“The 1985 New Era Contest Winners: Kaleidoscope of Your Creation,” New Era, Aug. 1985, 14–15
The 1985 New Era Contest Winners:
Kaleidoscope of Your Creation
Last September we asked you to seal the brightly colored fragments of your experience and insight into the kaleidoscope of your talent and training and turn, turn, turn them until something wonderful happened. You did, and it did, and the results are breathtaking. Through your eyes and your craft we have seen the world transformed.
The kaleidoscope of your poetry sparkled with licorice-sticky puddles; boulders of thunder; the bright-green, well-fed snake of an irrigation tube; and an old man whose fingers balance sea, air, and stars.
Your art kaleidoscope created wonderful pastel still lifes, and your photography delivered, as requested, a kaleidoscope full of people.
The bright patterns of the winning article chronicled the maturing of a childlike faith in prayer, and the shifting colors of fiction taught us the importance of never giving up on those we love.
In music, the kaleidoscopic images took on the solemn grandeur of stained glass. The winning hymn sings praise to Zion’s King, and the winning song testifies that “He is not here, for he is risen.”
This issue is full of the light which shines through your art. We hope you enjoy it as much as we have.
Poetry
1st Place
Rebecca J. Abramson (18)
Alexandria, Va.
2nd Place
Keena Pack (17)
Nampa, Idaho
3rd Place
Laurie D. Smith (16)
Provo, Utah
Honorable Mention
Mary Kathryn Ballard (16)
Murray, Utah
Teresa Bateman (26)
Issaquah, Washington
Adrienne L. de Jager (26)
Orem, Utah
Traci Ann Hogan (17)
Salmon, Idaho
K-onna Mason (16)
Sandy, Utah
Dayle King Searle (25)
Shelley, Idaho
Rex Strother (23)
Seal Beach, California
Article
1st Place
Vivian Harmer (19)
Bountiful, Utah
2nd Place
Kay Lynn Mangum (15)
Bountiful, Utah
3rd Place
Jolee Kay Lloyd (22)
Sandy, Utah
Honorable Mention
Lisa Garff (16)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Janis Porter Hayes (26)
Cedar City, Utah
Kristi M. Johnson (25)
Caldwell, Idaho
K-onna Mason (16)
Sandy, Utah
Fiction
1st Place
J. Scott Henrie (26)
Ogden, Utah
2nd Place
Benson E. Misalucha (22)
Cebu City, Philippines
3rd Place
Weldon Smith (25)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Honorable Mention
Michelle C. Andrews (23)
Aurora, Colorado
Tori M. Cornwall (19)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Bryn McGrew (15)
Vancouver, Washington
Vicki Lynn Renfroe (26)
Livingston, Texas
Dayle King Searle (25)
Shelley, Idaho
Song
1st Place
Steven Kapp Perry (24)
Provo, Utah
2nd Place
Brent N. Jorgensen (26)
Mesa, Arizona
3rd Place
Cori Lynn Davis (16)
Caldwell, Idaho
Honorable Mention
Amy Marie Ballstaedt (14)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Kevin Olson (14)
West Jordan, Utah
Hymn
1st Place
Brent N. Jorgensen (26)
Mesa, Arizona
2nd Place
Rebecca Woodworth (19)
Bountiful, Utah
Honorable Mention
John Charles Duffy (12)
Orem, Utah
Erik Magnus (17)
Sacramento, California
Photography
1st Place
Lynn Howlett (22)
Anchorage, Alaska
2nd Place
Brian Williams (15)
Idaho Falls, Idaho
3rd Place
Marc K. Marriott (17)
La Mesa, California
Joanne D. Wade (23)
Santa Rosa, Ca.
Honorable Mention
Kelly Frehner (15)
Mesquite, Nevada
Alan Hills (17)
Ogden, Utah
Stacy Holiday (20)
Los Angeles, California
Eric Olson (23)
La Mirada, California
Karen Pomeroy (18)
Santa Barbara, California
Bobbi Jane Rice (20)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Karen Rookhuyzen (19)
Lompoc, California
William Jared Scott (13)
Wichita, Kansas
Art
1st Place
Karen Bennett (22)
Sandy, Utah
2nd Place
Christina Graff (15)
Ogden, Utah
3rd Place
Shane Worrell (17)
Sugar City, Idaho
Honorable Mention
Julie Carpenter (19)
Safford, Arizona
Dina Olson (17)
La Mirada, California
Kerry Soper (18)
Provo, Utah
Carrie Strong (17)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Devon Wesenberg (21)
Puyallup, Washington
Rebecca J. Abramson; Keena Pack; Laurie D. Smith
Vivian Harmer; Kay Lynn Mangum; Jolee Kay Lloyd; J. Scott Henrie; Benson E. Misalucha; Weldon Smith; Steven Kapp Perry; Brent N. Jorgensen; Cori Lynn Davis; Rebecca Woodworth; Lynn Howlett; Brian Williams; Marc K. Marriott; Joanne D. Wade; Karen Bennett; Christina Graff; Shane Worrell