The 2001 Denny C. Plattner Appalachian Heritage Awards

The 2001 Denny C. Plattner Appalachian Heritage Awards Kenneth and Elissa May Plattner established the Denny C. Plattner Awards for excellence in writing in honor of their son Denny and his love for writing and writers. We at Appalachian Heritage appreciate the generosity of the Plattner family, who since 1993 have made possible these awards for the best poems, short stories and non-fiction prose to appear in Southern Appalachia's leading literary magazine. First-place winners in each genre are awarded two hundred dollars. First, second and third-place are presented with personalized, solid cherry bookracks from Berea College Student Crafts. Judges Amanda De Wees received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Georgia. She has won numerous prizes for her fiction writing and is a full-time copy editor in Athens, Georgia. Tracy Heinlein teaches English at North Seattle Community College, in Washington, and serves as advisor to the campus literary and art magazine, the Licton Springs Review (www.lictonspringsreview.com). Andy Plattner is an editor and professional writer residing in Athens, Georgia. Poetry First PrizeGuvas Coomer Solicits Furioso in Tramp Ms., by Albert Stewart (Spring). Second PrizeGoing Home—The Road to Paint Lick, by Jan Zlotnik Schmidt (Fall). Third PrizeBuddha, by Tina Rae Collins (Fall). Honorable Mention Gore Hotel, by Hood Frazier (Summer), Passage, by Albert Stewart (Spring), Flood Time Festival, by Noel Smith (Spring) and Innocents Lost, by Rusty Freeman. First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Short Fiction When TV Came to Punkin River, by Bo Ball (Fall). The Lunch Box, by Chris Woods (Spring). Snails, by Jay Solka (Summer). Honorable Mention Uncle Pete's Shoulder, by Aaron Gwyn (Winter), The Sitting Up, by Donna Morgan (Fall), Humble Lessons, by Bruce Greene (Fall), When You're a Kid, Everybody Wants Something, by Christina Adams (Summer). First Prize Second Prize Third Prize Non-Fiction Prose A Level Place in Up-HiIl Times: The Medieval and the Appalachian Woman, by Jane Eblen Keller (Summer). The Great Miltonic Meadow: Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Paradise Lost, by Greg Neikirk (Summer). Borderlands, Homelands and Flatlands, by Steven Salaita (Winter). Honorable Mention Long Live the Appalachian Funeral, by G.C. Compton (winter), The Givens Home Place: The Fate of a Mountain Farm, by Fred Carlisle (Fall), Ballad Form and Catholic Chastity in Elizabeth Madox Roberts's Black is my True Love's Hair, by John P. Langan (Summer). ...