Contest
#13 - "It's All in a Name"Congratulations to our winners: Shevi Arnold and Craig Mackay! Each receives a free year of membership with the SCBWI. Our Runners-Up are Patricia Bennett and Michael and Talia Dashow, who will be receiving SCBWI t-shirts. Honorable Mentions go to Miranda Butler-Swanger and Karin Gaffney. Please take a moment to read through their contest entries below. Thanks to all who participated!
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a grumpy, crabby substitute teacher 2. an always sharply-dressed 2nd grader 3. a pirate for a Spanish galleon 4. a wood sprite who is allergic to flowers 5. a greasy car mechanic |
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a clumsy ballerina 7. the 7th grade bully 8. a baby vampire 9. a slobbering, lumbering old dog 10. a two-headed alien |
Shevi
Arnold
Highland Park, NJ
member since 2003
WINNER
A grumpy, crabby substitute teacher: Donald "You're Fired" Grump
A greasy car mechanic: The Duke of Oil
A clumsy ballerina: Grace Underfoot
Shevi Arnold likes to write, illustrate and be funny. She's been a political cartoonist, newspaper illustrator, comics magazine editor, arts and entertainment writer, and a consumer columnist. She is currently working on a variety of silly and serious projects for adults and children.
Highland Park, NJ
member since 2003
WINNER
A grumpy, crabby substitute teacher: Donald "You're Fired" Grump
A greasy car mechanic: The Duke of Oil
A clumsy ballerina: Grace Underfoot
Shevi Arnold likes to write, illustrate and be funny. She's been a political cartoonist, newspaper illustrator, comics magazine editor, arts and entertainment writer, and a consumer columnist. She is currently working on a variety of silly and serious projects for adults and children.
Newbury Park, CA
member since 2004
WINNER
A pirate for a Spanish Galleon: Cap'n Carlos Barba del Queso
A wood sprite who is allergic to flowers:Histamina
A baby vampire: Droolcula
Craig Mackay has recently been accepted into the Illustration program at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA, and will begin in the Spring. Craig enjoys watching great movies or awful television shows with his wife beautiful Jennifer and reading books to their 14 month-old son James who can imitate a dog, a cat, a duck, a cow, and a fish with precise intonation.
Oklahoma City, OK
member since 1993
RUNNER-UP
A grumpy, crabby substitute teacher: Inplaca Goodteach
A greasy car mechanic: Otto B. Klean
A clumsy ballerina: Felonna Floor
Patricia Bennett is an Adjunct Professor of English at a university in Oklahoma who finds writing therapeutic, especially after the grind of essays and research papers. "Writing helps my teaching and teaching helps my writing," she maintains. Patricia has completed a middle-grade novel and several picture books, and is hopeful that someday she will see her work in print. Her other interests include French studies, yoga and bridge.
Oakland, CA
members since 2004
RUNNER-UP
A pirate for a Spanish Galleon: Santiago de Stroya
The 7th grade bully: Hector Pummel
A baby vampire: Bloodlette
Talia and Michael Dashow and their cockatiel Toby live amidst a sargasso of unfinished creative projects. On the top of their pile is their first children’s novel, a middle-grade science fiction adventure, which is currently undergoing revision.
non-member
HONORABLE MENTION
A grumpy, crabby substitute teacher: Gaydon Umpton, aka "Grumpton"
A clumsy ballerina: Allota G. Tripping, but her friends call her "Grace"
The 7th grade bully: Lars Malloy
Miranda Butler-Swanger is a new mom so she doesn't have time for much, but she loves to write, so she has made time for that. Her favorite things to write are short stories and poetry.
Rochester, NY
member since 1997
HONORABLE MENTION
A grumpy, crabby substitute teacher: Miss Belinda Crumpbumple
An always sharply dressed 2nd grader: Harrison P. Hawkins III
A slobbering, lumbering old dog: Rufus
Karin Gaffney is a public relations media specialist and writer at the University of Rochester Medical Center who enjoys writing both middle-grade fiction and nonfiction for children. During the last two years she has had three nonfiction magazine articles published and is now working on her second novel, a ghost story set in the south. Karin lives in Rochester, NY, with her fiancé, Mitch, and their 16-pound cat, Cleo, who is currently on a diet and very unhappy about it.
