Contest Results 2021

There were 118 VA facilities and Over 1,400 submitted entries to the national level

Asheville artists placed Nationally:

First Place- Caryn Cash Fowl Play B&W Photography

Third Place - Amy Cocanour, CAPT USCG (ret) Cougar in Black Colored Drawing

Third Place- James Robert Russell A Closer Walk with Thee and Freight Train Music Instrumental


Creative Writing

Short, Short Story

1st Ted Minnick, Ask a Veteran

Poetry Non-Rhyming

1st Charles Bruce Turek, Convoy

Poetry Humor

1st Charles Bruce Turek, Quick Draw

Poetry Military Experience

1st Charles Bruce Turek, No Snow Over There

Special Recognition

1st John Hoffman, To My Fellow Veterans,

Military Experience (not poetry)

1st John Hoffman, My American Odyssey from Vietnam

Personal Essay

1st Cheryl A Pelham, Beating Heart of the Presence

Fine Art

Acrylic Painting

1st Brian Black, Hell Cam 03

Oil Painting

1st Terry Golden, Over the River and Through the Vale

Watercolor

1st Jack Ferrell, Jack

Monochromatic Drawing

1st Katherine Elizabeth Lankford, Irving the Whale

Colored Drawing

1st Amy Coconour, Cougar in Black

Color Photography

1st Tommy Grant, There Must Be Some Kind of Way Out of Here

Black & White Photography

1st Caryn Cash, Fowl Play

Digital Photography

1st Laclan Franquemont, Laying Down the Path

Applied Art

Mixed Media

1st Amy Cocanour, Zoot Kitty

Scroll Saw/Fretwork

1st Guy Lynn Cox, Appalachian Fiddler

Glazed Ceramic

1st Roseanna J. Coates, Pho Me #1

Painted Ceramics

1st Roseanna J. Coates, Dolly’s Box of Colors

Sculpture

1st Roseanna J. Coates, Rainbow Dot Vase

Kits and Special Recognition

Paint by Number Kit

1st Caryn Cash, Seasons Change

Craft Color Kit

1st William Thomas, Glaring Wolf

Craft Wood Building Kit

1st Paul Wentz, III, Paul’s Birdhouse

Music

Original Song: General Topic

1st LaNala, Believe

Vocal: Folk

1st John King, The New Market Hardware Company

Original Vocal: Experience

1st John King, Differences

Instrumental Spiritual

1st Bob Russell, Just a Closer Walk with Thee

Instrumental Rock/Blues

1st Bob Russell, Rambler