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Memoir / Creative Nonfiction
Sponsor: Brenda Black
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1st
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"And I Always Will" — Ronda Del Boccio
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2nd
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"Black Monday" — Fay Guinn
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3rd
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"My Mother the Rabbit" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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HM
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"Young Tragedy" — Diane Yates
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Nonfiction Article
Spnsor: Veda Boyd Jones
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1st
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"Cheating the Grim Reaper" — Billie Holladay Skelley
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2nd
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"Victoria Woodhull The First Woman to Run for President" — Larry Wood
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3rd
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"Lydia Pinkham's Powerful Potion" — Diana West
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Crawford Humorous Anecdote
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1st
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"An Ozarks Preacher" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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2nd
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"Oops" — Fay Guinn
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3rd
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"Big Sister's Revenge" — Joy Keeney
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1st HM
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"Hot Potato" — Margarite Stever
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2nd HM
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"One More for the Road" — Russell Gayer
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3rd HM
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"The Last Laugh" — Billie Holladay Skelley
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Crawford Poetry Prize
Sponsor: John Crawford
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1st
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"This Warrior" — Bonnie Tesh
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2nd
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"In the Middle of the Storm" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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3rd
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"Death Comes Slowly" — Rhonda Harvey
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1st HM
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"Singing Life" — Ronda Del Boccio
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2nd HM
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"Goodbye Old Friend" — Diane Yates
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3rd HM
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"Life's a Holiday" — Veda Boyd Jones
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Haiku
Sponsor: Jan Morrill Vanek
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1st
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"Stellar" — Lori Freeze
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2nd
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"Daddy's Hand" — Joy Keeney
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3rd
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"The Nursing Home" — Russell Gayer
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HM
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"Stream Salvation" — Billie Holladay Skelley
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Humorous Short Piece
Sponsor: Russell Gayer
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1st
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"Elvis, Bigfoot, and a Bicycle Built for Recycling" — Bonnie Tesh
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2nd
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"Scamming the Scammer" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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3rd
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"FEMA Responds to First Flood" — Diana West
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HM
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"Never Anger a Goddess" — Ronda Del Boccio
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Flash Fiction
Sponsors: Rochelle Wisoff-Fields and Jan Fields
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1st
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"Marie's Music" — Bonnie Tesh
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2nd
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"My Last Days" — Kelly Kirby
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3rd
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"The Best Geocache Ever" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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Inspirational Romance
Sponsor: Diane Yates
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1st
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"When Our Time Has Come" — Rochell Wisoff-Fields
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2nd
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"Strength from a Shattered Heart" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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3rd
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"The Summer of His Life" — Larry Wood
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1st HM
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"Becky's Valentine" — Margarite Stever
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2nd HM
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"The Journal" — April Brock
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"I Didn't See That Coming" O. Henry Style Story
Sponsor: Bud Hanks
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1st
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"A Marvelous Sunrise" — Caroline Giammanco
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2nd
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"He's a Rebel" — Larry Wood
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3rd
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"The Old Lady" — Veronica Burnish
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HM
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"Order Up" — Ronda Del Boccio
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Paranormal Western
Sponsor: Bud Hanks
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1st
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"Devil's Gap" — Joy Keeney
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2nd
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"Doc. Eli" — Terry Alexander
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3rd
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"Pink" — Diane Smithey
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HM
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"The Ghost Picture" — Larry Wood
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Western Short Story
Sponsor: Nancy Hartney
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1st
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"Love in the Old West" — Margarite Stever
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2nd
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"The Cards You're Dealt" — Caroline Giammanco
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3rd
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"Waiting at Home" — Billie Holladay Skelley
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1st HM
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"Inspection at Cat's House" — Ronda Del Boccio
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2nd HM
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"Showdown at Short Creek" — Larry Wood
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3rd HM
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"Buckskins and Lace" — Russell Gayer
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"Write the Old Stuff" Historical Fiction
Sponsor: Nancy Hartney
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1st
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"Black and White in Living Color" — Diane yates
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2nd
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"The Christmas Angel" — Billie Holladay Skelley
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3rd
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"Dancing in the Shadows" — Annie Lisenby Smith
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HM
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"Silverwood Asylum" — Joy Keeney
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Jeanie's First Love
Sponsor: Bonnie and Dick Tesh
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1st
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"A Lady Indeed" — Caroline Giammanco
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2nd
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"Orphan Train Girl" — Larry Wood
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3rd
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"Somebody Special" — Ronda Del Boccio
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Best First Page of a Novel Work in Progress
Sponsors: The Prose Squad:
April Brock, Bonnie Tesh, Darrell Lacey, and Margarite Stever
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1st
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"Baby, It's Cold Out Here" — Russell Gayer
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2nd
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"Crystal Carrier" — Terry McDermid
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3rd
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"The Quest" — Lori Freeze
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1st HM
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"Deadly Memories" — Larry Wood
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2nd HM
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"Love's Fate" — Diane Yates
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Best Fiction Book of 2020
Sponsor: Billie Holladay Skelley
"Impossible Fate" — Diane Yates
Best Nonfiction Book of 2020
Sponsor: Veda Boyd Jones
"Midnight Assassinations and Other Evildoings:
A Criminal History of Jasper County, Missouri" — Larry Wood
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