1. WCCW Award – Children’s Story Sponsored by White County Creative Writers
1st Place - "AnnaLucinda's Big Word" by Rhonda Roberts, Searcy, AR
2nd Place - " The Basket Weaver" by Mary Chandler, Reno, NV
3rd Place - " Flowers for Grandpa" by Arline Chandler, Heber Springs, AR
1st HM - "Leapin' Lena" by Ellraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
2nd HM - " Tickle the Clouds" by Cindy Meyer, Conway, AR
3rd HM - "The Rockpoint Gang" by Earl Belcher, Cave City, AR

2. FWCA Award – Short Story, fiction Sponsored by Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas
1st Place - " A Place for Jenny" by Mary Chandler, Reno, NV
2nd Place - " Katya's Thief" by Neal Huffaker, Norman, OK
3rd Place - "Imagine That" by Mary Lou Moran, Hot Springs Village, AR
1stHM - "Another Day at Work" by Jerry Davis, Hot Springs Village, AR
2ndHM - "Bragging Rite" by Rhonda Roberts, Searcy, AR
3rd HM - "Visitor Times Two" by Fay Risner, Keystone, IA

3. A Little Romance – Short Story, Fiction  Sponsored by The PenPoint Group 1st Place - "Carousel Romance" by Mary Chandler, Reno, NV
2nd Place - "Toad in the Tub" by Jeannene Walker, Vilonia, AR
3rd Place - "Soldier Boy" by Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
1stHM - "The Gamble" by Cheri Lynn Quattrochi, Cherokee Village, AR
2nd HM - "Two for the Money" by Gary Hoffman, Okeechobee, FL
3rdHM - "The Awakening" by Jerry Davis, Hot Springs Village, AR

4. Central Arkansas Writers Award – Essay on “The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me” –   Sponsored by Central Arkansas Writers
1st Place - "A Wonderful Moment of Weakness" by Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
2nd Place - "Look at That!" by Nancy Peacock, Fort Smith, AR
3rd Place - "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" by Earl Belcher, Cave City, AR
1stHM - ""The Student-Teaching Gods" by Gary R. Hoffman, Okeechobee, FL
2nd HM - "The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" by Cheri Lynn Quattrochi, Cherokee Village, AR
3rdHM - "Cure for Hoof-in-Mouth: Lesson Learned the Hard Way" by Nancy K. Foris, Hot Springs Village, AR

5. Bob and Fay Williams Jones Award – Poetry, Free verse  Sponsored by Bob and Fay Williams Jones
1st Place -  "Absurd Denial" by Nancy K. Foris, Hot Springs Village, AR
2nd Place - "Ruby May" by Peggy Sanders, Searcy, AR
3rd Place - "The Tarantella" by Mary Sangster, Ft. Smith, AR
1stHM - "My Crazy Sister" by Sally Clark, Fredricksburg, TX
2ndHM - "The Last Punctuation Mark" by Catherine Moran, Little Rock, AR
3rdHM - "Wide Load" by Christine Henderson, Searcy, AR
 

6. Westward Ho! Award – Three Chapters of a Western Novel  Sponsored by Dusty Richards
1st Place - "Meandering" by Steve Whisnant, Little Rock, AR
2nd Place - "Valley of Shadows" by Larry Elliott, Mayflower, AR
3rd Place - "Death  Comes Quickly" by Del Garrett, Jacksonville, AR
NO HM's Awarded

7. LovePat Award – Poetry, a Cinquain Sequence  Sponsored by Pat Laster
1st Place - "Ouachita Nights: Frogging" by Jim Barton, Huttig, AR
2nd Place - "Good Riddance" by Neal Huffaker, Norman, OK
3rd Place - "Grief" by Nathan Roberts, Harding University, Searcy, AR
1stHM - "Childhood Magic" by Cheri Lynn Quattrochi, Cherokee Village, AR
2nd HM - "Rocking" by Sara Gipson, Scott, AR
No 3rdHM

8. Baker-Nichols Award – Short Story, Fiction  Sponsored by Freeda Baker Nichols
1st Place - "Toward the End of the Day" by Rhonda Roberts, Searcy, AR
2nd Place - "Remembering Amos" by Peggy Sanders, Searcy, AR
3rd Place - "First Step" by Mary Lou Moran, Hot Springs Village, AR
1stHM - "Crime Spree" by Christine Henderson, Searcy, AR
2ndHM - "Branches in Time" by Steve Whisnant, Little Rock, AR
3rdHM - "Please" by Laura Loomis, Pittsburg, CA

9. Four Leaf Clover Award – Romance involving a boy and girl leprechaun Sponsored by Del Garrett.
1st Place - "Treasure of the Heart" by Cheri Lynn Quattrochi, Cherokee Village, AR
2nd Place - "Beag Love" by Patricia Figliolo, Jacksonville, AR
3rd Place - "To Woo a Leprechaun" by Nancy Peacock, Ft. Smith, AR
1stHM - "Leprechaun Luck" by Marcia Greathouse, Hot Springs Village, AR
2ndHM - "Naught but Wee Troubles" by Peggy Sanders, Searcy, AR
3rdHM - "Toward Tomorrow" byRhonda Roberts, Searcy, AR