The Carnegie Center would like to warmly congratulate the finalists and winners of the 2009 Short Stories ONLY! Contest

First Place:
Amanda Forsting, Louisville "Becoming Genevieve"

Second Place:
Tanya J. Tyler, Lexington "He Jumped"

Finalists:
Darryl Halbrooks, Richmond "Singrid Advaard"
Anne Hayden, Lexington "Untitled"
Deborah Rice, Lexington "Crackers"
Lori Sheroan, Paris "Cut-outs"

The contest judge was award-winning short fiction writer Jim Tomlinson. The reading was Sept. 1.

The Carnegie Center warmly congratulates the following winners and finalists of the Next Great Writers Contest 2009:

First Place: Jason Grant, Lexington, KY

Second Place: Whitney Groves, Lexington, KY

Notable Finalists:
Katrina Boone, Lexington, KY
Eva Cox, Paris, KY
Virginia Dulworth, Lexington, KY
Kari Evely, Lexington, KY
Sarah Glenn, Lexington KY
Janet Halloway, Lexington KY
Matthew Haughton, Lexington, KY
Hannah LeGris, Mayslick, KY
Barbara Phillips, Lexington, KY
Sacha Pruitt, Lexington, KY
Jesse Sisken, Lexington, KY
Jessica Swafford, Georgetown, KY
Eric Sutherland, Lexington KY
Charles Edward White, Lexington, KY
Jason Williams, Winchester, KY
Morgan Williams, Paris, KY
James Vincent, Lexington, KY

The Carnegie Center warmly congratulates the following winners and finalists of the Young People’s Poetry Contest 2009

Early Elementary Winner: Sam Hayden “Sea Serpent’s Egg”

Upper Elementary Winner: Annie Deitz “Just Like the Animals”

Middle/High School Winner: Ittai Eres “Birth of the Muse”

Finalists include:
Cinastasha Cable “A Million Candles”
William Ding “Summer”
Charlie Frederick “My Earth”
Ezekiel Grier “Kentucky”
Gabe Hillyard “Horses”
Julian T. Little “A New Beginning”
Dani Miller “Daydreamer”
Luc Morgan “Summer”
John Nichols “Beginning as Trickling Drops”
Natalie Pacheco “dissection”
Tamara E. Ray “Fox”
Maggie Rue “Rollercoaster”
Rena Sakai “To America”
Rebecca Sanders “Corpse”
Suzanne Seivers “Homecoming”
Madison Shifflett “I Heard That!”
Abigail Winfield “A Leprechaun’s Favorite Stew”

The Carnegie Center warmly congratulates the following winners and finalists of the
Twelth Annual Legacies Competition for Writers Over 55:

First Place, and winner of the Carol Pettit Medallion: Janece Walters-Cook, Lexington, KY

Second Place (Tie): Christina Lovin, Lancaster, KY; Charles Roe, Lexington, KY

Notable Finalists:
Donna Ashbaugh, Santa Ana, CA
Normandi Ellis, Berea, KY
Michael Gregory, McNeal, AZ
Joe Hall, Lexington, KY
Lyla Hamilton, Louisville, CO
Mary Haug, Brookings, SD
Wendy Hoffman, Owings Mills, MD
Christine McKee, Philadelphia, PA
DeWayne Roberts, Lexington, KY
Jan Tramontano, Albany, NY
Geraldine Weiser, Silver Spring, MD

To view lists of past Carnegie Center Writing Competition Winners, click HERE

THE CARNEGIE CENTER’S “FIVE BOOKS” SERIES

WRITING MENTOR SERVICE

Do you need feedback on a manuscript? Could your writing improve with the help of a dedicated coach? The Carnegie Center’s Writing Mentor Program is your opportunity to work one-on-one with a published author, the Carnegie Center’s own Writer-In-Residence, Neil Chethik.
Writers of all genres are welcome.
$30 for a one-hour session. Fee assistance available.
Call Neil at (859) 254-4175 or email him at nchet@aol.com.
To learn more about Neil, visit his website: www.neilchethik.com

Additional resources for writers

More information about the 2008-2009 New Books by Great Writers literary series is now available online.

Learn about our current classes.