Bananagrams Contest Winners Announced!

Now that all winners have been notified, we are thrilled to announce the results of the 2010 Newport Review Bananagrams Writing Contest. Congratulations to our lucky winners, who will receive cash prizes, Bananagrams games and publication in the Winter 2010/2011 issue of Newport Review.

Thank you to all the writers who entered; to our judges, fiction writer Jincy Willett and poet John Landry, and to our sponsors, Rhode Island’s very own Bananagrams game company.

FICTION
First Prize ($200, Bananagrams, publication) :Kim Henderson, Idyllwild, CA
Second Prize ($50, Bananagrams, publication) : Nicole Murphy, Brooklyn, NY
Honorable Mention (Bananagrams, publication) : Lauri Hedman, Cutler Bay, FL

POETRY
First Prize ($200, Bananagrams, publication) : Fern G. Z. Carr, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Second Prize ($50, Bananagrams, publication) : Judith Terzi, Pasadena, CA
Honorable Mention (Bananagrams, publication) : Jamie Leighton, Randolph, MA
Suellen Wedmore, Rockport, MA

FINALISTS

Fiction: 
Geoff Gardner, Asheville, NC
Samantha Leach, Providence, RI
Cyra Sherburn, Wilmington, NC
Rebecca Webber, Cranston, RI

Poetry:
Richard Garcia, James Island, SC
Arlene Cota Greco, Derby, CT
Grace Hobbs, Potsdam, NY
Vanessa Schwartz, Burbank, CA
Caroline Zarlengo Sposto, Memphis, TN
Jessica Young, Ann Arbor, MI