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sings a consistent music from beginning to end. We are
carried aloft toward the heavens with the same delight
and power sensed by Icarus himself and we experience
with him his final triumph rather than the usual apparent
tragedy.
Second Place: “The Clutter Brothers”
This seriocomic narrative proceeds well toward its conclusion
within the amazingly tight structure created by the
poet. The line repetition from stanza to stanza and returning
to the beginning, a kind of rondel or rondeau, can be a
stifling straight jacket, but it works very successfully
here.
Third Place: “Crossing A Great Distance”
These four stanzas present images which very effectively
reflect its title in a manner reminiscent of Wallace Steven’s
“Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.”
Honorable Mention:
Honorable Mention One: “Summer of Horses”
I love this strange, almost haunting story, in many ways
reminding me of John Keats’ “La Belle Dame Sans
Merci.”
Honorable Mention Two: “Origins”
I feel that this very successful litany perfectly unites form
and content, carrying the reader along in the musical
droning of the chant.
Honorable Mention Three: “A Proper Farewell”
Some rather prosaic introductory remarks develop into an
interesting middle, an almost sacrificial offering, and lead
the reader to a very poignant conclusion.
The chance to dine with fellow writers and discuss all we
had learned over the past two days made The Jade Ring Banquet
an apt wrap-up for the 2006 Fall Conference. Postbanquet
honors began with the presentation of the Robert E.
Gard Foundation’s Award for Excellence to Ben Logan, author
of Wisconsin’s all-time best selling book, The Land Remembers.
LaMoine MacLaughlin, board member of the
Robert E. Gard Foundation, introduced former Award for Excellence
winner, Harvey Stower (current Mayor of Amery,
WI). Stower presented the award, thanking Logan for showing
us all how the land remembers. During his acceptance speech,
Ben Logan reminded us that history reveals itself by the telling
of stories, and if we stop telling our stories, we cease being
a people.
Cary Fellman took over mistress of ceremony duties to
announce the Jade Ring contest winners.
ARTICLE
Jade Ring, Dorothy Lund, “Cameo of Dad”
2 nd Nancy Bauer-King, “Tobacco Ties”
3 rd Mickey Burgermeister, “The Crick”
Honorable Mention:
John Friedell, “Call the Question”
Lou Roach, “Filmmaker’s Best Flourishes In a Most Unlikely
Place”
Betsy Foley, “A Woman Ahead of Her Time”
Contest Judge: Jenny Brantley
ESSAY
Jade Ring, Judy A. Kolosso, “One Less”
2 nd Julie C. Eger, “La Que Sabe’s Bag of Tricks”
3 rd Sylvia Oberle, “An Afternoon and Evening at the Free
Clinic”
Honorable Mention:
Dee Trein-Jucius, “Am I Old”
Mary Farley, “Perennial Springtime”
Nancy Schultz, “Lady Bratt Ashley”
Contest Judge: Carolyn Wedin
NOSTALGIA
Jade Ring, Barbara Megna, “No Proper Goodbye”
Jade Ring Awards Banquet by Pat Fitzgerald
2 nd Harry Sarazin, “A Close Shave”
3 rd Ramon A. Klitzke, “The Switchyard”
Honorable Mention:
Ruth G. Smith, “Our Way of Life”
Margaret Nelson, “The Dutch Knew How”
Lola M. Huber, “Grandpa Added The Spice”
Contest Judge: Wilma Bedmarz
JUVENILE SHORT STORY
Jade Ring, Brenda Nelson-Davis, “Elena and the Worries”
2 nd William G. Ladewig, “Turtle Hunting on the Bayou”
3 rd Cathy Conger, “Having Hula”
Honorable Mention:
Mary Jo Stitch, “The Bakery”
Steve Betchkal, “How the Bear Ran Out of Patience”
Rachel DeRosa “The Sock-Nest Monster”
Contest Judge: Cornell M. Brellenthin
ADULT SHORT STORY
Jade Ring, Les Huisman, “The Ice Cream Man”
2 nd Neela K. Suklhatme-Sheth, “Two Tigers Cannot Share
One Hill”
3 rd Rebecca K. Blemberg, “After the Shooting at 12 th Street
Station”
Honorable Mention:
Charles P. Ries, “Albino Prunes”
Mary Jacobsen, “The Red Patch”
Richard E. Carter, “Reunion”
Contest Judge: Anthony Bukoski
POETRY
Jade Ring, John Manesis, “The Ascent of Icarus”
2 nd John L. Campbell, “The Clutter Brothers”
3 rd Berit Aaker Pietsch, “Crossing A Great Distance”
Honorable Mention:
Margaret Been, “Summer of Horses”
Sandra Tully, “Origins”
Judy Kolosso, “A Proper Farewell”
Contest Judge: LaMoine MacLaughlin #