The 1988 New Era Contest Winners:
Sandscapes

We’d like you to meet some creative alchemists. They have transformed the common experiences of life—common as grains of sand—into masterworks of beauty and wonder. Under their touch, sand rises into castles, sifts into paintings, melts and molds into fine crystal. They see the sublime in the ordinary, and through them the everyday world is revealed to us as a realm of unimagined splendors. They are the winners of the 1988 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest.

Art

1st Place

Lupe Niumeitolu (18)
Orem, UT

2nd Place

Amy E. Williams (17)
Morgantown, WV

3rd Place

Gregory L. Newbold (20)
South Jordan, UT

Honorable Mention

Stephenie Armstrong (17)
Paul, ID

Anne Benson (18)
Smithfield, UT

Jennifer L. Berry (15)
Lakewood, CA

Nathan Ewing (13)
Lovell, WY

Laura Frost (14)
Rexburg, ID

Mary Katurah Luce (18)
Gahanna, OH

Nancy Palmer (19)
Arvada, CO

Paul Saunders (16)
Manchester, England

Photography

1st Place

Tad Clayton (18)
Bountiful, UT

2nd Place

Stuart L. Grigg (22)
Moses Lake, WA

3rd Place (Tie)

Jonathan Baet (22)
Virginia Beach, VA

3rd Place (Tie)

Michael Deyholos (16)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Honorable Mention

Jonathan Barth (17)
Salt Lake City, UT

Tom Baugh (17)
Anderson, CA

Holly J. Bears (17)
Terreton, ID

Ryon C. Bowler (18)
St. George, UT

Thierry J. N. Cabanne (25)
Strasbourg, France

Jacquie Ann Chalmers (24)
Coaldale, Alberta, Canada

Lisa Chamberlain (12)
Reno, NV

Rokson Ponn Lau (23)
Singapore

Tomas W. Mitchell (22)
Monterey, CA

Harold Nichols (18)
Golden, CO

Nancy Olsen (17)
Midvale, UT

Ken Simmons (15)
Rochester, NY

Article

1st Place

Michael D. Phillips (24)
Portland, OR

2nd Place

DeeAnn B. Schaugaard (26)
Magna, UT

3rd Place

Charlotte ZoBell (14)
Stirling, Alberta, Canada

Honorable Mention

Jocelin Anderson (14)
Ceder City, UT

Kristi Bangerter (17)
Salem, UT

Corinne L. Hardman (23)
Monroe, UT

Vivian Harmer (21)
Bountiful, UT

Nathan Eric Heiselt (17)
Powell, OH

Fiction

1st Place

Nani Lii S. Furse (23)
Hurricane, UT

2nd Place

Kaye Barrett (25)
Malta, ID

3rd Place

Marianne Harvey (15)
Overland Park, KS

Honorable Mention

Aimee Austin (16)
San Antonio, TX

Steven K. Barton (25)
Provo, UT

Dave A. Buckley (17)
Berlin, NH

Dale Glenn (18)
Rexburg, ID

John S. Landbeck III (20)
Aberdeen, MD

Poetry

1st Place

Kirsten M. Christensen (24)
Tempe, AZ

2nd Place

Kara Hutchison (17)
Auckland, New Zealand

3rd Place

Claris Wright (17)
Salt Lake City, UT

Honorable Mention

Liza Babbel (19)
Thornton, CO

Rachel Eastman (16)
West Bountiful, UT

Therese Foote (14)
Tucson, AZ

Lisa Garff (19)
Salt Lake City, UT

Kristina Harris (18)
Salt Lake City, UT

Shelli L. Nethercot (19)
Wichita, KS

Shawn D. Stradley (20)
Riverton, UT

Amy E. Williams (17)
Morgantown, WV

Song

1st Place

Rebecca Woodworth Hainsworth (22)
Provo, UT

2nd Place

Orlan Cahoon (23)
Cardston, Alberta, Canada

3rd Place

Kevin Olson (17)
West Jordan, UT

Honorable Mention

Kristina Faerber (15)
Idaho Falls, ID

Carole M. Knight (26)
Boise, ID

Hymn

1st Place

Ryan Lee Kemp (22)
Layton, UT

2nd Place

Carole M. Knight (26)
Boise, ID

3rd Place

Orlan Cahoon (23)
Cardston, Alberta, Canada

Honorable Mention

Gerald Hartley (23)
Provo, UT

Kevin Olson (17)
West Jordan, UT

Lupe Niumeitolu; Amy E. Williams; Gregory L. Newbold; Tad Clayton; Stuart L. Grigg; Jonathan Baet; Michael Deyholos

Michael D. Phillips; DeeAnn B. Schaugaard; Charlotte ZoBell; Nani Lii S. Furse; Kaye Barrett; Marianne Harvey; Kirsten M. Christensen; Kara Hutchison; Claris Wright; Rebecca Woodworth Hainsworth; Orlan Cahoon; Kevin Loson; Ryan Lee Kemp; Carole M. Knight; Orlan Cahoon

Sandscape photography by Welden Andersen