2009 New Bern Literary Symposium

Winning Works

1st Place

Adult Fiction

"A Bale of Cotton"

by Doris Schneider

2nd Place

Adult Fiction

"109 Sycamore Wynd"

by Flora Ann Scearce

Honorable Mention

Adult Fiction

"Your Mandala"

Michelle Garren Flye

1st Place

Adult Nonfiction

"Life After Death"

by Skip Crayton

2nd Place Adult Nonfiction

"Tides and Snowflakes"

from Buzzard's Myth

by Alva Howard Harris

1st Place Adult Poetry

"Daylight Whispers"

by Evie Chang Henderson

Honorable Mention Adult Poetry

"Shifting Gears"

by Leslie McCombs-Porter

Winner Young Authors Prose

"Phoenix"

by Claudia Clippinger