Contest Winners:
Your Creative Touch

The touch of each finger leaves an imprint unique to each person. Just as fingerprints are capable of marking an individual, the contest entries also revealed unique abilities by many talented young people.

With refreshing individuality, these winners were able to use their feelings of beauty and insight to create works of art that did indeed touch us. Their creative touch produced photos, poems, songs, hymns, artwork, stories, and articles that are both skillfully done and enjoyable.

We are pleased to present the place winners and honorable mentions of the 1994 New Era Writing, Art, Photography, and Music Contest.

Art

First Place

Jonathan Linton, 18
Salt Lake City, Utah

Second Place

Jennie Doezie, 20
Provo, Utah

Third Place

Lauriann Henriksen, 19
Lindon, Utah

Honorable Mention

Cheryl Knudsen, 15
Murrieta, California

Teodorico R. Cumagun, III, 17
Lipa City, Batangas Philippines

Rebecca Hansen, 18
Omaha, Nebraska

Elizabeth Wright, 15
Stockton, California

Article

First Place

Derek Tucker, 18
Draper, Utah

Second Place

Sonja Holjeson, 19
Layton, Utah

Third Place

Nettie Hunsaker, 20
Ogden, Utah

Honorable Mention

Michelle Sermon, 19
Lehi, Utah

Heather McLemore, 17
Mesa, Arizona

Larisa Schumann, 23
Pleasant Hill, California

Fiction

First Place

Justin Berry, 20
Paradise, Utah

Second Place

Stephanie Christensen, 17
Boise, Idaho

Third Place

Lisa Joy Tanner, 19
Orem, Utah

Honorable Mention

Darren Squires, 21
Orem, Utah

Matthew Pinegar, 17
Orem, Utah

Megan Crossley, 17
Pocatello, Idaho

Hymn

First Place

Douglas L. Ipson, 19
St. George, Utah

Second Place

Margo Faraoni, 17
Mesa, Arizona

Third Place

LePrelet Hopkins, 19
Chula Vista, California

Honorable Mention

Anna Morgan, 20
Buhl, Idaho

Heidi Rust, 16
Bountiful, Utah

Photography

First Place

Tanya Schlup, 22
Newcastle, Wyoming

Second Place

Audrey Morrison, 17
Fairfax, Virginia

Third Place

Kelly Gerber, 14
Clinton, Utah

Honorable Mention

Patrick Douglas, 22
Kennesaw, Georgia

Jennifer Rossiter, 22
Taipei, Taiwan

Jennifer Sowby, 20
Phoenix, Arizona

Richard Melin, 22
Livingston, Montana

Poetry

First Place

Robert M. Thompson, 17
Clearfield, Utah

Second Place

Katherine Feezor, 16
Lilburn, Georgia

Third Place

Deborah Farmer, 16
Provo, Utah

Honorable Mention

Heidi Thulin, 19
Highland, Utah

Paul Maynard, 21
Bountiful, Utah

Sundi Decker, 16
Castle Dale, Utah

Marc E. Shaw, 18
Ogden, Utah

Thal Dixon, 22
Poquoson, Virginia

Amy Hansen, 18
Layton, Utah

Song

First Place

Jennifer P. Zabel, 21
Provo, Utah

Second Place

Daryl O. Smith, 20
Mesa, Arizona

Third Place

Margo Faraoni, 17
Mesa, Arizona

Honorable Mention

Brett Stewart, 16
Fountain Valley, California

Lorraine Jackson, 17
Waco, Texas

Special Category

First Place

David R. Peoples, 17
Riverside, California
Orchestra composition

Second Place

Marc E. Mackin, 22
Littleton, Colorado
Computer animation

Third Place

David McPhie, 17
San Diego, California
Trombone quartet composition

Honorable Mention

Kimiko Christensen, 14
Lompoc, California
Novel

Jonathan Linton; Jennie Doezie; Lauriann Henriksen; Derek Tucker; Sonja Holjeson; Nettie Hunsaker; Justin Berry; Stephanie Christensen; Lisa Joy Tanner

Douglas L. Ipson; Margo Faraoni; LePrelet Hopkins; Tanya Schlup; Audrey Morrison; Kelly Gerber; Robert M. Thompson; Katherine Feezor; Deborah Farmer; Jennifer P. Zabel; Daryl O. Smith; Margo Faraoni; David R. Peoples; Marc E. Mackin; David McPhie.