MRS. ROBINSON – Joseph M. Piscatella

DISTURBED NEST – Mark Allen Boeder

QUENCHED – Tom Yarborough

SOCIAL DISEASE – Tom Yarborough

THE SARAH HILL BUS LINE – Debra Burgess-Mohr

MAGGIE – Marguerite M. Deetz

WHEEL ON FIRE – Carleton Schade

THIS DAY’S MADNESS – Sandra E. Motz

THE SOUND OF VOICES – Edward Franklin

WALKING ON THE GRASS – Marsha Cohen

NOBLE LIVES – Carolyn Page

AMATUERS – Erica Obey

DAWN IN HONOLULU – James Swan

IRON MAIDEN: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE U.S.S. MONITOR – Jim Musgrave

CASSANDRA’S GHOST – Lenore C. Schuetz

THE MANHOOD OF STEWART LONES II – Henry J. Pannuto, Jr.

THREE WEE KINGS – D. T. Wold

MARTYVILLE – Jason Jacobson

THE AMERICAN STRANGLER – Robert M. Fleisher

THE UN-PRODICAL SON – Michael Jasper

ANGEL FIRE – Ron Franscell

MY FATHER WITHIN ME – Tom Cayler

HOBGOBLINS – Jacob Jaffe

DANCING WITH THE DARK – Elizabeth Benton Appely

IN THE SHADOW OF THE BOARDWALK – Carole L. Glickfeld

POTATOES IN THE ANIMAL SOUP – Marcie L. Porter

THE TAKING OF TITAN BASE – Janet L. Loftis

LOVE’S TAINTED WING – Paulette Golden

TRAIL OF THE MOUNTAIN GOD – Walter Rat Stump

BROKEN PIECES – Martha McDonnough

OF THE DYING YEARS – Bertrand J. Adams, Sr.

This listing contains only SHORT STORIES that placed in the Quarter-Finals for 1999.

DAS KAFFEEHAUS (AS IT WERE) – Scott Edward Bennett

SURVEILLANCE – Scott Edward Bennett

ASSENT – Scott Edward Bennett

WOMAN DRAKES – Anne Sharp

DETROIT STORIES -Rhoda B. Stamell

THE HOLE TRUTH – Robyn Travers

THE TRUMPET MAN – Jim Connor

SOUND PRINT – Frank Ventrola

SOPHIE AND RUPERT – Valerie Reynolds

A FINE DAY FOR DUCKS – Jody Kuchar

THE RAINBOW WALKERS – George E. Shuman

BROKEN WINGS – Jeannuie M. Escallier Kato

MISSING PERSONS – Rose Glickman

FOOTSTEPS IN THE ANCIENT CITY – Maxine Jones

BOOTLEGGER’S MOTHER – Jim Douglas

STALKING – Jim Douglas

ALPS – Helena Dante

THE SYMPHONY OF LOVE – Helena Dante

MR. CLEAN – Jerry B. Holmes

HUNGER FOR ENDLESS NIGHT – Jerry B. Holmes

GENERAL DOLITTLE’S RAID OVER TOKYO – Hal Ackerman

THE GETAWAY KID – B. Samuel Argo

ALCHEMY OF THE BLUE HANDS – Douglas M. Hull

FACE ON MARS – Marcel J. DuBois

TRAFFIC STOP – Charles E. Lowrie

SOMETHING FAMILIAR AND FRIGHTENING – Charles R. Feldstein

PRESENT IMPERFECT – Charles R. Feldstein

THE HOLE BETWEEN THEM – Gerard Varni

CALLING UP THE DEAD – Brett Weaver

DEER TAILS – Edward Mulvaney

MURCHISONS DREAM – Byron Marshall

JENNY’S DANELIONS – Paul E. Perry

INVASION – Timothy Michael Jeffrey

SLEEPER – Mark J. Marraccini

THE GASOLINE CHRONICLES – Jon Methuen

THE SOCRATIC METHOD – Bruce Leonard, Jr.

HOLDING PATTERN – Diane S. Hoover

CHUCK & DEE – Richard M. Eastman

THE SMOKEHOUSE – Dr. Jimmy Carl Harris

MY SUCCUBI BABY – Jeff Brown

A QUEEN AND HER CHOICE – Terry T.F. Smith

HELLO, YOU’RE ON THE AIR – Deborah J. Beyer

IN THE WOMB OF THE MOON – Lou Buttino

ANTAGONIST – Reven Tareak

PASSAGE 99 – Janice Emaus

HUMAN RESOURCES – Dennis James

AFTERLIFE – Kerry Glamsch

MECHANICAL MAN – Alice B. Whipple

THE WAGES OF SPIN – Emily C. Long

BLACK MICE – Erika Mikkalo

STRIPMINE – Rob Rader

LIFE MAINTENANCE – Michael Edwards

BE NICE TO THE CINNAMON BEAR – Mary E. Nelson

QUEEN OF HEARTS – Carolyn D. Wal

THE PICASSO – Kathleen Ann Stallworth

YARD SALE – Karin Beuerlein

DEMON KEEPER – Royce Scott Buckingham

LADDER WORK – Noreen Ayres

DINING AT THE BUGHOUSE – Bill Zaget

FELICITY’S GUIDE TO INTERNET ROMANCE – Valerie Cihylik

PLAYERS – Susan L. Feldman

ROOMIE – Paul McComas

YEARLINGS – Jim Marion Etter

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF QUANTUM CAT – Isla J. Bick

MIRACLE IN MACON – Michael F. Smith

EINSTEIN IN EL PASO - Larry Powell

YELLER CAT – Michael F. Smith

ARTICLES OF FAITH – Elizabeth Oness

THE MUSIC UNDERNEATH – Elizabeth Oness

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