BRATTLEBORO — Write Action announced the winners of its annual poetry and prose contest. There was no theme this year.
Besides all winners receiving a cash prize, first place winners in both categories will read at the Write Action Spotlight reading at the Brattleboro Literary Festival on Oct. 19. Second and third place winners have a spot reserved at the Open Reading the evening of Oct. 19.
• Poetry: first place, Charles Monette for his poem “An Bain's Bullet Ballet”; second place, Richard Ewald for “Spring”; tied for second place, Eleanora Patterson for “Blueberry Visit.” There was no third place in the poetry category.
• Prose: first-place winner is Charles Butterfield for “Terran”; second place, Richard Ewald for “Wheel and Hoe”; third place went to Helen Neswald for “On Being Human or Why We Need Satan.”
All winning pieces were read at this year's picnic on Aug. 11. The judge for poetry was Tom Ragle; the judge for prose was Michael Nethercott. Write Action thanks the judges for their time and careful consideration.