Twelfth Annual Oregon Quarterly Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest
Debra Gwartney, author of Live Through This and faculty member of Pacific University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing program, was this this year’s contest judge.
Winners
Open Category
1) Kim Cooper Findling ’93, “The Friday’s Trilogy”
2) Dwight Holing ’76, “A Flyway Runs Through It”
3) Heidi Shayla ’94, “A Mountain Waltz”
1) Michelle Kyoko Crowson, “Body, Metal and Pine”
2) Chloe Rambo, “Tart Raspberries”
3) Isolde Raftery, “The Sisters of Greenhill Road”
Finalists
Open Category
• John Campbell, “The Song in Front of You”
• Mary Emerick, “The Shoe Tree”
• Beth Keegan, “A Train To Nowhere”
• Tuula Rebhahn ’09, “The Crab Raider”
• Robin Schauffler, “Roots and Branches”
Student Category
• Stephen Lennstrom, “Mr. Republican Goes to Washington (State)”
• Christine Carter, “The Path To My Stomach Begins and Ends in Oregon.”
