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Writing Contest
Thank you for your interest in the writing contest. We are currently in the process of updating these pages to include the 2006 winning entries and the new forms and guidelines for 2007. Please be patient.
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Enter the 2007 Writing Contest
We all have stories about the labyrinth. Maybe they’re stories of personal revelation or enlightenment. Perhaps they’re stories of healing or release. They might even be stories of building the labyrinth itself. TLS is looking for your stories as we embark on our fourth annual writing contest.
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2007 Contest Guidelines
Here are the rules and guidelines for the 2007 writing contest of The Labyrinth Society.
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The Judging Process
With two tiers of judges reading anonymous entries, we have developed a judging process that is fair and impartial.
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2006 Grand Prize Winner -- Carli Carrara
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2006 First Place Poetry -- Marilyn Peretti
Marilyn Peretti's poem, Divestiture, speaks to the power of the labyrinth to lighten our mental loads.
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2006 Second Place Poetry -- Samadhi Whitehouse
This poem, Forty-eight Before Fifty, is a walking lesson in learning to trust and live in the moment.
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2006 Third Place Poetry -- Judyth Crystal
Judyth Crystal's collection of haikus delicately captures the simplicity and profoundity of the labyrinth.
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2006 First Place Essay -- Kathleen Deyer Bolduc
One Foot in Front of the Other reminds us that we can let go our stranglehold on our worries and let the labyrinth bring us back to center.
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2006 Second Place Essay -- Judyth Crystal
Judyth Crystal's essay, What is a Labyrinth? reminds us that discovering the labyrinth can lead to many more discoveries in one's heart where "reality permanently alters in some way and our consciousness enhances." .
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2006 Third Place Essay -- Kay Hafner
Of Life and the Labyrinth reveals how walking a labyrinth can bring us peace, serving as a reminder that even challenging journies are walked one step at a time.
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2006 First Place Short Story -- Victoria Register-Freeman
Victoria Register-Freeman's short story, "Peace not Pieces" reminds us all that our "inner attorney" just may not have all the answers!.
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Second Place Short Story -- Wyvonna Turner Davis
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Third Place Short Story -- Jean E. James
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2005 Grand Prize Winner -- Alan Wright
Out of Place is a short story that reminds us that letting someone walk his or own own path without interruption or "help" can sometimes be the greatest gift we can give--both to the person and to ourselves.
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2004 Grand Prize -- Diane Terry-Kehner
The grand prize winner in the first Labyrinth Society writing contest was Diane Terry-Kehner. Her winning essay, Paying Attention, is a stunningly accurate description of the "moments of enlightenment" that can be found on the labyrinth.
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