Winners:
The 1977 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest

Giant spiders in danger of their lives, lonely dolls and little girls, the Ten-speed Cowboy and the Massachusetts Kid—what super surprises came to us in the 1977 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest! And here in the August issue we share some of them with you.

These are not all of the winners, but they do represent the fine quality of work submitted for each category. Throughout the year you will be seeing the work of other contest winners as it is used to complement articles, stories, songs, and illustrations in the New Era magazine.

Especially noteworthy in this year’s contest were the great number of young (12- to 16-year-old) writers whose work was of such high quality that it made it to the semifinals and the finals. A special note of congratulations and encouragement is sent to Terri Drake, 12; Laura L. McWhirter, 13; Terry Beane, 16; Linda Quon, 15; Amy Minnoch, 12; Scott Simpson, 16; Tami Lynn Crockett, 16; Sandy Schempp, 13; Alveda Polyak, 16; Becky Barker, 15; Tracy Hunt, 15; Jerilyn Hanson, 14; Lisa Marostica, 14; and Peter B. Ball, 16.

Top Winners

Brady R. Allred, Music
Memphis, Tennessee

Peter B. Ball, Poetry
Dublin, Ireland
BYU Scholarship

Evan Belnap, Photography
Iona, Idaho

Marc A. Bolton, Nonfiction
Conda, Idaho
Ricks Scholarship

Pat D. Buckner, Poetry
Provo, Utah
BYU Scholarship

Kenneth A. Croft, Photography
Salt Lake City, Utah

John G. Dockum, Poetry
Lincoln, Nebraska

Hank W. Edrington, Fiction
Grace, Idaho
Ricks Scholarship

Josephine England, Fiction
Kaysville, Utah

Catherine Hardy, Music
Salt Lake City, Utah

Diane Hauserman, Art
Hunter, Utah
BYU Scholarship

Sally Hunter, Poetry
Rigby, Idaho
Ricks Scholarship

Tom Jay, Photography
Farmington, New Mexico
Ricks Scholarship

Lisa Marostica, Nonfiction
Collinsville, Connecticut

Kevin Merrill, Nonfiction
Boise, Idaho

Larry E. Morris, Fiction
Provo, Utah

Kjirstin Rasmussen, Photography
Walnut Creek, California

Boyd M. Reschke, Photography
Salt Lake City, Utah

Laird Roberts, Photography
Anabella, Utah
BYU Scholarship

Bruce Rytting, Photography
Salt Lake City, Utah

Jay Sumsion, Photography
Richland, Washington
Ricks Scholarship

Heidi Waldrop, Nonfiction
Grand Junction, Colorado
BYU Scholarship

Lee Wooley, Photography
Ft. Collins, Colorado

David Zabriskie, Music
Provo, Utah
BYU Scholarship

Cash Awards

Alan G. Baker, Nonfiction
Brisbane, Australia

Claudia Brackett, Photography
Weymouth, Massachusetts

Jeffrey J. Clark, Photography
West Linn, Oregon

LeRoy Chambers, Photography
Bountiful, Utah

Ann Marie Christensen, Photography
Logan, Utah

Stan Clegg, Photography
Provo, Utah

Jennifer Cowan, Fiction
Roy, Utah

Lynn Dalton, Photography
Sunnyvale, California

George Danielson, Photography
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Yvonne Dobson, Photography
Salt Lake City, Utah

Terri Drake, Poetry
Sheppard A.F.B., Texas

Gay Lynn Grimes, Poetry
Carmichael, California

Eric Groeger, Photography
San Diego, California

Dwayne Hawryluk, Photography
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Hyrum B. Hiatt, Art
Canoga Park, California

Claudia Hill, Nonfiction
Orem, Utah

Mike Jensen, Photography
Rancho Cordova, California

Amanda L. Jones, Nonfiction
London, England

Laura L. McWhirter, Poetry
St. Joseph, Missouri

Colette Mitchell, Poetry
Spanish Fork, Utah

Steven Moosman, Photography
Bountiful, Utah

Craig Moyer, Photography
Fairport, New York

Jack R. Nichols, Photography
Mesa, Arizona

Cindy Ostler, Poetry
Salt Lake City, Utah

Alyson Peck, Photography
Portland, Oregon

Steven L. Peck, Photography
Schweinfurt, Germany

Alveda Polyak, Poetry
Joliet, Illinois

Leslie Ward Powrie, Photography
Florida Park, Republic of South Africa

Robert Richardson, Photography
Universal City, Texas

Collette Ricks, Poetry
Ucon, Idaho

Melissa Robinson, Poetry
Indianapolis, Indiana

Denise Saldivar, Fiction
Concord, California

Kathi Santori, Photography
Farmington Hills, Michigan

Scott Simpson, Poetry
Seaford, Virginia

Vernal R. Willis, Photography
Taylor, Arizona

Tri Wright, Photography
Salt Lake City, Utah

Lyle Wakefield
Provo, Utah

Allred; Ball; Belnap; Bolton; Buckner; Croft; Dockum; Edrington; England; Hardy; Hauserman; Hunter; Jay; Marostica; Merrill; Morris; Rasmussen; Reschke; Roberts; Rytting; Sumsion; Waldrop; Wooley; Zabriskie