On November 2, about 40 guests enjoyed camaraderie and plentiful food and drink at the Arizona Authors Association Literary Awards Reception, held at the home of AAA Vice President and Literary Contest Coordinator Jane Ruby.
Jane graciously contributed the considerable cost of renting the tables and chairs that dotted her spacious back yard. AAA President Emeritus Toby Heathcotte was on hand to present award certificates and cash prizes to winners of the 2024 contest.
The free event was livestreamed on Facebook, courtesy of our resident tech-wizard, Daniel Dickinson. Kebba Buckley Button circulated throughout the afternoon, to photo-capture the festivities.
Former Broadway musical theater actress and outgoing AAA Editor in Chief Penny Orloff acted as Master of Ceremonies, entertaining the crowd with quips and stories as she announced the prizes in each of the many contest categories. Penny, herself, had contributed $1000 toward prize money to make the contest as appealing as possible to entrants
Eva Moon’s novel, Pinocchio’s Guide to the End of the World, won the $500 Grand Prize. Other top prize winners of $200 each were Jessie Thorpe for her published novel, Bolton Roper; Jack Wulfen for his short story, Cats Know; and Judy Paris for her published children’s book, Not Funny, Harvey.
Other cash prize winners were DeVonna Allison, Bart Ambrose, Dan Baldwin, Stephen Bowling, McKenzie Catron-Pichan, Earl Vincent deBerge, Wayne Edwards, Rosemarie Garlasco, Anne Hanovich, Marsha Klopmeier-Tufft, Susan Krause, Lawrence Lenhart, Eileen Mahoney, Nancy Hicks Marshall, Jessica McCann, Isabella Sardas, Jacque Shaw, Cita Stelzer, Diane Vaszily, Steve Weitzenkorn, and Julie Wendt. For the complete list of winners, go to arizonaauthors.org and click “winners.”
The annual AAA Literary Contest welcomes authors of published and unpublished novels, nonfiction works, and novellas; unpublished essays, short stories, and poetry; and published Young Adult and children’s books. The 2025 contest opens January 1, 2025. To enter, go to arizonaauthors.org and click on Contest.
To Purchase a Copy of our 2025 Arizona Authors Literary Awards Magazine, please click on the cover in the right column.
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