2017 KAC Literary Contest Winners

Winner: Prose Writer of the Year, Roy Stucky, District 6

KAC Prose Category Winners 2017:

Playwriting     Judge: Phil Speary      Entries: 9
1st       "Truth War" Roy Stuckey D 6
2nd      "LIFE AND DEATH MATTERS" Ronda Miller               D 2
3rd       "Where It's At" Annabelle Corrick D 1
HM      "Pill" Roy Stucky D 6
HM      "Cloud" Roy Stucky D 6

Short Story     Judge: Kerry Jones     Entries: 31
1st       "Note From a Little Girl" Kenneth Holler            D 5
2nd      "Rivulet" Roy Stucky D 6
3rd       "Today's World" Ruth Kelley                  NM
HM      "Pedio" Jerald Yaussi NM
HM      "Dust" Cheryl Unruh               D 2

Theme: Follow the Mysteries of Kansas       Judge: Jim Hoy           Entries: 12
1st       "NA-NEX-SE" Joann Williams           D 2
2nd      "KANSAS BIGFOOT, Fact or Fiction?" Joann Williams           D 2
3rd       "Kansas 'Red' " Gretchen Eick D 5
HM      "Echinacea: Underappreciated Mystery Barbara Brady D 1
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Personality Profile     Judge: Laura Kelly      Entries: 4
1st       "Kansan Goes Green" Barbara Brady D 1
2nd      "Darrel" Roy Stucky D 6
3rd       "Robert Dole" Phyllis Fast NM

Flash Fiction   Judge: Shirley Chalker Wells Entries: 27
1st       "April's Morning" Gretchen Eick D 5
2nd      "That First Day" Michael Graves D 2
3rd       "Freedom" Nancy Kopp D 4
HM      "The Pitcher" Barton Wilcox             D 5
HM      "Dad's Last Joke" Rachelle Smith NM
HM      "Full Moon On A Country Road" Marilyn Johnson D 3
HM      "Hallelujah Afternoon" Michael Graves D 2

Memoir or Inspirational        Judge: Laura Kelly      Entries: 35
1st        "The Absent Knight" Patricia Bonine            D 1
2nd      "Renunciation" Jean Grant                   D 2
3rd       "A Small Request" Barbara Brady             D 1
HM      "Back For A Day - Dreaming A Memory" Vicki Julian                  D 2
HM      "Alone" Monica Graves            D 2

Adult Author Writing For A Teen Audience Judge: Maggie Anderson Spratt        Entries: 5
1st       "YES, PRICELESS" Joann Williams           D 2
2nd      "FLIGHT" Jean Grant D 2
3rd       "Aunt Veroni's Underwear" Linda Brower               NM
HM      "Tabula Rasa" Roy Stuckey D 6
HM      "Library Dog" Roy Stuckey D 6

Humor Judge: Robert Getz     Entries: 20
1st       "When Harry Didn't Meet Sally" Annabelle Corrick       D 1
2nd      "Mike's Pants Go To A Wedding" Mike Hartnett D 2
3rd       "What's It Worth To You?" Patricia Bonine            D 1
HM      "A Very Valuable Sofa" Patricia Bonine            D 1
HM      "Miserie" Sue Claridge                D 2