2025 Contest
First Place
| Anna | Sochocky | Catherine Keck: Born to Ride Range |
| Anna | Sochocky | Genevieve and Michaela Munson: Sisters in the Sport |
| Jim | Tritten | The Final Goodbye |
| Rose | Kern | The Competently Quirky Parables of an Eccentric Master Gardener |
| Ranae | Wischmann | The Golden Cup |
| Katy | Hammel | Mrs. Wise Meets a Pigeon |
| Jasmine | Tritten | Crow Wisdom: A Seasonal Journey |
| Wanda | Whittlesey-Jerome | Magical Morning Moments |
| Elizabeth | Jacobson | There Are as Many Songs in the World as Branches of Coral |
| Debra | Denker | “Of Chosen Family and ‘Childless Cat Ladies'” |
| Elizabeth | Hardin-Burrola | 1. Santa Fe Archdiocese back in court… (April 17, 2024) and 2. Questions on abuse claims remain… (August 26, 2024) |
| Sylvia | Ramos Cruz | In the Year of Our Peril |
| Jill | Gibson | Beyond the blast |
| Merilee | Dannemann | Medical leave might not work for ranches |
| Jennifer | Edelson | Dust Up |
| Tara | Lumpkin | Voices for Biodiversity website |
| Jennifer | Black | Indicators of the Marsh |
| Paula | Nixon | Alaskan Migrations |
| Arin | McKenna | Northern New Mexico College and Española Valley High School Students Engineer Glove to Help Mitigate Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms |
| Arin | McKenna | Facebook page: Authorannehillerman |
| Whitney | Spivey | National Security Science: the New Mexico issue |
| Stuart | Kelter | A Cause Fraught with Peril: Exposing Abusive Medical Research |
| Diane | Schmidt | Hidden in Plain Sight, The Old Jewish Cemetery on the Lido |
| Diane | Schmidt | Seeds of a Good Year: Black-Eyed Peas for Rosh Hashanah |
| Diane Joy | Schmidt | The Fifth Question |
| Diane | Schmidt | Looking for your ancestors? Let Judith Fein Show You How To Get the Real Story |
| Diane | Schmidt | Marco Polo Didn’t Have a Guidebook: Judith Fein Goes Deep in Exploring New Mexico |
| Diane | Schmidt | Jews and the Crisis of the Religious Right in America |
| Diane | Schmidt | New Mexico Jewish Journal |
| Jonny | Coker | New Mexican cannabis operators voice concern over current market conditions |
| Angelina | Malone | Borderland Storytellers: Stahmann Farms |
| Angelina | Malone | KRWG Public Media’s Instagram page |
| Anthony | Moreno | 2024 General Election Results with Algernon D’Ammassa |
| Noah | Raess | Water utility in Sunland Park continues to face criticism from residents |
| Noah | Raess | Some elected officials in southern New Mexico say they have faced violent threats |
| Christian | Valle | Borderland Storytellers 102 – Stahmann Farms: A Legacy |
| Gerold | Yonas | The Dragon’s Brain |
| KC | Counts | KRWG’s Beer Confidential |
| James | Frost | AI & Family History |
| James | Frost | Search for Royal Lineage of José Vásquez de Lara |
| James | Frost | No Ordinary Schoolgirls |
| Sherry | Robinson | Linda Davis |
| Sherry | Robinson | La Cronica |
| Ruth Heidi | Marshall | The Town That Lost Its Colors |
| Natalie | Hegert | “The Doors Were Breaking, Things Were Moving”: Inside the Roswell Museum After Disastrous 500-Year Flood |
| Scott | Brocato | NMSU students and faculty stage walkout for Palestine |
| Scott | Brocato | Former inmate adopts the dog he trained through PAWS program |
| KC | Counts | KRWG News – election 2024 results |
| Eleanor | Hutterer | Fighting Fentanyl Overdose and the Opioid Crisis |
| Chancey | Bush | Bull Rider |
| Chancey | Bush | The art of bodybuilders |
| Glenda | Balas | UNT Dallas Arts Journal |
| Nicolás | Cabrera | nicolascabrera.com |
| Nicolás | Cabrera | “The Road Not Taken: Spanish Poetry from New Mexico • El camino que no se tomó: Poesía española de Nuevo México” |
| Emily | Withnall | Jean Toomer’s Search for Identity in Taos |
| Cara | Romero | Sand & Stone |
| Cathy | Cook | New Mexicans continue generations of family tradition with pilgrimages up Tomé Hill |
2nd Place
| Anna | Sochocky | Hitting New Targets After Age 60 |
| Gail | Rubin | Mortality Movies |
| Joe | Cappello | Running Errands |
| Alan | Diehl | Requiem for Camelot |
| Rose | Kern | Mosaic Voices |
| Debra | Denker | The Great Forgetting: World War II and the Fight Against Fascism |
| Mary Lou | Cooper | Social Media Fuels Hate Against Women Pols, Says New Report |
| Sonja | Dewing | Weapons of Choice |
| Leonie | Rosenstiel | Explorer’s Day |
| Leonie | Rosenstiel | The Broadsheet |
| Sarah | Kotchian | Light of Wings |
| Roger | Floyd | EXPLORER |
| Jennifer | Black | 2023 Sandhill Crane Hunt |
| Whitney | Spivey | National Security Science: the manufacturing issue |
| Stuart | Kelter | State Laws that Promote Vigilante Intimidation |
| Diane | Schmidt | Susie Sandager, Author and Actress of Corrie Remembers |
| Diane | Schmidt | Culinary Time Travel: Easy, Cheesy Sambusak |
| Diane | Schmidt | “Bandera” book cover art for Evangelicals and Maga |
| Anthony | Moreno | Senator Martin Heinrich shares perspective on issues facing New Mexico and nation |
| James | Frost | Taking AI for a Spin |
| Sherry | Robinson | Wikipedia editors push offensive language to delegitimize some Native American Tribes |
| Laurie | Bower | Notes From a Vixen |
| Scott | Brocato | Voice of the Public – The Financial Confidential |
| Jennifer | Black | Hemish Jemez Public Health |
| Chancey | Bush | Gathering of Nations |
| Sherri | Burr | “A Call to Stand Up: Meanings of Independence for People of African Descent” |
| Sherri | Burr | Generational Impact of Enslavement |
| Leah | Romero | From Disability to AgrAbility: Horse Training with Adaptive Technology |
| Kathleen | Hessler | My Furry Feline Family |
| Emily | Withnall | El Palacio, Fall 2024 |
| Nakayla | McClelland | Lawsuits allege Santa Fe spa fleeced tourists, overcharged clients |
3rd Place
| Janet | Greger | The Man Who Looked for Deathn |
| Joe | Cappello | The Codex of Lady Lucy Bugg |
| Jasmine | Tritten | Magical Morning Moments: Awakening to Love and Light |
| Wanda | Whittlesey-Jerome | Crow Wisdom: A Seasonal Journey |
| Mary Lou | Cooper | Four-legged Special Agent Fights Cyber Crime against Kids |
| Mary Lou | Cooper | Beware Sextortion of Teenage Boys |
| Leonie | Rosenstiel | Legal Protection: Affordable Options for Individuals, Families, and Small Businesses |
| Leonie | Rosenstiel | Choucroute Garni |
| DezBaa’ | Henderson | Returning Home: Two Sovereign Nations Reclaim Land Following U.S. Government Extraction, Removal, and Displacement |
| Jennifer | Black | 2023 Sandhill Crane Data Collection |
| Stuart | Kelter | Life-Affirming Ritual and Poetry for Believers and Skeptics Alike |
| Diane | Schmidt | Make Room for This One: The Eucalyptus Cookbook |
| Diane | Schmidt | Heritage in a Bowl: My Heirloom Haroset |
| Diane | Schmidt | Roaming Hidden Places |
| Courtney | Hill | Fronteras 1421 – The Chile Pepper Institute |
| Regina | Griego | When Tragedy Strikes – What is Mine to Do? |
| Sherry | Robinson | La Cronica |
| Chancey | Bush | Foam Zone |
| Adam | Broder | Quarterly Digital Newsletter |
| Cathy | Cook | El Vado Dam faces further construction delays |
Honorable Mention
| Jim | Tritten | A Healing? |
| Jasmine | Tritten | Only Champagne |
| Janet | Ruth | Eclipse |
| Mark | Tiarks | La Traviata review |
| Mark | Tiarks | Der Rosenkavalier review |
| Mary Lou | Cooper | Election 2024: Do Negative Political Ads Work? |
| Mary Lou | Cooper | NM Pollster Brian Sanderoff weighs in on polling and the 2024 election |
| Sonja | Dewing | Captain Flint’s Crew |
| Linda | Buss | Picture Book |
| Astrid | Winegar | Celebrating Comfy, Cozy Foods from North America: Cooking for Halflings and Monsters, Volume 3 |
| ian | palmer | How Oil and Gas Companies are Pivoting Toward Climate Change |
| Sylvia | Ramos Cruz | Survival of portal vendors program is at risk |
| Mark | Tiarks | The Pleasures and Perils of Nonprofit Board Service in Santa Fe |
| Elaine | Montague | Albuquerque Past, Present, and Future |
| Diane | Schmidt | Tahara: An Encounter |
| Diane | Schmidt | Hidden in Plain Sight: Amsterdam |
| Diane | Schmidt | Rabbi Neil Amswych, Facing Challenges for Santa Fe’s Jewish Community |
| Diane Joy | Schmidt | Some personal thoughts on broader effects of the U.S. election |
| Diane Joy | Schmidt | Upon Awakening |
| Diane | Schmidt | Jews and Christian Nationalism |
| Diane | Schmidt | Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum Questioning Belief: Torah and Tradition in an Age of Doubt Review by Ron Duncan Hart |
| Diane Joy | Schmidt | New Mexico Jewish Journal Spring Issue Volume 1 Number 1 |
| Jonny | Coker | Spaceport America faces criticism after Virgin Galactic layoffs |
| Jonny | Coker | Interview with Denise Chávez, Fronteriza Writer, Activist |
| Sherry | Robinson | Age, the issue that won’t go away |
| Sherry | Robinson | Election aftermath demands journalistic reset |
| Sherry | Robinson | Post election we still have to live with each other |
| Sherry | Robinson | Putting a wedge in the revolving door of justice |
| Niyia | Mack | The Unusual Creative Podcast |
| Diane | Schmidt | Bagels in the Boondocks |
| Diane | Schmidt | Basque Country – Spain Discovering a New Mexico Connection and a 500-Year-Old Agreement With the Jews |
| Diane | Schmidt | Exploring Jewish Rome |
| Jay | Newton-Small | Score one for bureaucracy in its battle with technology |
| Sherri | Burr | “The Writing Life: Avoiding Regret” |
| Sherri | Burr | “The Writing Life: Friendship Love” |
| Jennifer | Black | Wellnes Journey |
| Kathleen | Hessler | My Golf Game Grants No Fame |
| Nakayla | McClelland | Tamale tias who make Christmas |
| Ollie | Reed | Looking for the light: Books and movies rekindled Ollie Reed Jr.’s confidence in his profession |
