2021 Communications Contest Awards Announced

Congratulations to all of the award winners! Here is the list:

First Name	Last Name	Entry	Award
Chris	Allen	Kale is a Four-Letter Word	1st Place
Chris	Allen	Kale is a Four-Letter Word	Honorable Mention
Chris	Allen	Keep Kale Cool	Honorable Mention
Chris	Allen	Dear Arthur	Honorable Mention
Marisela	Angulo	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Ty	Bannerman	Let’s Talk Monuments and Reckoning with Colonial Histories	2nd Place
Barb	Belknap	Sandoval Signpost	1st Place
Ernest “Joe”	Brown	At Least I Could Do Something About It	3rd Place
Joe	Brown	Hey Coach	2nd Place
Sherri	Burr	Complicated Lives – Part I: From African Arrivals in 1619 to the Conclusion of the Revolutionary War in 1783	1st Place
Sherri	Burr	“Flip the Script When Writing About Race” (12/2020) and “Storytelling Lessons From Gunsmoke (11/2020)	1st Place
Sherri	Burr	“The Writing Life: Remembering Rudolfo Anaya” and “The Writing Life: Max Evans”	Honorable Mention
Joe	Cappello	Biddle and the One-Eyed Monster	Honorable Mention
Joe	Cappello	Beginning at the End	Honorable Mention
Joe	Cappello	Office Beast	Honorable Mention
Carolyn	Carlson	Leading Her Homeland	2nd Place
Carolyn	Carlson	Who Killed Molly Sparks	2nd Place
Carolyn	Carlson	Adios Is Not Good-Bye	3rd Place
Brenda	Cole	Light Illuminating	Honorable Mention
Brenda	Cole	Seeing the World in 20/20	Honorable Mention
Hannah	Colton	Protester Shot After Militiamen Raise Tensions At Oñate Monument	1st Place
Hannah	Colton	No More Normal: The Streets Are Hot	1st Place
Mary Lou	Cooper	AARP Combats Loneliness with Friendly Phone Calls, part of an ongoing series of reports related to COVID impacts	1st Place
Mary Lou	Cooper	Internet Love is Here to Stay	2nd Place
Mary Lou	Cooper	Mapping the Canine Mind	Honorable Mention
Karen	Cunningham	no birdsong	2nd Place
Merilee	Dannemann	Reasonable Regulations Draw Reasonable People; Most Like the Police	3rd Place
Erin	De Rosa	Solutions at our Fingertips	1st Place
Marisa	Demarco	No More Normal: The Streets Are Hot	1st Place
Marisa	Demarco	The Real Crime	2nd Place
Marisa	Demarco	Guns, Threats And Insults At Roundhouse Rally To Support Trump	Honorable Mention
Marisa	Demarco	Black N.M. Movement Objects To News Coverage And Police Response At Filling Philly’s	Honorable Mention
Debra	Denker	Seeking Solace on Horseback: Riding Keeps Me Sane During Pandemic	Honorable Mention
Sonja	Dewing	The Glass Mountain	2nd Place
Rena	Distasio	Sculptor Creates Large-Scale Commentaries On Nature And The Environment	1st Place
Bob	Diven	Living in Las Cruces	1st Place
Bryce	Dix	Growing Forward: A podcast about cannabis in New Mexico	1st Place
Patricia	Dobson	Church isn’t the the building – church is us	3rd Place
Mary	Dorsey	Once Upon a Time When We Could	2nd Place
Mary	Dorsey	September	Honorable Mention
Mary	Dorsey	Once Upon A Time When We Could	Honorable Mention
Jennifer	Edelson	Wild Open Faces (Book 2 in the Wild and Ruin Trilogy)	1st Place
Khalil	Ekulona	No More Normal: The Streets Are Hot	1st Place
Khalil	Ekulona	The Real Crime	2nd Place
Ruth	Friesen	Historical Painting: Taking your Best Shot	3rd Place
Ruth	Friesen	Wagon Tracks	3rd Place
Ruth	Friesen	Lifelines: The Bowen Love Letters	Honorable Mention
Cornelia	Gamlem	They Did What? Unbelievable Tales from the Workplace	Honorable Mention
Maria	Gomez	Gramita’s Tortillas	2nd Place
Isabel	Gonzalez	Bayron Matos: Always hungry	2nd Place
J. L.	Greger	A Pound of Flesh, Sorta	3rd Place
J. L.	Greger	Dirty Holy Water	Honorable Mention
Loretta	Hall	From New Mexico to the Universe	1st Place
Loretta	Hall	Higher, Faster, Longer: My Life in Aviation and My Quest for Spaceflight	2nd Place
Loretta	Hall	Book Review: “Urban Legends from Space: The Biggest Myths of Space Demystified”	3rd Place
Kathryn	Hammel	Meg Goes to America	1st Place
Kathryn	Hammel	Walk Right	1st Place
Kathleen	Hessler	Health Care Law (Chapter in Concepts for Nursing Practice text book)	Honorable Mention
Lynne	Hinton	The Beekeeper’s Wife	1st Place
Sandi	Hoover	Panama’s Gold	1st Place
Sandi	Hoover	Give It An Inch	3rd Place
Jennifer	Hull	Shook: An Earthquake, a Legendary Mountain Guide, and Everest’s Deadliest Day	1st Place
Carrie	Ishee	“Seduced into Darkness: Transcending my Psychiatrist’s Sexual Abuse”	1st Place
Carrie	Ishee	“Seduced into Darkness: Transcending my Psychiatrist’s Sexual Abuse”	1st Place
Megan	Kamerick	Growing Forward: A podcast about cannabis in New Mexico	1st Place
Megan	Kamerick	New Mexico and the Vote	1st Place
Megan	Kamerick	Sculptor Creates Large-Scale Commentaries On Nature And The Environment	1st Place
Megan	Kamerick	No More Normal: The Streets Are Hot	1st Place
Colleen	Keane	An old friend comes through	1st Place
Colleen	Keane	If you remember them, you will never go wrong	1st Place
Colleen	Keane	It’s a different world	2nd Place
Colleen	Keane	A good step forward – Indian Market reinvisioned	2nd Place
Colleen	Keane	To’hajiilee Fresh Water Blocked – County Steps in	3rd Place
Colleen	Keane	Police wanted	3rd Place
Stuart	Kelter	DELVING IN: Dwight Pitcaithley on Whether the Lead-up to the Civil War was about States’ Rights	3rd Place
Stuart	Kelter	DELVING IN: David Pengelley on the Joy of Math	Honorable Mention
Iris	Keltz	At a Crossroads	1st Place
Iris	Keltz	Hamsa Menorah	2nd Place
Iris	Keltz	An Ode to voting– there’s still time come Tuesday	Honorable Mention
Rose Marie	Kern	Seeing the World in 20/20	Honorable Mention
Rachel	Kutcher	Real-Life Learning	1st Place
Melanie	LaBorwit	Christmas at the Palace, Re-Imagined	2nd Place
DIanne	Layden	Three Reflections New Mexico Remembers 9/11	1st Place
Tara	Lumpkin	Voices for Biodiversity	1st Place
Andy	Lyman	Accounts from inmates on COVID-19 response differs from officials’	1st Place
Andy	Lyman	NM Supreme Court denies request to expand inmate release	2nd Place
Andy	Lyman	Growing Forward: A podcast about cannabis in New Mexico	1st Place
Fred	Martino	KRWG News This Week – Election 2020: Take 2, America?	2nd Place
Fred	Martino	New Mexico’s Unusual And Very Tight Rematch In The 2nd Congressional District	Honorable Mention
Barbara	Matchell	They Did What? Unbelievable Tales from the Workplace	Honorable Mention
Kathleen	McCleery	Voting in 2020: A Conversation with Maggie Toulouse Oliver	1st Place
Kathleen	McCleery	Women Writing the West: A Panel Discussion for the Corrales Arts Center	1st Place
Cassie	McClure	Column: “My So-Called Millennial Life”; Sample 1, Published 9/27/2020 “Calls to Action”; Sample 2, 10/4/2020 “Self-Care in the Time of COVID”	Honorable Mention
Kevin	McDonald	Growing Forward: A podcast about cannabis in New Mexico	1st Place
Kevin	McDonald	New Mexico and the Vote	1st Place
Mary	Mendoza	My Generation Is Dying	1st Place
Mary Kate	Mendoza	My Generation is Dying	3rd Place
RJ	Mirabal	Dragon Train	2nd Place
Mary Candace	Mize	The Flypaper Witch Murders	2nd Place
Mary Candace	Mize	Zsofi	3rd Place
Mary	Morris	Dear October	1st Place
Sharon	Niederman	Backroads & Byways of New Mexico: Drives, Day Trips & Weekend Excursions	1st Place
Sharon	Niederman	On the Road with Sharon Niederman	2nd Place
Sharon	Niederman	Buffalo Soldier Gender Bender: Cathay Williams aka William Cathey	Honorable Mention
Ian	Palmer	The Shale Controversy: Will it lead the world to prosperity…or calamity?	3rd Place
Tracy	Patrick	Fall is a great time to take up birdwatching	1st Place
Judith	Pentz	Cleanse Your Body, Reveal Your Soul: Sustainable Well-Being through the Ancient Power of Ayurveda Panchakarma Therapy	Honorable Mention
Marilyn	Pettes Hill	PERSPECTIVES: A Tribute to Colin	2nd Place
Marilyn	Pettes Hill	Heart Strings – Prose & Poetry	2nd Place
Marilyn	Pettes Hill	A Mother’s Heart	3rd Place
Sylvia	Ramos Cruz	In a Time of Corona: Dispatches from the Field	1st Place
Sylvia	Ramos Cruz	May 29, 2020: In the Year of Our Peril	2nd Place
Sylvia	Ramos Cruz	Seven New Mexico Suffragists	3rd Place
Sylvia	Ramos Cruz	Biographical Sketch of Maude Elizabeth McFie Bloom	Honorable Mention
Sylvia	Ramos Cruz	Where To?	Honorable Mention
Judy	Reinhartz	Counting on Literature	2nd Place
Sherry	Robinson	RMCH cuts contract nurses as COVID-19 surge expected	1st Place
Sherry	Robinson	Black Lives Matter inspires Native American communities	1st Place
Sherry	Robinson	New Mexico election results depart from national patterns	1st Place
Sherry	Robinson	Virus will hit rural hospitals and clinics much harder	2nd Place
Kristen Cox	Roby	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Kristen Cox	Roby	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Kristen Cox	Roby	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Kristen Cox	Roby	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Elizabeth	Rose	no birdsong	2nd Place
Leonie	Rosenstiel	Sidelights on the WACs during World War II	2nd Place
Leonie	Rosenstiel	The Carpet Wore a Floral Pattern	Honorable Mention
Leonie	Rosenstiel	Dear Arthur	Honorable Mention
Tracy	Roy	Dance, Dance, Evolution	2nd Place
Jessica	Schlarbaum	Migrating, Stocking Up, Rutting and Molting	Honorable Mention
Diane	Schmidt	Colorado’s Holocaust and Genocide Education Bill, and its Implications for New Mexico	1st Place
Diane	Schmidt	Jojo Rabbit: An Anti-Hate Satire for Our Time	1st Place
Diane	Schmidt	Tisha b’Av, John Lewis, and the Obligation to Vote	1st Place
Diane	Schmidt	Combatting Hatred and Anti-Semitism: A Conversation with Sue Parker Gerson of the Anti-Defamation League	1st Place
Diane	Schmidt	Adult Analysis of Frozen II: A Heroine Fights Historical Denial	2nd Place
Diane	Schmidt	Book Review: Garden of Eden, Plants of the Hebrew Bible	2nd Place
Diane	Schmidt	Book review: Jews and the Arab World, Intertwined Legacies	Honorable Mention
DIANE JOY	SCHMIDT	Windshield Cracks, How the Light Gets In	Honorable Mention
DIANE JOY	SCHMIDT	A Red-tailed Hawk	1st Place
Kathy Louise	Schuit	SouthWest Sage Newsletter	2nd Place
Kelsey	Sinclair	Oh My Stars!	Honorable Mention
Wendel	Sloan	Kill a Moose for Jesus	2nd Place
Ivy	St. Clair	Milestones Missed, Plans Rerouted	Honorable Mention
Elaine	Stachera Simon	Birding Festivals 101: Use These 13 Tips to Make Your Next Birding Festival Fantastic	2nd Place
Elaine	Stachera Simon	Lovely Lepidoptera: Butterflies in the Backyard and Beyond	2nd Place
Liana	Star	Kindness Rocks, and So Do CASA	2nd Place
Madison	Staten	Las Cruces Agriculture Industry Hit By Loss of Labor And Other COVID Impacts	1st Place
Madison	Staten	Truth Or Consequences Teacher Shares Challenges of Online Learning And Some Surprising Positives	3rd Place
Claudette	Sutton	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Real-Life Learning	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Solutions at our Fingertips	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families	1st Place
Claudette	Sutton	Counting on Literature	2nd Place
Claudette	Sutton	Christmas at the Palace, Re-Imagined	2nd Place
Claudette	Sutton	Earth Day at the Railyard	3rd Place
Claudette	Sutton	Milestones Missed, Plans Rerouted	Honorable Mention
Claudette	Sutton	Migrating, Stocking Up, Rutting and Molting	Honorable Mention
Claudette	Sutton	Oh My Stars!	Honorable Mention
Claudette	Sutton	Kindness Rocks, and So Do CASA	2nd Place
Loretta	Terry	no birdsong	2nd Place
Denise	Tessier	East Mountain Historical Society Newsletter	1st Place
Jette	Tritten	On the Nile with a Dancing Dane	1st Place
Jette	Tritten	Four bobcat kittens	1st Place
Jette	Tritten	On the Nile with a Dancing Dane	3rd Place
Jim	Tritten	3-minute No Barriers video	1st Place
Jim	Tritten	Touched by Rapture	1st Place
Jim	Tritten	Service Reflections of a Navy Veteran Aug 2020	Honorable Mention
Jim	Tritten	Panama’s Gold	1st Place
Tierna	Unruh-Enos	The Mesa	2nd Place
Judith	Vaughan	Strawberry Roan Growing Up in the Shadow of Hermit’s Peak	3rd Place
Kathy	Wagoner	SouthWest Writers Website	2nd Place
Patricia	Walkow	New Mexico Remembers 9/11	2nd Place
Patricia	Walkow	Kale is a Four-Letter Word	1st Place
Patricia	Walkow	Kale is a Four-Letter Word	Honorable Mention
Rosemary McNerney	Winkler	Albuquerque Genealogical Society Quarterly	Honorable Mention
Patricia	Wood	I remember Friday, November 22, 1963 . . . And visiting Oswald’s neglected grave	Honorable Mention
Kathryn	York	Earth Day at the Railyard	3rd Place
Leora	Zeitlin	Weave Me a Wreath of White Roses: 30 Years of Publishing Anna Akhmatova in English	1st Place
Leora	Zeitlin	Two events honoring Anna Akhmatova this weekend — please join us!	1st Place

Individual Sweepstakes winners are:
First Place: Claudette Sutton
Second Place: Diane Joy Schmidt
Third Place: Colleen Keane

Organization Sweepstakes winners are:
First Place: Tumbleweeds Newspaper for Santa Fe Families
Second Place (tie): SouthWest Writers, Corrales Writing Group
Third Place (tie): KUNM Radio, Navajo Times

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