{"id":5026,"date":"2014-06-10T12:55:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T17:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5026"},"modified":"2014-06-10T12:55:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T17:55:54","slug":"winners-announced-for-the-2013-geneii-family-history-writers-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/winners-announced-for-the-2013-geneii-family-history-writers-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners Announced for the 2013 GENEii Family History Writers Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: none; margin-left: auto; display: block; margin-right: auto\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/images\/GENEii.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p>A big congratulations to all the winners of the Southern California Genealogical Society\u2019s 2013 GENEii Family History Writers Contest.&nbsp; Below is the list of winners in each of the two categories.&nbsp; Winning entries will be published in <em>The Searcher<\/em>, which is the quarterly journal of SCGS, at the editor\u2019s discretion.&nbsp; Also, be thinking about entries for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scgsgenealogy.com\/geneii\/index.html\">2014 GENEii contest<\/a>, which will start on November 1, 2014.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Category 1: submissions from 1,000 to 2,000 words<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place: &#8220;Mom&#8217;s Life&#8221; &#8212; John R. Catsis, Silver City, New Mexico\n<li>Second Place: &#8220;First the Chicken&#8221; &#8212; Joyce Finn, Bluffton, South Carolina\n<li>Third Place: &#8220;Locked Out&#8221; &#8212; DeVonna R. Allison, Burr Oak, Michigan\n<li>Runner Up: &#8220;Varrone&#8221; &#8212; Nick Sweet, Shepherd, Texas\n<li>Honorable Mention: &#8220;Uncle John Burleson&#8221; &#8212; Jim McLaughlin,Kerrville, Texas\n<li>Honorable Mention: &#8220;Paw Prints on Combat Soldiers&#8217; Hearts&#8221; &#8212; Robert R. Robeson, Lincoln, Nebraska<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i><b>Category 2: submissions under 1,000 words<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First Place: &#8220;Ground Zero&#8221; &#8212; Jerry Eckert, Vail, Arizona\n<li>Second Place: &#8220;November 22&#8221; &#8212; Evan Guilford-Blake, Stone Mountain, Georgia\n<li>Third Place: &#8220;Christmas Kerfluffle&#8221; &#8212; Marla F. Jones, Yukon, Oklahoma\n<li>Runner Up: &#8220;My Grandfather&#8217;s Grave&#8221; &#8212; Thomas L. 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