Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:17:30 -0500 From: "the rags of time..." Subject: [WRITERS] INT: Another draft from the Judges' Tent? Some Favorites! [the billowing drapes seem oddly shaped, but you ignore the impression that there is something with three elk horns trying to get out and listen closely to the muttering, hearing:] Favorite Essayist(s) Winner: Valentine Michael Smith with 60% of the vote! Close runner-up's: Anthony V. Toscano, Pat Fish Favorite Poet(s) Winner: Peter Davis with 28% of the vote Close runner-up's: Lana, Anthony Dauer, Dylan Thomas, anwar al-ghassani, Judy Ray (wait a minute, when did Dylan Thomas join the list?) Favorite Short Story Writer(s) Winner: drat, the vote didn't pick anyone... Worth Watching: Elizabeth Klungness, annie kemp, John Bailey, Pat Fish, Antaeus Feldspar, MWWorthen, Robyn [the fabric on the edge of the tent looks like it's unraveling -- even though something that's raveled is largely undone, when it unravels, well, there's threads everywhere! -- and you back off, wondering when you'll have a glimpse at the rest of the awards...] "The friends that have it I do wrong When ever I remake a song Should know what issue is at stake, It is myself that I remake." William Butler Yeats tink