{"id":5687,"date":"2017-09-02T19:31:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2017-09-02T19:32:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:32:21","slug":"2017-isfhwe-excellence-in-writing-competition-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/2017-isfhwe-excellence-in-writing-competition-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 ISFHWE Excellence-In-Writing Competition Winners Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5px; display: inline\" src=\"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/images\/ISFHWE%20Logo.jpg\" align=\"right\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/isfhwe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Society of Family History Writers and Editors<\/a> is proud to announce the winners of the Excellence-in-Writing Competition. All entries were exceptional this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 1 \u2013 Columns<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Elaine Thomas: \u201cFor the Love of Dinah\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Carolyn Schott: \u201cWelcome Back to Osthofen\u201d<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place &#8211; Maureen Wlodarczyk: \u201cMore Than (Immediately) Meets the Eye\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM \u2013 Valerie LaRobardier: \u201cDo You Have an \u2018Indian Princess\u2019?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Category 2 \u2013 Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Martin Fischer: \u201cHow the Gogolinsky Family of Warsaw Became the Barney Family of St. Louis, Missouri\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Joseph F. Martin: \u201cApolonia Lewicka and the Priest\u201d<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place &#8211; Mari Margaret McLean, PhD: \u201cUnintended Family History: Thomas Scholfield\u2019s Letter to His Brother\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Fred Delcomyn: \u201cA Danish Lad in America\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Karen Brattesani: \u201cA Soldier&#8217;s Stories of World War II as Told to his Daughter\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Sherri Panchaud Onorati: \u201cLucky to Be Here\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category 3 \u2013 Newsletters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Michelle D. Novak: Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ\u2019s <em>The Archivist<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Patricia Mansfield Phelan: <em>Newsletter of the Irish Family History Forum<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category 4 \u2013 Unpublished Material, Unpublished Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Joan F. Vitale: \u201cThe Messenger\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Bonnie Dodge: \u201cGetting to Know Grandmother, A Step Back in Time\u201d<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place \u2013 Robbin M. Smith: \u201cI Have an Aunt Alice?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Linda D. Fritz-Langston: \u201cGrandpa &amp; His Puzzle\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category 5 &#8211; Unpublished Material \u2013 Published Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Dave Strausfeld: \u201cGus Cloepfil and his Migration Westward\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Wevonneda Minis: \u201cDNA Decision\u201d<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place \u2013 Elaine Thomas: \u201cBoyhood Tales from the Great Depression\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Wendy Wilson Spooner, Lic . G, LCoT: \u201cThe Relevance of Genetic Knowledge to Genealogical Research<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Andrea Butler Ramsey: \u201cThe Nickel Man\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Emilee Marks: \u201cThe Tale of Two Wilhelmina Gogollas\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Category 6 \u2013 Poetry &amp; Song<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Place \u2013 Kavya Srikanth: \u201cAn Ode to Time Lost\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2nd Place \u2013 Lori Lyn Price: \u201cVirden, New Mexico\u201d<\/li>\n<li>3rd Place \u2013 John Newmark: \u201cCause of Death\u201d<\/li>\n<li>HM &#8211; Anthony Proctor \u2013 \u201cThe Great Wave\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to all the winners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Society of Family History Writers and Editors is proud to announce the winners of the Excellence-in-Writing Competition. All entries were exceptional this year. 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