2006 Competition Winners
S. Portia Steele Awards for Excellence
in Poetry and Prose

Poetry Winners

First Place: “Women Fish”
by Kathleen Van Schaick,
Victor, NY

Second Place: “After Them”
by Cathy Barber,
San Mateo, CA

Third Place: “Severance”
by Gail Chavis,
Los Angeles, CA

Honorable Mention: “Home Again”
by Carol M. Carpenter,
Livonia, MI.

Prose Winners

First Place: “Night Voices”
by Helen Beecher,
Cloverdale, CA

Second Place: “Beloved”
by Kathy Rueve,
Sebastopol, CA 95472

Third Place: “Birthmark”
by Elizabeth Ince,
Los Angeles, CA

Honorable Mention: “Porange”
by Kathy O’Grady,
San Francisco, CA

CONGRATULATIONS to the winners.
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