POETRY AWARD WINNERS

SHARI JO SORCHYCH, Poetry Chair

Poetry Jurors

Meg Files

Patricia Friedrich

Josh Rathkamp

POETRY - YOUTH

1st    KATIE RAMSEY Tempe My Mother

2nd   STEPHANIE RIOUX Scottsdale Pavement

3rd    BRENTON WOODWARD Scottsdale Impulse

POETRY - ADULT

1st    SARAH LEONARD Flagstaff Dancing on Grandmother’s Grave

2nd   CHRISTY WHITE Cave Creek An Evening Walk

3rd    AMY LEE Scottsdale After Seventeen Years of Living Close to Cave Creek,

        I Never Made It To Carefree, Arizona

        2010 Winners

Announced at the

Coyote Awards Gala

Saturday, July 17

We would like to honor and thank every artist who made application to the Festival.  Each of you has a special gift and a statement to make with your art which brings beauty and meaning to the world.

SHORT STORY AWARD WINNERS

SHARI JO SORCHYCH, Short Story Chair

Short Story Jurors

Elizabeth Evans

Lori Hicks

Marielle Marne

SHORT STORY - YOUTH

1st    LAURYN STORNELLI Scottsdale Trapped in a Snow Globe

2nd   MORGAN SCHIELE Scottsdale Old Jack and the Snicker Snake

3rd    STEPHANIE SWITALSKI Avondale Moving In

SHORT STORY - ADULT

1st    KEVIN BLISS Gold Canyon A Losing Proposition

2nd   ARTHUR KERNS Scottsdale Dog Days

3rd    MARY IZZO Scottsdale All That Glitters Isn’t Gold

CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS

ELIZABETH LINCOLN, Choreography Chair

Choreography Jurors

Lisa Chow

Nick Johnson

Dee Dee Wood

CHOREOGRAPHY - YOUTH

1st    ERIN RUNBECK Laveen Absence of…

2nd   TORI SHIOSAKA Phoenix Re-Do

3rd    ZANDRA KING Phoenix Push. Pull. Love. Leave.

CHOREOGRAPHY - ADULT

1st    LISA STARRY Phoenix Water Dreams   

2nd   CARLEY CONDER Tempe The Private Sector

VISUAL ARTS AWARD WINNERS

VISUAL ARTS - YOUTH

JUDY BRUCE, YouthVisual Arts Chair

ANN OTIS, Youth Visual Arts Assistant

Youth Visual Arts Juror

Pat Cain


1st    PHILIP CONTE Glendale Painted Possibility

2nd   JARED STENSON Cave Creek Growing Flowers in My Hometown

3rd    MEGAN KOTH Cave Creek Does Not Compute

H.M.    LINDSAY CODA Scottsdale Untitled 2010 #1

VISUAL ARTS - ADULT

JUDY BRUCE, Adult Visual Arts Co-Chair

MARTY GIBSON, Adult Visual Arts Co-Chair

Visual Arts Jurors

Richard Nilsen

Bob Boze Bell


1st    STEVE GOMPF Mesa Ansonia Televisor, 1894, American

2nd   CHRISTOPHER JAGMIN Phoenix The First Afternoon Train, (go, go)

3rd    MARK CARROLL Cave Creek Spiral Form

H.M.    ANN OTIS New River Hey Mon, Wha’ Go On

ORIGINAL SONG AWARD WINNERS

KEVIN GLENN, Original Song Chair

Original Song Jurors

Jon Iger

Les Scott

Patty Uptain

ORIGINAL SONG - YOUTH

1ST    LAUREN BLACK Phoenix Simple and Sweet

2ND   STEPHANIE LIGHT Scottsdale Possibly Not Be Loved

3RD    MARY PONCZKO Chandler Being Cool

ORIGINAL SONG - ADULT

1ST    MARY SWISTARA Chandler It was You

2ND   ROBERT GALVAN II Mesa If Life was a Musical

3RD    ANNA WENGREEN Scottsdale C-O-Z-Y

H.M.    DARYL SCHERRER Gilbert Help Me Be Brave

PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD WINNERS

JERRY SIEVE, Photography Chair

Photography Jurors

Peter Ensenberger

Atalanta Kirk

PHOTOGRAPHY - YOUTH

1ST    JETLIN STROUP Glendale Deceptive Kiss

2ND   TANNER HALL Scottsdale San Francisco Street

3rd    CHIKKU BAIJU Chandler Sandstone World

PHOTOGRAPHY - ADULT

1st    RON WATKINS New River Paddles Up

2nd   MARK CARPUSO Peoria First Light at Wukoki

3rd    STEVE WATSON Phoenix Self Portrait

FILM AWARD WINNERS

SUZANNE JOHNSON, Film Chair

Film Jurors

Paul Espinosa

Patrick Schweiss

Steve Weiss

FILM - YOUTH

1ST    JAKE CIBIK New River Boulders

2ND   TANNER HALL Scottsdale The Last Day

3RD    BETHANY BROWN & HALEY PHELPS Cave Creek The Rider of the                     West Saves the Day

FILM - ADULT

1ST    SEAN CHRISTENSEN Phoenix The Sandwich Movie

2ND   HARROD BLANK Douglas Penny Man

TIE 3RD    STEPHEN KRYSTEK Phoenix Pattern: Response

TIE 3RD    ADAM “ANGEL” RUIZ Phoenix Face Fear