Valentine's Writing Contest

The Theme? Romance and Love!
Quick Rules
  1. The Deadline is Past! Do NOT submit your work. You can send it as a normal SUB for the list to see, or hold it for another contest. Even the Voting is Past!... PLEASE join in the rest of the wining and dinging if you like? And start planning to get into our NEXT contest!
  2. Send your entries to Michelle Hakala, <Winebird@inreach.com> with Cc: to Barbara Harris <TCZJ32B@PRODIGY.COM>. Do Not Post Entries To the List!
  3. Submissions between January 2 and January 31, 1997. Deadline midnight, January 31, EST.
  4. Use the Subject line

    5. Subject: SUB: Valentine's Contest: *your title*: Category

  5. Categories (One Entry Per Category, but you may enter up to four categories):
  6. Entries should be 3500 words or less.
Reader's Chores
  1. Please Hold Critiques Until after Feb. 14, 1997
  2. Vote Between Feb. 2 to Feb. 13.
  3. Send your votes to Michelle Hakala, <Winebird@inreach.com> with Cc: to Barbara Harris <TCZJ32B@PRODIGY.COM>
  1. ALL: Valentine's Contest Rules
  2. ALL: Voting and Final Entries for Valentine's Contest
  3. INT: F: HHR: Contest Winners Announced!
Click On This Link to Send Mail to Michelle and Barbara Submissions, Votes, Comments, etc.?
At the Gala, The Valentine Gala!
  1. INT: F: HHR: Valentine Gala Preparations!
  2. INT: Alyson Hangs her Shingle.
  3. INT: F: HHR: Valentine Gala Preparations!
  4. INT:History and Description of the HHR
  5. INT: F: HHR: Valentine Gala Preparations!
  6. INT: Alyson's Salon
  7. Re: INT: Alyson's Salon
  8. INT: F: Haven for Hopeful Romantics
  9. Re: INT: F: Haven for Hopeful Romantics
  10. INT: Haven for Hopeful Romantics (A Dysmal Day?)
  11. INT:F:The Haven...
  12. Re: INT:F:The Haven...
  13. Re: INT:F:The Haven...
  14. INT: F: HHR... The Big Bang
  15. Re: INT: Haven for Hopeful Romantics (A Dysmal Day?)
  16. Re: INT: Haven for Hopeful Romantics (A Dysmal Day?)
  17. INT: F: (HHR) The Bogiday Inn
  18. INT: SPT-HHR: The Quest, Omar's Vision Revealed(4)
  19. INT: HHR
  20. INT: HHR: Omar's Passion
  21. INT: The Resort: The Invasion Continues
  22. Re: INT: HHR: Omar's Passion
  23. INT: F: (HHR) Stinky Meets Snow
  24. INT: HHR
  25. INT: Haven for Hopeful Romantics
  26. Re: INT: Contest Rules...
  27. INT: The Well Cafe
  28. HHR: The Ambush
  29. Int: HHR (Izzy's Cave)
  30. Re: INT: F: (HHR) Stinky Meets Snow
  31. INT: The Resort: The Invasion Continues at the Haven
  32. INT: F: Valentine's Day Gala!!!
  33. INT: F: HHR: Contest Winners Announced!
  34. Re: INT: F: HHR: Contest Winners Announced!
  35. INT: Thanks
  36. INT: The Well Cafe
  37. ALL: Contest Winners and Names of Entrants
  38. Re: INT: Thanks
  39. INT: F: HHR: Contest Winners Announced!
  40. INT:Contest Thoughts
  41. FILL: THANK YOU!
  42. INT: HHR: Omar's Vision: Snow Takes Her Leave
  43. INT: Happy Haven:The Misdirected Aliens
  44. Re: INT: Happy Haven:The Misdirected Aliens
Short Stories
  1. SUB:Valentine'd Contest:Tribute:Short Story
    2. Paula D. Smith
  2. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Belinda": Short Story
    3. Michael J. Hultquist
  3. SUB: Valentine's: "Always, Forever": Short Story
    4. Robyn Meta Herrington [4th Place!]
  4. Sub: Valentine's Contest: "Mary's Love": Short Story
    5. Coyote
  5. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "From the Heart": Short Story
    6. Barbara Vaughan
  6. Sub:Valentine's Contest: "Cupid and the Cardinal": short story
    7. Pat Fish [3rd Place!]
  7. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Why?": Short Story
    8. Youngblood Brasket
  8. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "The Final Gift": Short Story
    9. Catherine Berchtold [2nd Place!]
  9. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Roses and Weeds": Short Story
    10. John Anderson
  10. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Levee Break": Short Story
    11. Michelle Hakala
  11. SUB:Valentine's Contest:"Snowflakes":Short Story
    12. Maria Murphy
  12. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "A Princess Finds A Stone":Short Story
    13. Xprincess
  13. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "The Corsage": Short Story
    14. Christopher Vaughan
  14. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Heart's Desire": Short Story
    15. Dee Churchill [FIRST PLACE!]
  15. SUB: Valentine's Day Contest: "Tranquility Tower": Short Story
    16. Raini Madden (with Christopher Vaughan) [5th Place!]
  16. SUB: Valentine's Day Contest: "Immaculate Sex": Short Story
    17. John Brinkman
Poetry (including Limericks)
  1. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "The Boy Who Cries For Roses:" Poem
    2. Kennedy Dane
  2. Sub: Valentine's Contest : The Orange Juice Poem : Poetry
    3. Pam
  3. Sub: Valentine's Contest: "Loves Lost": Poetry
    4. Cami Jo Keller
  4. Sub: Valentine's Contest: "A Valentine Ball": Poetry
    5. Pat Fish
  5. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Buffer": Poetry
    6. John Brinkmann
  6. Sub: Valentine's Contest: "Soul Mates": Poetry
    7. Teena Shields
  7. Sub: Valentine's Contest:"Star Struck": Poetry
    8. Roz Shoshonna
  8. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Still": Poetry
    9. Carol Hair
  9. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Surrender": Poetry
    10. Melissa Anne Morse
  10. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Evensong": Poem
    11. C.K. Tower [3rd Place!]
  11. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "MICHAEL": Poetry
    12. Jeffrey A. Watts (Jarakis)
  12. Sub:Valentine Contest:"FOREVER": Poetry
    13. Steve Cripwell
  13. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Banyan Tree": Poetry
    14. Ashok Gupta
  14. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Today": Poetry
    15. Youngblood Braskett
  15. Sub: Valentine's Contest: "Mastectomy Whimsy": Poetry
    16. Sue Hunter
  16. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Knowing": Poetry
    17. Audrey Friedman [5th Place!]
  17. SUB: Valentine Contest: "Love In The Lights": Poetry
    18. Christopher Stolle
  18. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Renascence":poetry
    19. Donna M. Buschmeier
  19. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "The Woman": Poetry
    20. Pat Maloney [4th Place!]
  20. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Hearty Limerick" : Poetry
    21. Barbara Vaughan
  21. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Song of Cybercupid": Poem
    22. Carolyn Farkas [FIRST PLACE!]
  22. SUB: Valentines Contest: "The Rose ": Poetry
    23. Diane (Jade Cow)
  23. SUB: Valentine's Day Contest: "For Peter": Poetry
    24. Anitra Freeman
  24. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "NightWind Confession" : Poetry
    25. Tori Wilfred [2nd Place!]
  25. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Two Lovers": Poetry
    26. Michael J. Hultquist
  26. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Dog Love": Poetry
    27. Sharon Moskowitz
  27. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Complete": Poetry
    28. John Anderson
  28. SUB: Valentine's Day Contest: "Comfort": Poetry
    29. B.T. Murtagh
Essay
  1. Sub:Valentine's Contest: For Women Only....:Essay
    2. Pat Fish
  2. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Can Valentine's Day be more than an Obligatory Romance Day?": Essay
    3. Maria Murphy (THE WINNER!)
One-Act Plays
  1. SUB: Valentine's Contest: "Till Death Do You": One Act Play
    2. Carolyn Farkas
  2. SUB: Valentine's Day Contest: "The Lake Trip": One Act Play
    3. Dr. Alcmaeon Frog (THE WINNER!)
Withdrawn from Contest
SUB: Valentine's Contest: "I Got Tired Of Waiting For You ": Poetry

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