Nicholas Caudill
Honorable Mention - Life's Music Contest

Susan Glassmeyer
First Place - Heidi Knecht Memorial Contest
Honorable Mention - Disguises Contest
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Robert F. Diehm Contest
Honorable Mention - Family Ties Award

Sue Neufarth Howard,
Third Place - The Persistence of Memory Contest
Third Place - In Memory of Helen Gehman Contest

W. B. Ignatius
Honorable Mention - The Persistence of Memory Contest
Honorable Mention - Heidi Knecht Memorial Contest

Richard Luftig
Honorable Mention - The Persistence of Memory Contest
Honorable Mention - Great Expectations Contest
Honorable Mention - Family Ties Award

Jean Syed
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Eileen A. Kelly Contest
Honorable Mention - Ballad Award
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Helen Gehman

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OPD Special Award: .......................Jerry Judge, Honorable Mention
It's In the Mind: ................................Jerry Judge, Second Prize
Just for the Fun of It: ........................Jerry Judge, Honorable Mention
A Political Poem: .............................Susan Glassmeyer, Third Prize;
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Unspoken: ........................................Susan Glassmeyer, First Prize
The Persistence of Memory: .............Susan Glassmeyer, Honorable Mention
Marlene Seevers Stottsberry Award: Sue Neufarth Howard, Honorable Mention
Rivers: ..............................................Richard Luftig, Honorable Mention
Family Ties: .....................................Richard Luftig, First Prize
Welcome Aboard: ............................Nicholas Caudill, co-First Prize
Ohioana Library Award: ..................Richard Luftig, Honorable Mention
In Memory of Helen Gehman: .........Richard Luftig, Honorable Mention;
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx& Sue Neufarth Howard, Honorable Mention
Evan Lodge Workshop Award: .......Sue Neufarth Howard

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Creme de la Creme - Honorable Mention: Linda Ann Schofield
Small Stuff - Third Prize: Jean Syed
Observing Nature, Discovering Meaning - Honorable Mention: Richard Luftig
Just for the Fun of It - Honorable Mention: Jerry Judge
The Persistence of Memory - First Prize: Richard Luftig
Great Expectations - Honorable Mention: Sue Neufarth Howard
Hope - Second Prize: Jean Syed
Eva Higgins Award - Honorable Mention: Richard Luftig
Peaceful Patriot - Honorable Mention: Joy Haupt
All That Jazz - Third Prize: Richard Luftig
Family Ties - Honorable Mention: Richard Luftig, Jerry Judge
Canton Poetry Society - First Prize: Richard Luftig
Ohioana Library Award - Honorable Mention: Jean Syed, Linda Ann Schofield, xxxxxxxJerry Judge
In Memory of Helen Gehman - First Prize: Richard Luftig
In Memory of Helen Gehman - Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Schmitt,
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Heidi Knecht Memorial - Honorable Mention: Elizabeth Schmitt
Evan Lodge Workshop Awards - Sue Neufarth Howard, 2 awards

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Sue Neufarth Howard,
Evan Lodge Workshop Award

W. B. Ignatius
Honorable Mention - Observing Nature, Discovering Meaning Contest

Jerry Judge
Second Prize - Haiku for Betty Contest
Third Prize - Nocturnal Dreams Contest
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Helen Gehman Contest

Richard Luftig
Third Prize - Relationship/Relationships Contest
Honorable Mention - So Mad I Could Spit Contest
Honorable Mention - My Hero/Heroine Contest
Honorable Mention - Ohioana Library Award
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Helen Gehman Contest
Honorable Mention - Ohioana Library Award
Honorable Mention - In Memory of Helen Gehman Contest

Jean Syed
Honorable Mention - Love the Second Time Around Contest

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OPD Special Award - Ruth Rauth and Jerry Judge, Honorable Mention

Got It Covered Book Award - Lynn Robbins, First Prize

Creme de la Creme - Lynn Robbins and Jean Syed, Honorable Mention

Small Stuff - Lynn Robbins, Honorable Mention

The Persistence of Memory - Matthew Cunningham, Second Prize

Family Ties - Lynn Robbins, Honorable Mention

Aha! Moments - Ruth Rauth, Honorable Mention

Ohioana Library Award - Ruth Rauth, Second Prize

Welcome Aboard - Matthew Cunningham and Brian Ross, Honorable Mention

Evan Lodge Workshop Award - Sue Neufarth Howard

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Our member, Karen George has had her short story, Lifty, published by Barcelona Review, an international online magazine published in Spain - www.barcelonareview.com   You can read her story by clicking on Karen's name.  Karen George’s fiction and poetry have appeared in Timber Creek Review, Wind Magazine, Cincinnati Poetry Review, Pikeville Review, and is forthcoming in Drexel Online Journal. She is the recipient of a grant from The Kentucky Arts Council for her short fiction, and she has twice won The Dr. Sandra Cuni Creative Writing Award from Thomas More College, where she edited their literary journal, Jesture. To support her writing habit, she works as a computer programmer, and practices Reiki. She lives in Florence, Kentucky, where she is currently at work on a third novel.
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Risking to Follow a Dream - Lynn Robbins, Third Place

Observing Nature - Lynn Robbins, First Place

Just for the Fun of It - Lynn Robbins, Honorable Mention

The Persistence of Memory - Ruth Rauth, Third Place;
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxxxxxxJean Syed, Honorable Mention

Great Expectations - Elizabeth Schmitt, First Place;
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxxLynn Robbins, Honorable Mention;
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxixxxxSue Neufarth Howard, Honorable Mention

Relationship/Relationships - Lynn Robbins, First Place

Home - Lynn Robbins, Honorable Mention

Eva Higgins Award - Jerry Judge, Third Place

AAUW, Canton - Lynn Robbins, First Place

In Memory of Eva Sparks Taylor - Elizabeth Schmitt, Honorable Mention

In Memory of Helen Gehman - Elizabeth Schmitt, Honorable Mention

My Hero/Heroine - Jerry Judge, Honorable Mention

Evan Lodge Workshop Award - Sue Neufarth Howard, two poems accepted

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Ruth Rauth - (First Place, Two Third Place winnings, plus Honorable Mention) Jean Syed - (First Place, Two Third Place winnings, plus Honorable Mention)
Jerry Judge - (Two Honorable Mentions)
Sue Neufarth Howard - (Honorable Mention and a shared Workshop Award)

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