Awards 2025
Between The Pages Writer's Conference
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First Place - Hidden in Plain Sight - Children's Book Back Cover
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First Place - Mr. Nobody - Book Title & Compelling Beginning (Thriller Genre)
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Second Place - Revenge is Mine - First Paragraph Sleuth's Ink Mystery
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Honorable Mention - Bonds Never Broken
Crowder Quill (Published stories)
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Bronze Nonfiction - The Stolen Christmas Present (page 4)
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Bronze Fiction Short Story - The Ring (page 74)
Joplin Writers Guild
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Third Place - True, Lasting Love - Valentine's Day Short Story
Ozark Writers League
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Third Place - Duck & Cover Reunion - The Family Reunion
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Third Place - Being Nana Claus - Creative NF - My Favorite Hobby
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Second Place - Texting, Oops - A Spoof About Writing
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Second Place - Major in Business; Minor in Monkey Business - Humorous Memoir
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1 HM - Our Nation - Poetic Malfeasance
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3 HM - Beautiful Day - Magical Ozarks Moments
Awards 2024
Ozark Writers League
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First Place - The Stolen Christmas Present - Humorous Anecdote
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First Place - Tie One on at the Knot Family Reunion - The Family Reunion
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Second Place - The New Girl - Juvenile Short Story
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Second Place - A Beautiful Way to Spend the Day - Creative Nonfiction My Favorite Hobby
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Second Place - The Stream - Crawford Poetry Prize
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Second Place - The Canadian - Travel Article
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Third Place - Harold Brazil, Joplin's Tuskegee Airman - Ozarks Article
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Honorable Mention - Riding Down Memory Lane - Hometown Newspaper Column
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Honorable Mention - The Ring - O'Henry Style Story
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Honorable Mention - Teaching, What an Experience! - Memoir & Creative Nonfiction