Contest Winners:
Sharing Their Insights

Last September we invited our readers to share their insight and creativity. We expected good things, but the results surpassed our greatest expectations. We hope you will be as delighted by the efforts of our contest winners as we are. We are now pleased to present the winners of the 1992 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest.

Art

First Place

Hinarera Hunt, 17
Tauranga, New Zealand

Second Place

Rachel Turner, 18
Sydney, Australia

Third Place

Leslie A. Harston, 18
Seven Hills, Ohio

Honorable Mention

Jana Darrington, 14
Washington, Pennsylvania

Alicia L. Gustafson, 17
Salt Lake City, Utah

Carrie Nieves, 15
West Jordan, Utah

Article

First Place

Nancy Fairchild, 18
Bremerton, Washington

Second Place

Christine Haughey, 23
Provo, Utah

Third Place

Misty Dawn Adams, 18
Provo, Utah

Honorable Mention

Krista Kirk, 17
Ft. Bragg, North Carolina

Emily Kurth, 18
Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Ellen Morgan, 15
Buhl, Idaho

Stanford Pugsley, 18
Salt Lake City, Utah

Nathan Trewartha, 21
Provo, Utah

Fiction

First Place

Katharine Rogers, 21
Weatherford, Oklahoma

Second Place

Sarah Bleyl, 16
Lancaster, California

Third Place

Camey Andersen, 16
Bordeaux, France

Honorable Mention

John F. Harmston, 21
Riverside, California

Lila Harrison, 18
Big Spring, Texas

Christina Houghton, 15
Los Alamitos, California

Hymn

First Place

Kaimi Wenger, 17
Mesa, Arizona

Second Place

Kevin R. Olson, 21
West Jordan, Utah

Third Place

Anna Morgan, 18
Buhl, Idaho

Honorable Mention

Vaughn Armstrong, 14
Mesa, Arizona

Margo Faraoni, 15
Mesa, Arizona

Photography

First Place

Eric Swenson, 20
Delores, Colorado

Second Place

Aaron Sweet, 20
Adelaide, Australia

Third Place

Michelle E. Doxey, 12
Helsinki, Finland

Honorable Mention

Karie D. Alvord, 17
Tempe, Arizona

Kirsti Erickson, 17
Burke, Virginia

Lane V. Erickson, 21
Idaho Falls, Idaho

Michael Gartner, 20
Ridgecrest, California

Lael Palmer, 18
Provo, Utah

Poetry

First Place

William H. Powley, 23
Provo, Utah

Second Place

Rich Allen, 23
Salt Lake City, Utah

Third Place

Emma Dibble, 19
Layton, Utah

Honorable Mention

Rebecca Birrell, 22
West Valley City, Utah

Melissa Bunker, 18
Logan, Utah

Melinda S. Butler, 17
Tempe, Arizona

Andrea J. Dewey, 16
Boise, Idaho

Anna-Marie Mecham, 15
Glendale, Arizona

Bryn Ellen Palmer, 19
Provo, Utah

Song

First Place

Kevin R. Olson, 21
West Jordan, Utah

Second Place

Douglas L. Ipson, 17
St. George, Utah

Third Place

Barbara Salisbury, 18
Ogden, Utah

Honorable Mention

Sherri Lynn Gunnell, 22
Arcadia, California

Kerrie J. Cross, 22
Yoncalla, Oregon

Marianne Porter, 17
Mesa, Arizona

Special Category

First Place

Douglas L. Ipson, 17
St. George, Utah
Douglas composed the music and wrote the lyrics for a Christmas work for four-part choir and piano entitled “On That Sacred Night.”

Second Place

Tamara Finlay, 15
Enoch, Utah
Tamara wrote and illustrated a children’s book entitled Going on a Picnic.

Third Place

Brett Eden, 17
St. Peters, Missouri
Brett produced a videotape, complete with sound track and superimposed credits, using his family and friends as the main characters.

Hinarera Hunt; Rachel Turner; Leslie A. Harston; Nancy Fairchild; Christine Haughey; Misty Dawn Adams; Katharine Rogers; Sarah Bleyl; Camey Andersen

Kaimi Wenger; Kevin R. Olson; Anna Morgan; Eric Swenson; Aaron Sweet; Michelle E. Doxey; William H. Powley; Rich Allen; Emma Dibble; Kevin R. Olson; Douglas L. Ipson; Barbara Salisbury; Douglas L. Ipson; Tamara Finlay; Brett Eden.