Short Story Contest Winners

The winners of the short story contest are listed below:

English
1st Place Mamatha Vaddi Sparks – “The Palestinian Dishwasher” ( Euless )
2nd Place Lori Rader Day – “The Calamities” ( Chicago )
3rd Place Barbara Graettinger – “Toots and the One Legged Rooster” ( Irving )
Honorable Mention Rosa C Fleming Stevenson – “A Love Story” ( Dallas )

Spanish
1st place Ariel González – “La Obsesion” (Miami)
2nd place Gustavo Green – “Propiedades de los Peces de Mar”(Argentina)
3rd place Mary Cornalino – “Tatuajes” ( Uruguay )

According to the judges you are all winners, the selection was really hard, they told us they had to go deep into plot development to make the final determination. Judges were on site Sunday to meet and greet the contestants and to provide comments and recommendations. .

Judges were:
Dr. Yvonne Jocks, multi-published novelist
Vicki Sapp, Associate Professor of English, Tarrant County community college
David Bedford, Spanish language professor, Texas Christian University
Ivan Mino, Chair of World Languages Department, Tarrant County Community College

The fair was a tremendous success with over 5,358 participants. Everyone enjoyed meeting the authors and taking part in the workshops.

Please mark your calendars for next year Dallas International Book Fair October 22-24, 2010.

Congratulations To All

Miriam Rodriguez
Assistant Director
Dallas Public Library