The Denny C. Plattner Awards for 2003

The Denny C. Plattner Awards for 2003 Kenneth and Elissa May Plattner established the Denny C. Plattner Awards in 1995 to honor their late son, Denny, and his lovefor writing. First place winners each receive $200.00, and all winners in each category receive a bookrack from Berea College Crafts with a personalized plaque commemorating their achievement. This year Andrew Plattner, brother ofthe late Denny C. Plattner, judged the award. He wrote, "As I read over all the stories, poems, memoirs and interviews, Ifelt carried away by these lovingly constructed time machines. Andafter the trip was over, picking winners was more difficult than betting the right horse in the Kentucky Derby. But I am confident I selected deserving ones." Thanks to the Plattner family and congratulations to those honored. Fiction Winner: "The Homeplace," by Sallie Page (Spring) Honorable Mention: "A Fire in the Rain," by David Huddle (Fall) "Tommy Hatfield," by Lee Maynard (Winter & Spring) "The Spirit Tree," by Susan Lefler (Fall) Non-Fiction Winner: "Appalachian Christmases," by Bo Ball (Fall) Honorable Mention: "Family Reunion," by Patti Capel Swartz (Summer) "Two Appalachian Towns," by Bo Ball (Winter) "Sundays at Payne's Depot," by Jean Harding (Spring) Poetry Winner: "The Nightmare of a Coal Tattoo," by Jess Stanfill (Winter) Honorable Mention: "as ruins remaining," by Jim DeWitt (Winter) "June Morning, 1953," by Patti Capel Swartz (Spring) "Single Men," by Jeff Mann (Spring) "Before I Was Hungry," by Walter Lane (Summer) ...