Others Who Placed:

2011 William Faulkner - Wisdom Competition


Novel

SEMIFINALISTS

A Cooler Than Hot Place, Lindsey Barrett,  Bellevue, WA
After Elise, Denise Bogard,  St. Louis, MO
After the Fall, Deborah O’Neill Cordes, Issaquah, WA and Cary Morgan Frates,
Redmond, WA
As If Women Mattered,  Virginia DeLuca, Durham, NH
A Useful Life, Rachel Unkefer, Charlottesville, VA
A Year of Seeing, Helen Montague Foster, Richmond, VA
Blood on the Plow, Doug Crandell,  Douglasville, GA
Blue Dryades Street Café, Vicky Salloum, New Orleans, LA
Bullet Points, Bridget Erin, Denham Springs, LA
Buried Loves,  Buried Lives, Mary Culver,  Covington, LA
Child of the Storm, Robert Stewart, New Orleans, LA
Citadelle, Donald Geddes,  Reston, VA
Clearing House, Michael Lee Cannon,  San Francisco, CA
Death Without Benefits, Wendy Simons,  Stevensville, MI
Desert Voices, Kathryn Huber,  Lima, Peru
Double Strand, Julia Franks,  Atlanta, GA
Drive, Tobias Griffin,  Larkspur, CA
Ellie and the King, Anita Nolan, New Hope, PA
Eulogy, James Harmon, Decatur, GA
Fear and Greed, Bruce Porter, Huntington Beach, CA
Flocking, Stephen Greenberg,  Brookville, PA
Fog Machine, Susan Follett, Rosemoutn, MN
Four Days to the Mile, Zachary George, New Orleans
God is Nowhere, Eleanor Binnings, Denver, CO
Graduate Study, Madeline Brown, Shippensberg, PA
Hostile Environments, Isabel Medina, New Orleans, LA
I’ll Be a Stranger to You, Cara Diaconoff, Lynnwood, WA
Incompatible with Life, Thomas Berger, Miami, FL
In Some Antique Book, John Norred,  Indio, CA
In the Hands of the Wolf, Raymond Gustavson,  Sebastian, FL
Jihad, Peter Duhamel,  Brooklyn, NY
Johnson Decree Number 37, Shana Feibel, West Chester, OH
Lasso The Moon, Dick Sheffield,  San Angelo, TX
Lubliner’s Legacy, Diana Shamoon,  Remsenberg, NY
Medicine Boy, Lupe Fernandez, North Hollywood, CA
Medicine Island, Elizabeth Lutyens, Weaverville, NC
Mourners and Other Strangers, Mary Brady,  Briarcliff Manor, NY
Murdered by the State, Joyce Largen,  Charlottesville, VA
Muscovite, Nathan Henderson,  Bastrop, TX
Nate’s Book, Bob Bachner, New York, NY
Natural Destiny, Sherry Dixson, Charleston, SC
Nefarious, Tina Hayes,  Dixon, KY
Notes on Liberty,  Kyle J. Carraer, Clinton, NY
Origin of Chaos, Benedict Atchley, Franklin, TN
Outside the Line, Denise Bogard, St. Louis, MO
Prospects, Charles Holdefer,  Brussels, Belgium
Sally Irma Knox Lee, Dorothy Shawhan, Cleveland, MS
Scenes from an American Restaurant, Jason Hardy, Baton Rouge, LA
Sea Sonata, Libby Jacobs, Akron, OH
Silent Storm, Ida Lambert,  St.Louis, MO
Starving the Ghosts, Lee Cox, Charleston, SC
Stripped, Elissa Lash,  Vineyard Haven, MA
The Bone Trench, Ellen Morris Prewitt, Memphis, TN
The Expatriate's Choice, Robert Raymer, Sararwa, Malasia
The DQ Rats, Ron Ebest, University City, MO
The Hard Glory, Anne Elliott,  Brooklyn, NY
The Last Pottsville Warrier, David Blum,  Washington, DC
The Lost Codex, Ann Lyndsey, Alachua, FL
The Spectrum Conspiracy, Craig Faris, Rock Hill, SC
The Turnbuckles, LouDischler, Spartanburg, SC
The More They Disappear, Jesse Donaldson,  Houston, TX
This Most Amazing, Jenny Benjamin-Smith, Milwaukee, WI
The Unattended Moment, Marcia Peck, Minnetonka, MN
The Wedding Scam, Ania Savage, Denver, CO
Undertaker’s Horse, David Anderson, Boerne, TX
Voice of Innocence, Janet Butler,  Huntington, IN
War and Sex, Morty Shallman, Valley Village, CA
What We Sow, Daniella Brodsky,  Narrubundah, Australia
White Velvet, Deborah Firmin,  Ferriday, LA
Wielding the Hammerfish, Geoffrey Adams, New Orleans, LA
Without Sin, David McCabe,  Nuevo, CA
Wizzy-Wig, Kate Amtruda,  Novato, CA

Novella

SEMIFINALISTS

A Life Exposed, Beverly Harrison, Redmond, OR
Crippled, Erin McCormack, Bedford, MA
If These Oak Trees Could Talk, Loreen Sumner, Beulaville, NC
Malaga, Mara Buck, Windsor, ME
Mother-Daughter Week, Xavier McCaffrey, Chicago, IL
Not Enemies But Friends, Adam Tonkovich, Silverado, CA
Purple Church, Starner Jones, MD, Memphis, TN
Sylvia, Thomas Zurich/Nick Krait, Chicago, IL
The Bed You Made, Q. Lindsey Barrett, Bellvue, WA
The Quality of Light, Pam Lazos, Lancaster, PA
Wild Dogs, John O'Guinn, Springfield, OR

Novel-in-Progress

SEMIFINALISTS

Bedside, Melissa Crytzer Fry, Mammoth, AZ
Belize, A Love Story, Rodney Nelsestuen, Woodbury, MN
Blind Summit, Matthew G. Crow, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Blood Mountain, Arlene Sanders
Buy Light and Purple Blooms, Laine Cunningham, Hillsborough, NC
Cane Burning Season, Ashley Berthelot, Baton Rouge, LA
Caroline Wainwright, Sally Alexander, Crownsville, MD
Cedar of Lebanon, Anthony Otten, Erlanger, KY
Clouded, Amanda Moon, Franklin, TN
Confluence of Rivers, Thom Honea, Fairview, NC
Cookies for Daniel, Kathryn Lois Howell, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada & Seoul, Korea
Counterpoint, Barbara Froman,Wilmette, IL
Dangerous to Self and Others, Robert Ripley, Seattle, WA
Desert Humidity, Susan Kirby-Smith, Baton Rouge, LA
Devour, Pavarti Devi, Chevelry, MD
Edgar and Lucy, Victor Lodato, Tucson, AZ
Fish, Luck & Love: A Season on the Rubicon, Maria Finn, Sauslito, CA
Gumbo, Paisley Style, Keri Rachal, New Orelans, LA
Heaven's Ponds, Laura Libricz, Lonnerstadt, Germany
Hyde's Corner, James B. Bergstad, Aiken, SC
III Juno, William Michael Gregory, Colleyville, TX
Infidelis, C. H. Hoffman, Madison Heights, MI
Itiapa, Kari Terhark, Santa Clara, CA
Letters from Purgatory, Karen Hunt, Woodland Hills, CA
Liquid, Angela Campbell, Gaithersburg, MD
Love in the Time of Cul de Sacs, David Parker, Jr., New Orleans, LA
Maintaining Appearances, Dawn-Michelle Baude, Cornwall on Hudson, NY
Mending Horses, M. P. Barker, East Longmeadow, MA
Mrs. Kenny, Marilyn Brownstein, Coupeville, WA
Prodigals, Danielle DuBois, Houston, TX
Rendezvous, Kitty Hughes, Oakland, CA
Retail, Emily Beck Cogburn & Jon Cogburn, Baton Rouge, LA
Return to the X, Gint Aras, Oak Park, IL
Sausalito Pancakes, Mill Valley Jam, Andrew Clarke, Milwaukee, W
Savage Woman, Savage Justice, Beryl Zerwer,Chicago, IL
Shadow on the Wall, Pavarti Devi, Chevelry, MD
Sirrocco, Danielle Dahl, Seneca, SC
Stain of the Plantain,Rafael Nazario, Tamarama, Australia
Suffertown, Stella Morrow, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada
Sukulaiset: The Kindred, Mark Munger,
Tequila Got Me Pregnant, Jess Magemann, Chatham, IL
The Bitsuis and Their Tragicomedy in Bolero, Kim Henderson, Idyllwild, CA
The Black Song Inside, Carlyle Clark, Lake Beach, IL
The Blue Stone, Traci D. Dolan, St. Albans, WV
The Color That is God, Kimberly Elkins, Cambridge, MA
The Grinding Season, Trisha Hukins, LaRose, LA
The Rape of St. Tommy, James Doane, Sayville, NY
The Sacred Cradle, Deborah Cordes, Issaquah, WA
The Scenario, Yvonne Ellingson, Mill Valley, CA
These Broken Wings, Kathryn M. Huber, Miraflores, Lima, Peru
Til Mama Wakes, Karen B. Gibbs, Lacombe, LA
Under The Almond Trees, Linda Ulleseit, San Jose, CA
Underwhelmed, Paula Yoo, Los Angeles, CA
Unfinished Business, Cathy Marchesi, Itasca, IL
Unlawfully Present, Franklin Kury, Harrisburg, PA
When Things Were Green, Sion Dayson, Paris, France

Short Story

Ache, Elizabeth Lilly, New Orleans, LA
A Damn Sight, Matthew Pitt, Gulfport, MS
A Jealous God, Michael Caleb Tasker, Edgecliff, New South Wales, Australia
Anchovy Eaters, Kim Mott, McCall, ID
And That's Not All, by a Long Shot, Robin Martin, Brooklyn, NY
Bear's Corner, Becky Browder, Jacksonville, AL
Benito's Death, Yvonne Ellingson, Mill Valley, CA
Benny the Kid, Bill Wellborn, Lawrenceville, GA
Big Gene, William Coles, Salt Lake City, UT
Buy One, Get One, Jennifer Nunes, New Orleans, LA
Change of Heart, Obert Fittje, Tallahassee, FL
Charmeuse, Mara Buck, Windsor, ME
Curl Up and Burn, Samuel Snoek-Brown, Dike, TX
Danger City, C. A. Fichtelman, St. Louis, MO
Keep Our Country, Aids Free, Caleb Powell, Seattle, WA
Fixer-Upper, Jenny Lentz Brosseau, Baton Rouge, LA
Lee and the Poison Lobster, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Life at a Simmer, Mal King, Santa Paula, CA
Louise McGhee, Simeon Marsalis, New Rochelle, NY
Maker's Mark, Fedora Amis, Chesterfield, MO
Mess, Peter Orr, New Orleans, LA
Mummy Mantra, Aneela Shuja, Kenner, LA
No Accidental Fall, J. Ed. L. Marston, Chattanooga, TN
Ochun, Julia Carey, New Orleans, LA
OH, Mary Hutchings Reed, Chicago, IL
Reflections, Michelle Devon, League City, TX
Rembrandt's Shadow, Janet Lee Berg, East Moriches, NY
Resistance Level 9, Mike Russell, Kentfield, CA
Rocco, the Original, Joe Bryak, San Pablo, CA
Ruby and the Pink Slipper, Cheryl F. Rogers, Covington, LA
Sailing in Last Light, Bruce Wexler, Elmhurst, IL
Small Town, Sataurday Night, Arlene Sanders, Flint Hill, VA
Surprises, Jaqueline Guidry, Kansas City, MO
The Bath, Danielle Dahl, Seneca, SC
The Black Velour Dress, Rebecca Mitchell-Dhillon, New York, NY
The Broken Sword, Michael Fourcheux, Buffalo, TX
The Day Louis Armstrong Died, Johnny Goldstein, St. Louis, MO
The Death of Carrie Bradshaw, Patricia Grace King, Chicago, IL
The Easter Vigilantes, Michael Langley, Chicago, IL
The Game, Mark Havlik, Huntersville, NC
The Golden Flute, William Coles, Salt Lake City, UT
The Miracle of Madame Villard, William Coles, Salt Lake City, UT
The Night I Prayed to Elvis, James D. McCallister, Columbia, SC
The Non-Artists, Tad Bartlett, Metairie, LA
The Porter, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
The Relic Expert, Denise Ganley, Mesa, AZ
The Thirteens, Richard Weber, Carouge, Switzerland

Essay

Poetry

Angels & Demons, Jordan Wilson Sanders, LaRose, LA
A Game Between Kings, Kyle Wilcox, Upland, Ca
A Poem in a Ditch, Joe Bryak, San Pablo, CA
Champs Elysses, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Depression, Kristi Porter,
Good for the Perfect, David Cooke, Lake Oswego, OR
Heaven I, Barbara J. Williams, West Union, SC
Java Junkie, Sue Dunlap, Sausalito, CA
My Country‘Tis of Me, Junie Rabin, Pembroke Pines, FL
My Tribal Journey, Margared J. Edwards, Charleston, SC
Nursing Home, Jordan Wilson Sanders, LaRose, LA
Only Daughter, Jenn Marie Nunes, New Orleans, LA
Remembering Spring, Junie Rabin, Pembroke Pines, FL
Sickle in the Night, Tyler Lirette, Boutte, LA
Tears in the Eyes, Larkin Edwin Greer, New York, NY
The Daffodil’s Scream, Helen Acheris,  Newark, NJ
The Life of Rocks, David Cravens,  Farmington, MA
The Rock and the Rose, Stewart Harris, Nashville, TN
Vinegar, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Wash Day Observations, James P. Bourey, Dover, DE
Withdrawal, N. Colwell Snell, Salt Lake City, UT

Short Story by a High School Student

A Summer Vacation Spent in Florida, Alexandra Samples, New Orleans, LA
Blinds, Abigail McFee, Idyllwild, CA
Closer, Tyler Despenza, New Orleans, LA
Cracked Leather, Taylor Johnson, Idyllwild, CA
Detroit Decays, Vegas in Flux, Austin “Boston”Okopny, Las Vegas, NV
First Day Admitted, Amy Lovas, New Orleans, LA
Fourteen, Sarah Reiner, New Orleans, LA
Her Pearly Whites, Rebecca Cox, Idyllwild, CA
Knocking, Scarlett McCarthy, Idyllwild, CA
Magnetism and Manipulation, Rachel Carmardelle,  New Orleans, LA
Miss Missouri, Becky Joy Hirsch, Idyllwild, CA
Swing, Austin Starr King, Canyon Country, CA
The Night Owls, Kristin Johnson, New Orleans, LA
The Son of Springtime, Brent Thibodeau, New Orleans, LA
The Tongue of the River, Shauna Moore, New Orleans, LA
Untitled, Cassidy McLaughlin, New Orleans, LA