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IWL 2009 OPEN TITLE CONTEST WINNERS
Adult Fiction:
| 1st Place: | Bruce Bash | Idaho Falls | Someplace Safe |
| 2nd Place: | Ken Staley | Coeur d'Alene | Agatha |
| 3rd Place: | Ted Parvin | Sandpoint | Charlie's Wall |
| 1st HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | Abandon Hope , All Ye Who Enter Here |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Teen Fiction:
| 1st Place: | Gary Townsend | Idaho Falls | Lucketts |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | Steve W. Gale | Idaho Falls | Prized Possessions |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | William Strange | Twin Falls | Rags to Riches |
| 1st HM: | None | | |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Children's Fiction:
| 1st Place: | Bruce Bash | Idaho Falls | Drought in the Canyon |
| 2nd Place: | Geraldine Matthias | Idaho Falls | Cookies for Frankie |
| 3rd Place: | Bill White | Caldwell | Mud Forts |
| 1st HM: | None | | |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Short Humor:
| 1st Place: | Steve W. Gale | Idaho Falls | A Real Gem |
| 2nd Place: | Eunice Ferguson | Idaho Falls | Never Again |
| 3rd Place: | Lynn Mickelsen | Idaho Falls | This is a Pencil |
| 1st HM: | Dot Clark | Coeur d'Alene | The Lady with the Bird Nest Hair |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Steve W. Gale | Idaho Falls | A Real Gem |
Creative Nonfiction:
| 1st Place: | James Allen Cherry | Sandpoint | My First Turkey Shoot |
| 2nd Place: | Bill White | Caldwell | Stamps-A Doorway to the Past |
| 3rd Place: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | The Mystery of the Lost Stagecoach |
| 1st HM: | Lindsley Rinard | Caldwell | An Idaho Murder Up Close |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Personal Essay:
| 1st Place: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | The Best Method of Suicide |
| 2nd Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | God was on the Mountain |
| 3rd Place: | Evonne M. Biggins | Twin Falls | "911" |
| 1st HM: | Barbara K. Rostad | Coeur d'Alene | The Krum Kake King |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Article:
| 1st Place: | Geraldine Matthias | Idaho Falls | Contemplative Harvest |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | Jennifer Leo | Coeur d'Alene | I am Woman, Hear Me Snore |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | Meighan Perry | Idaho Falls | Buffalo Jam |
| 1st HM: | Loyd Bakewell | Twin Falls | Developing Cultural Competence |
| 2nd HM: | Sandra K. Bynum | Idaho Falls | Improve Your Memory! |
| 3rd HM: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Fire From the Sky |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Jennifer Leo | Coeur d'Alene | I am Woman, Hear Me Snore |
Light Verse:
| 1st Place: | Karen Van Asch | Sandpoint | Bobby Land |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | Meighan Perry | Idaho Falls | Sun Scream |
| 2nd Place (Tie): | Dot Clark | Coeur d'Alene | Dark Dinner |
| 1st HM: | Barbara K. Rostad | Coeur d'Alene | Connoisseur |
| 2nd HM: | Cynthia Deathredge | Idaho Falls | Silly Nelly |
| 3rd HM: | Bruce Bash | Idaho Falls | A Mother's Breaking Point |
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Vardis Fisher Nominees: | Cynthia Deathredge | Idaho Falls | Silly Nelly |
Serious Verse:
| 1st Place: | Meighan Perry | Idaho Falls | Disregard |
| 2nd Place: | Geraldine Matthias | Idaho Falls | Love Song |
| 3rd Place: | Karen Van Asch | Sandpoint | Tyndale's Testimony |
| 1st HM: | Amy McClellan | Idaho Falls | Ghosts of the Kern |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
IWL 2009 ASSIGNED TITLE OR THEME CONTEST WINNERS
Adult Fiction:
| 1st Place: | William Strange | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 2nd Place: | Geraldine Mathias | Idaho Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd Place: | Colleen Skaggs | Caldwell | When I was Young |
| 1st HM: | None | | |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Teen Fiction:
| 1st Place: | Evonne M. Biggins | Twin Falls | When I was Young |
| 2nd Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Education on the Frontier |
| 3rd Place: | Bonnie Dodge | Twin Falls | The Pleasure of his Company |
| 1st HM (Tie): | Bill White | Caldwell | Choices |
| 1st HM (Tie): | Harvey Pine | Sandpoint | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Bill White | Caldwell | Choices |
Children's Fiction:
| 1st Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Bird Brained |
| 2nd Place: | Bill White | Caldwell | Choices |
| 3rd Place: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 1st HM: | Evonne M. Biggins | Twin Falls | The Smartest Terrier Around |
| 2nd HM: | Harvey Pine | Sandpoint | When I was Young |
| 3rd HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
Short Humor:
| 1st Place (Tie): | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 1st Place (Tie): | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | When I was Young |
| 3rd Place: | Carol Hunt | Idaho Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 1st HM: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Low Talking at the Dollar Store |
| 2nd HM: | Eileen Davidson | Caldwell | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd HM: | Lynn Mickelsen | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | When I was Young |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
Creative Nonfiction:
| 1st Place: | Linda Thompson | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
| 2nd Place: | Carol Christensen | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
| 3rd Place (Tie): | Harvey Pine | Sandpoint | When I was Young |
| 3rd Place (Tie): | Lindsley Rinard | Caldwell | His Last Big Event |
| 2nd HM: | Sandra K. Bynum | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
| 3rd HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Personal Essay:
| 1st Place: | Karen Van Asch | Sandpoint | Jazz |
| 2nd Place: | Bruce Bash | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
| 3rd Place: | Cynthia Deathredge | Idaho Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 1st HM: | Bill White | Caldwell | When I was Young |
| 2nd HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd HM: | Merle Kearsley | Idaho Falls | When I was Young |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Article:
| 1st Place: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | The Wope |
| 2nd Place: | Lindsley Rinard | Caldwell | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Country Doctoring |
| 1st HM: | Loyd T. Bakewell | Twin Falls | Homeless by Choice or Circumstance |
| 2nd HM: | Vaughn Phelps | Twin Falls | That's My Story and I'm Sticking to it |
| 3rd HM: | Bill White | Caldwell | Choices |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Light Verse:
| 1st Place: | Gary Townsend | Idaho Falls | 1973 Mercedes-Benz 280-C $1495 |
| 2nd Place: | Lindsley Rinard | Caldwell | Naked in the Supermarket |
| 3rd Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Dumping Eden |
| 1st HM: | None | | |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
Serious Verse:
| 1st Place: | Gary Townsend | Idaho Falls | Suzanne on the Pier |
| 2nd Place: | Lindsley Rinard | Caldwell | Wine in the Snow |
| 3rd Place: | Connie Otteson | Idaho Falls | Aging: Lost in the Mirror |
| 1st HM: | None | | |
| 2nd HM: | None | | |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Vardis Fisher Nominee: | None | | |
IWL 2009 NOVEL CONTEST WINNERS
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| 1st Place: | Terry Montague | Twin Falls | In the Company of Hope |
| 2nd Place: | Owen Decker | Idaho Falls | Winning Cassie Ellijay |
| 3rd Place: | Anna Goodwin | Coeur d'Alene | Forbidden Justice |
| 1st HM: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | 1+1=MURDER |
| 2nd HM: | Lynn Mickelsen | Idaho Falls | Not on a Key Chain |
| 3rd HM: | Larry Telles | Coeur d'Alene | The Hooded Rider of Whispering Pines |
IWL 2009 NONFICTION BOOK CONTEST WINNERS
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| 1st Place: | Dr. Mark William Cochran | Coeur d'Alene | Oby's Wisdom! A Caveman's Simple Guide to Health and Well-being |
| 2nd Place: | David E. Hibberd | Coeur d'Alene | A Bumpy Road |
| 3rd Place: | Veverly Edwards | Idaho Falls | One Day at a Time Mommy |
| 1st HM: | Loy Ann Bell | Twin Falls | The Saga of Diamondfield Jack |
| 2nd HM: | Anna McClain Washington | Coeur d'Alene | Audie and Me- Sisters Forever |
| 3rd HM: | None | | |
Updated: October 15, 2009
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