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Congratulations to our 2022 Kansas Voices Winners
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Kansas Voices 2022 Winners
ADULT
Poetry
Freeform
1st Place – Julie Sellers, Atchison “Life Lines”
Honorable Mention – Lacy Pierce, Overland Park “What It’s Like to be NeuroDivergent the Autistic Way”
Honorable Mention – Judy Goodpasture, Wichita “The Choice to Forgive”
Honorable Mention – Elizabeth Leiker, Hays “Concussion”
Honorable Mention – Julie Sellers, Atchison “Socks”
Traditional
1st Place – William Clyde Brown, Salina “Pain”
Honorable Mention – Christine Potter-Kass, Hutchinson “I Am From…”
Honorable Mention – Julie Sellers, Atchison “The Insomniac Poet’s Sestina”
Honorable Mention – Martin Colborn, Newton “Sonnet for My Dad”
OVERALL POETRY WINNER - Julie Sellers, "Lifelines"
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Prose
Creative Non-Fiction
1st Place – Carol Luttjohann, Topeka “Journey of Joy with Dementia”
Honorable Mention – Mary Powell, Longton “Another Day in Paradise”
Honorable Mention – Stephen McCann, Winfield “Scars”
Mystery
1st Place – Tom Lichty, Dodge City “The Case of the Strange Fruit”
Honorable Mention – Charles Wray, Topeka “Cold Case”
Honorable Mention – Brett Wilkinson, Wamego “A Tiny Smear of Blood”
Science Fiction/Fantasy
1st Place – Melissa Stanton, Hutchinson “The Waterway”
Honorable Mention – Lacy Pierce, Overland Park “The Disconnected Pain Spirit”
Honorable Mention – Martin Colborn, Newton “Sammi”
Short Story Fiction
1st Place – Dan Wray, Overland Park “Star Stealer”
Honorable Mention – Melissa Stanton, Hutchinson “Ugly Sweater Contest”
Honorable Mention – Charles Wray, Topeka “The Throwaway”
Young Adult
1st Place – Amanda Bruns, McPherson “Maddy the Spy”
Honorable Mention – Lynn Allen, Horton “Asperger’s??? God Bless You”
Honorable Mention – Julie Sellers, Atchison “Tea with Tragic Results”
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OVERALL PROSE WINNER - Dan Wray, "Star Stealer"
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YOUTH
Poetry
1st Place – Alexis Bradshaw, Jetmore “Summer Song
Honorable Mention – Lydia Jensen, Wichita “Winfield Bluegrass Festival”
Honorable Mention – Arora Schmidt, Wichita “A Little Too Cold”
Honorable Mention – Ian Bench, Wichita “The Dance”
Prose
1st Place – Lydia Jensen, Wichita “Ella and the Green-Eyed Monster”
Honorable Mention – Arora Schmidt, Wichita “Standard Issue”
Honorable Mention – Alexis Bradshaw, Jetmore “Reflections of Light”