Wanted: Your contest stories

Click on the writer's name to read the winning entry:

1, Jeff Hawkins, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
2, Rial Cummings, Missoulian (Missoula, Mont.)
3, John Bohnenkamp, Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye
4, Cal Powell, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)
5, Andy Johnston, Athens (Ga.) Banner-Herald

Honorable mention

• Ray Duckler, Concord (N.H.) Monitor
• Bob Hertzel, Morgantown (W.Va.) Dominion Post
• Keith Idec, West Paterson (N.J.) Herald News
• Jeff Kidd, Hilton Head (S.C.) Island Packet
• Jason Lloyd, Lorain (Ohio) Morning Journal

1, Tim Hare, Bloomsburg (Pa.) Press Enterprise
2, Jeremy Fowler, Albuquerque Tribune
3, Brad Engel, Naperville (Ill.) Sun
4, Nate Wilkinson, York (Pa.) Dispatch
5, Brian Koonz, Danbury (Conn.) News-Times

Honorable mention

• Bob Hertzel, Morgantown (W.Va.) Dominion Post
• Peter Hockaday, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
• Andrew Legare, Elmira (N.Y.) Star-Gazette
• Mike McClendon, Denton (Texas) Record-Chronicle
• Brian Westfall, Bloomsburg (Pa.) Press Enterprise

1, Michael Lewis, Maury Thompson and Greg Brownell, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star
2, Dan Morris, Jackson (Tenn.) Sun
3, Patrick Ridgell, Provo Herald
4, Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
5, Seth Emerson, Albany (Ga.) Herald

Honorable mention

• Jeff Carlton, Albuquerque Tribune
• Charles Bingham, Juneau Empire
• Robert Johnson, Antelope (Calif.) Valley Press
• John Moredich and Irene Hsiao, Tucson Citizen
• Evan Ren, Killeen (Texas) Daily Herald

1, Warren Alber, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star
2, Ryan Wood, Lawrence (Kan.) Journal-World
3, Theresa Neuhoff, Lorain (Ohio) Morning Journal
4 (tie), Jeff Kidd, Hilton Head (S.C.) Island Packet
4 (tie), Jason Lloyd, Lorain (Ohio) Morning Journal

Honorable mention

• Jeff Carlton, Albuquerque Tribune
• Bob Hertzel, Morgantown (W.Va.) Dominion Post
• Steve Kiggins, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
• Iliana Limon, Albuquerque Tribune
• Nick Pietruszkiewicz, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)

1, Jeremy Fowler, Albuquerque Tribune
2, Dave Shelles, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
3, Brett Orzechowski, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star
4, Mike Pryson, Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot
5, Kelly Lyell, Fort Collins Coloradoan

Honorable mention

• David Brown, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, Ill.)
• Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle (Cheyenne, Wyo.)
• Jim Owczarski, Naperville (Ill.) Sun
• Scott Sandsberry, Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic
• Ron Seibel, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)

1, Paul LaTour, Naperville (Ill.) Sun
2, Warren Alber and Brett Orzechowski, Glens Falls (N.Y.) Post-Star
3, Dan Morris, Jackson (Tenn.) Sun
4, Jason Lloyd, Lorain (Ohio) Morning Journal
5, Kelly Lyell and Kathleen Duff, Fort Collins Coloradoan

Honorable mention

• Jack Daly, Casper (Wyo.) Star-Tribune
• Susan Denk and John Bohnenkamp, Burlington (Iowa) Hawkeye
• Rick Flores, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, Fla.)
• Chris Iott, Gary Kalahar, Chip Mundy and Mike Pryson, Jackson (Mich.) Citizen Patriot
• Tommy Keeler Jr., Jeff Sentell, Ryan Sonner and David Trinko, Northern Virginia Daily (Strasburg, Va.)