AUTHORS & ARTISTS
SPECIAL GUESTS
Poets Laureate
Kathryn Stripling Byer . . . . . . . . .
Glorified
Poet Laureate of NC . . . . . . . . . . Easter
Morning on the Hairpin Curve
Marjory Heath Wentworth . . . . .. Japanese
Landscape
Poet Laureate of SC . . . . . . . . . . .
Despite Gravity
Fred Chappell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Past Presence
Former Poet Laureate of NC . . . . Black Gate
POETS
Poets - Prize Winners
Alex Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Argentina's Huge Beaver Problem (First Place)
Lori Storie-Pahlitzsch . . . . . . . . . Blue &
Silk (Second Place)
William Aarnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coming Across Whitman's Clothes at Timber Creek
(Third Place)
Poets -- Honorable Mentions
Julie Ann Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Where Between
Wendy H. Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Hole
Jaki Shelton Green . . . . . . . . . . . .
Waiting for Love
Caroline Castle Hicks . . . . . . . . . Don't
Say
Raychelle Heath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home
David Brendan Hopes . . . . . . . . . French
Broad Studio
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stone Light Wind and Rain
Susan M. Lefler . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Drawing From Inside Out
Lenard D. Moore . . . . . . . . . . . . . First
Anniversary of Our Daughter's Funeral
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
Poem Remembers Itself
Gail Peck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Woman With Dead Child
Diana Pinckney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The
Spinster Considers Her Options
Barbara Presnell . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Memorial Day, My Son Leaves Home
Lee Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Counting
Kimberly Jane Simms . . . . . . . . . Blue Panes
Eric Vithalani . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Skeet Ulrich is a Thug
Carolyn Beard Whitlow . . . . . . . Silly
Selected Poets
Robert Abbate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rebekah Bat Bethuel
Kathy Ackerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Atonement
Betty Adcock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
World Enough
Dan Albergotti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Family Portrait
Malaika King Albrecht . . . . . . . . . Swift
Water
Gilbert Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Mass of August
Tameka Barnett . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ransom
Katherine W. Barr . . . . . . . . . . . . East
Boulevard, Sunday Afternoons
Coyla Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Washboard
Michael Bassett . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Clairvoyant
Jeffery Beam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
Briefe and True Report
Henry Berne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hesitation Waltz
Kate Z. Birgel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moore Hill Progress
Lee Richard Bradbury . . . . . . . . . Horse
Brandy
Peg Bresnahan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
After Attending an Exhibit of Henry Moore's
Drawings and Sculpture
Sally Buckner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lasting Rites
Ann Campanella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A
Chain of Daisies
Kristi Castro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fast Food Sestina
Barbara Conrad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Here
Nor There
Phebe Davidson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Driving I-26: Somewhere South of Columbia
Peggy V. Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Side-Dish
Joseph DuPré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sonnet
Clarence A. Eden, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . Beyond
the Eclipse
Linda Annas Ferguson . . . . . . . . . Art
Therapy
Blynn Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Aunt Rosalee's Porch
Janice Moore Fuller . . . . . . . . . . Zinnia.
Verisimilitude. Yes.
Erica Gosser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cat
Lady
Vera G?mez . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gardenias
Prudence M. Greene . . . . . . . . . . Neighbors
Robin Greene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . My
Best Friend Naked
Lucinda Grey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Green
Bill Griffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Walking Stick
Maureen Ryan Griffin . . . . . . . . . Under a
Sky of Mares' Tails
Marylin Hervieux . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Piracy
Anne Hicks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Rape of Foley Hall
Irene Blair Honeycutt . . . . . . . . .
Listening to His Voice
Melissa Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The
Lady in the Mantilla
Andrew E. Kalnik . . . . . . . . . . . . . La
Valse
Kathryn Kirkpatrick . . . . . . . . . . .
Canning Globalization
Genevieve C. Kissack . . . . . . . . . .
Dimitria
Barbara Kidd Lawing . . . . . . . . . Don't You
Worry
Suzanne Baldwin Leitner . . . . . . . The Pajama
Chronicles
Kimberly Linow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpe
Diem
Michael H. Lythgoe . . . . . . . . . . . Riding
in Kazakhstan
Don Mager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No
One Is Right
Devon Marsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fruit of Hallowed Ground
Barbara J. Mayer . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Walking Two Spaniels
Gail McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Eunice, Spade in Hand
Michele Merrigan . . . . . . . . . . . . Love
Spell
Susan Meyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Tobacco Farm, the Last Year
Jeff Miles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lazarus
Rebecca J. Mitchell . . . . . . . . . . .
Stone-Aged
Jason Mott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All Hallow's City
Valerie Nieman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pennies a Day
Pam Noble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lake Summit, 1956
E.V. Noechel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Four More Hours
Lucinda Paris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Goldilocks
John W. Partin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Old
Elephant of the Kenya Plains
Dannye Romine Powell . . . . . . . . The Villa
Lisa Hammond Rashley . . . . . . . . Rope Swing
Glenis Redmond . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
College Prep
S. Craig Renfroe, Jr. . . . . . . . . . .
Orthodontic Origin
Melissa Robon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Indian Summer
Eric Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cotton Mill
Leslie M. Rupracht . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stolen Yesterdays
Jessica N. Sampley . . . . . . . . . . . . Life
With Jim
Melissa Sawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Taking Stern to Work -- 9:00 pm
Sharon A. Sharp . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Moving Through an Ancient Language
Nora Hutton Shepard . . . . . . . . . . Elegy
for the Roosters: Avian Flu
Carole Battista Sineni . . . . . . . . . Red
Window with Birds
Emily Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Interview with the Past
Mark Smith-Soto . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safe
for Now
Shelby Stephenson . . . . . . . . . . . . My
Shortpants Made My Mother for Me
Susan Finch Stevens . . . . . . . . . . . Snake
Envy
Dennis Ward Stiles . . . . . . . . . . . .
Travel
Julie Suk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. Here Is Earth
Cedric Tillman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Read
This Back
Deno Trakas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
All God's Mail
Ryan G. Van Cleave . . . . . . . . . . . Dear
Andrew Hudgins
Alice Toporoff Wallace . . . . . . . . Grief
Guru
Julie Walczesky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . One
Wish
Guy Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Lambent Tap
Rebecca Warren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . What
I Wanted
Stella Ward Whitlock . . . . . . . . . . Cutting
Flowers for Church
Earl J. Wilcox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Send in the Jackass
Seabrook Wilkinson . . . . . . . . . . . After
the Fire
Katherine Williams . . . . . . . . . . . Double
Abecedarian: Zeitgeist
Dede Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
White
Maggie Wynne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flash
VISUAL ARTISTS
Artists - Prize Winners
Susan Fecho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hills & Curves (First Place)
Marilyn Charlat Dix . . . . . . . . . . Separate
(Second Place)
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . . Mask
(Third Place)
Artists - Honorable Mentions
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . . . . . . . Closed,
Darlington, SC (Honorable Mention)
Sally Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Skeet (Honorable Mention)
rpk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Salvation (Honorable Mention)
David Simonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Pikeville, North Carolina (Honorable Mention)
Selected Artists
Sally Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Self Portrait
Marilyn Charlat Dix . . . . . . . . . .
Approaching Reunion
Henryk Fantazos . . . . . . . . . . . . . Okra
Smugglers
Susan Fecho . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Stepping Out for a Stroll
Donna H. Goodman . . . . . . . . . . .
Grandmama's Glider, Florence, SC
Mark Gordon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pyre
Andrew E. Kalnik . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Vallarta
Steve Lautermilch . . . . . . . . . . . .
Magnolia
Sally B. Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nations
Dede Norungolo . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Poinsett Bridge
Krissa Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mandy's Whack & Stack Quilt
Sally Rogers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Homer's Vision
rpk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . Untitled
David Simonton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Epsom, North Carolina
Jason Waggoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Suspension
Tracy Weldon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Church Yard, Unitarian Church, Charleston, SC
Debbie Jean Will . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dancing With God