2019 SAN MATEO COUNTY FAIR LITERARY CONTEST WINNERS
2019 LITERARY EXHIBITOR OF THE YEAR
Marjory Kaptanoglu*
Div. 325-03 Persuasive Essay, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Orwell Hates Our Adverbs, Mark Dooley*
2nd Place: Word for Word, Evie Groch
3rd Place: Intellectual Piracy Is Good, Stanley Gedzelman*
Div. 325-06 Literary Essay, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Letter to Someone Who is Dying, Jane Goold-Caulfield
2nd Place: Quince! Wait: Quince?, Carolyn Curtis*
ESSAY BEST OF SHOW
Letter to Someone Who is Dying, Jane Goold-Caulfield
Div. 326-01 Personal Memoir, Young Adult Exhibitor
HM: My Life with Anime, Kassandra Cooney
Div. 326-02 Personal Memoir, Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Of Idols and Indophiles, Vibha Akkaraju*
Div. 326-03 Personal Memoir, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Trading Sandwiches, Jo Carpignano*
2nd Place: Curtis and Me, Matthew Reising
3rd Place: Aphrodite, Mary Ruth Coffey
Div. 326-05 Lifestyle Memoir, Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Crossroads, Meera Prahlad*
Div. 326-06 Lifestyle Memoir, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Women in Russia: It’s Complicated, Michelle Carter
2nd Place: The Circling Vulture, Louise Moises
3rd Place: What Class Are We?, Joyce Cortez
HM: Amazing Grace, Louise Moises
HM: Growing Up in the Bronx, Rose Schlecker
MEMOIR BEST OF SHOW
Crossroads, Meera Prahlad*
Div. 327-01 Best Blog
1st Place: Lessons in Shopping, Korie Pelka*
2nd Place: Hitting a Grand Slam with my Dad, Korie Pelka*
3rd Place: Vacation in… Oxnard?, Eva Barrows*
HM: Crabbing at Pacifica Pier, Eva Barrows*
Div. 328-02 Recorded Podcast and Audiobook Contest, Online Digital Media: Audiobook
1st Place: The Sinister Sugar Rush!, David Strom*
HM: Hollywood Dreams, Richard McCallum*
Div. 329-01 Recorded Lyric Songwriting Contest: Americana/Folk/Country
HM: American Dream, Roger Jones
Div. 329-02 Recorded Lyric Songwriting Contest: Rock/Pop
1st Place: Don’t Kiss Me, Jeff Falk
Div. 329-03 Recorded Lyric Songwriting Contest: Singer Songwriter/Indie
3rd Place: Just a Moment, Roger Jones
Div. 330 In the Spirit of Novelmania: My Ticket to Crazy Town First Person Narrative
1st Place: Petra Rose Mallory: Chapter One, Korie Pelka*
2nd Place: Alterations, Louise Moises
3rd Place: Last Girl Standing, Marjory Kaptanoglu*
Div. 331 Publisher’s Choice Novel Chapter Contest
1st Place: Under L, Megan McDonald*
2nd Place: The Kingdom of America, Roger Jones
3rd Place: Incendiary, Megan McDonald*
HM: African Story, James Alex Veech*
HM: Devil’s Circus, Richard McCallum*
Div. 332 “Heroes Arise” Heroic Deed Contest
HM: Videonauts, Richard McCallum*
Div. 333-01 Short Story, General Fiction Young Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: The Old Woodworker, Vanessa Haupert
Div. 333-02 Short Story, General Fiction, Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Your Word is River, Joann McEntire
2nd Place: Roan and Rachel, Dave LaRoche*
Div. 333-03 Short Story, General Fiction, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Run, My Dear, Marjory Kaptanoglu*
2nd Place: First Dance – First Promise, Sandra Barocio
3rd Place: Welcome to Hell, Penelope Anne Cole*
HM: The Black One, Carolyn Donnell
Div. 333-05 Short Story, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Playland on the Moon, Tomoko Imai
Div. 333-06 Short Story, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Thomas Edison’s Last Invention, Richard McCallum*
2nd Place: The Little People, Penelope Anne Cole*
3rd Place: Party of One, Doug Baird*
HM: The Ring of Answers, Korie Pelka*
Div. 333-09 Short Story, Mystery/Thriller, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Mysterious Lover, Lisa Johnson*
2nd Place: Dead in the Room, Marjory Kaptanoglu*
3rd Place: What is Coming, Evie Groch
Div. 333-12 Short Story, Western, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Tom and Huck: The War Years, Richard McCallum*
2nd Place: Western Dreams, Lisa Johnson*
3rd Place: The Wild Ride, Penelope Anne Cole*
Div. 333-15 Short Story, Humorous, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: The Goddess Reconsiders, Jo Carpignano*
2nd Place: Saran Rap, Denise Kiser
3rd Place: John Eyre, Marjory Kaptanoglu*
SHORT STORY BEST OF SHOW
Your Word is River, Joann McEntire
Div. 334 California Writers Club Writer of the Year Short Story Contest
1st Place: Killing Wyatt Edwards, Karen Sundback*
Div. 335-01 Poetry, Free Form Poem, Young Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Moth Mourning, Angela Yang
2nd Place: Dear Mom: A Note, Alyce Thornhill
Div. 335-02 Poetry, Free Form Poem, Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Growing, Nicole Justine Reid
2nd Place: Homecoming, Marley Teter
3rd Place: Before the Fall, Megan McDonald*
Div. 335-03 Poetry, Free Form Poem, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Summer Twilight, Johanna Ely
2nd Place: Silvery Spider, Louise Moises
3rd Place: July, Johanna Ely
HM: New York Times Review of Books, James Alex Veech*
HM: Poetry Is, Sam Kauffman*
Div. 335-04 Poetry, Structured Poem, Young Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Mourning Dew, Heather Theroff
2nd Place: Insomnia, Heather Theroff
Div. 335-05 Poetry, Structured Poem, Adult Exhibitor
1st Place: Essays, T.R. Poulson
2nd Place: Habitation, Megan McDonald*
3rd Place: A Haunted Sonnet, Megan McDonald*
HM: Facing Cancer Haiku, Bhawna Panwar
Div. 335-06 Poetry, Structured Poem, Senior Exhibitor
1st Place: Haiku Sequence, Ellaraine Lockie
2nd Place: How She Arrived, Audrey Kalman*
3rd Place: Remembering Grace, Martha Clark Scala*
HM: An Immigrant’s Dilemma, Ida Lewenstein*
HM: Leaving for Work, William Baldwin
POETRY BEST OF SHOW
Moth Mourning, Angela Yang
Div. 336 Prompted Story Contest
1st Place: Gripped, Lisa Johnson*
HM: A Gathering of Spirits, Evie Groch
HM: The Farm, Richard McCallum*
Div. 337 The Immigrant Experience: Short Story, Essay, Or Monologue Contest
3rd Place: It Is Up to You, Tomohiko Kino
Div. 338 Stories for Children Contest
1st Place: Knight School, Rebecca Isaacson
2nd Place: Dreadmarrow Thief, Marjory Kaptanoglu*
3rd Place: Do You Dream of Trains?, Loretta Luna
HM: Cat in Glasses, Megan McDonald*
*: SF Peninsula CWC Member
