
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, June 19, 1990                   TAG: 9006190066
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

CHAUTAUQUA WINNERS TO BE HONORED FRIDAY

Winners in the 1990 Chautauqua Festival Creative Writing Contest will divide more than $700 in cash prizes Friday at a 10:45 a.m. awards ceremony.

The 25 winners from among more than 150 entries are in three age divisions.

In the adult division, the top three essay winners, in order, were C.R. Crackel, Clifton Forge; Patricia Widner, Wytheville; and Mary Roberts, Richmond; for short story, Bob MacCallum, Lynchburg; Jean B. Faglie, Richmond; and C.G. Cruise, Radford; poetry, Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Weyers Cave; H. Fairfax Conquest, Richmond; and Cruise.

For grades 9-12: essay, Amy Robinette, Rural Retreat; Cindy Poole, Wytheville; and Joy Simmons, Rural Retreat; short story, Wendy Frye, Rural Retreat; Elizabeth Davis, Cripple Creek; and Larry Vernon, Rural Retreat; poetry, April Joy Asbury, Pulaski; Jennifer Brossy, Wytheville; and Danielle Groves, Wytheville.

Grades 5-8: short story, Ryan Crackel, Clifton Forge; Stacy Craft, Wytheville; and Chip Vernon, Rural Retreat; poetry, Bo Lethco, Rural Retreat; Lily Diss (who also won a second-place essay award, the only one given in that category), Rural Retreat; and Christina Jones, Speedwell.

The awards will follow a 9 a.m. poetry-writing workshop by Tennessee poet Harry Dean at the Wytheville Presbyterian Church. A collection of first-place writing from the contests's last three years will be on sale for $5.

- Southwest Bureau

by CNB