“In the Heat of the Afternoon,” the first contest of the season, is now in the books! Congrats to all the winners as well as a special thanks to speaker/judge Kara Martinez Bachman.Prose:
First place: Sonya Bennett The Stave-Mill Yard in Ferriday, LA
Second place: Kennard Balme Now it’s Out
Honorable mention: Joy A. Sterling Thanks To A Hot Summer Afternoon
Poetry:
First place: Susan Martinello Tempest
Second place: Kennard Balme In the Heat
Honorable mention: Sylvia Williams Dodgen Bates Cottage in the Heat of the Afternoon