The Earth Vision Nature Writing Contest
Winning Entries
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Winners of the Earth Vision nature writing contest:

 

 

               Contest Results From 2011

 

For commentary on the 2011 contest process and winners, presided over by Ann Palmer: click here

 

 

First prize*   - $250  went to:

 

                                    Rob Percival for  - Songline

 

Second prizes*  - $50 went to:

 

                                        Peter Shepherd for  - Morning Song

 

                                        Roberta MacDonald for  - Nature's Gift

 

 

* prizes this year were halved, as insufficient funds came in, due to a smaller umber of entries. The coordinator of the Earth Vision project had to cary a loss, as it was.  Hopefully next year, someone will pick up the contest and it can return to higher prizes. . .

 

              Contest Results From 2010

 

For commentary on the 2010 contest process and winners, presided over by Ann Palmer: click here

 

 

First prize  - $500  went to:

 

                        Skye Isaac for  - The Magnetic Power Inherent in Fields of Subtle Energy

 

 

Two second prizes  - $100 each went to:

 

Susanne Speidel for  - To an Oak, with Gratitude

 

Peggy Jones for  - The Two Bushes

 

 

Honorable mentions went to :

 

               Barrie Ridgway for -Oneness and the Singing Wilderness

 

            Monica Sadowski for - Natural Healing

 

            Hannah Balter for - Is My Dream

 

            Molly Sprayregan for - Becoming Alaska

 

            Sharilyn Wood Stalling for - The Crow Love Story

 

            Patricia Elms for - Echoes

 

            Lyssa Tall Anolik for - Breaking and Entering

 

                        

 

 

 

              Contest Results From 2009

 

 

First prize  - $500  went to:

 

           Gaia Dance (aka Ann Palmer) for  - The Declaration of Interdependence

 

 

Two second prizes  - $100 each went to:

 

Megan McHugh for  - Her Gift

 

Lee Beavington for  - Family Tree

 

 

Honorable mentions went to :

 

                       Jen Karetnick for  - Bud Break

 

                       MaryRose Lessoway for  - Heal Thyself

 

                       Tim Baehr for  - Inclinations

 

                       John Day for  - Resurrection

 
   
        
 
          Contest Results From 2008
 
 
First prize of $500 went to Carolyn Moore for her creative treatment that weaves the dynamics of Kubler-Ross with nature, for a compelling journey through deep ecology:
 
                the Kübler-Ross Model APPLIED TO OUR ROLE IN NATURE.
 
 
Two second prizes of $100 went to:
 
      The Practice of the Presence of Trees             
                         by Barbara Bassett                                
 
      Song of the Forest
                         by Madison Hattaway
 
 
Honorable mentions went to:
 
 

Douglas Campbell for Smoke on the Palm of  Creation

 

Diane Elayne Dees for Missing the Trees

 

Kimberly Gavalchik for The Glow that Illumines, the Glare that Obscures

 

Fallon Kane forThe Other Side

 

Gerard Sarnat for Wing Quartet

 

and Peter Shepherd for Ecoliteracy

 
 
 
 
 
            Contest Results From 2007 
 
 
 
First prize of $600 went to Sandra Lee Hughes for her timely piece on the honeybee issue - Moved by the Bees.
 
Second prize of $100 went to K. Lauren DeBoer for Land Between Two Rivers.
 
Three honorable mentions went to:
 
Ann Palmer for Earthbond
 
Natasha Peters for Reflections
 
and Judy Adrekson for The Landscape of I Am
 
 
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