THE 17TH OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON With Ed Tasca, Allen McGill, Diana Rowland and Roberto Ortiz providing the super entertainment, the latest luncheon—which drew well over a hundred people—was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the other nominees, we send along our thanks, and say to them: Wait’ll Next Year!
BEST HUMOROUS * My Sex Life as a Fire Hydrant Jeremy Monroe Mar 11 * Cocktails with Nefertiti Herbert Piekow Dec 10 * Nudist Camp Etiquette Gail Nott Dec 10 * Maggie and Hot Sheets Motel Roberta Rich Mar 11 * Cutter Ant Apocalypse Ed Tasca Mar 11 * Radiation Tour of Japan Jonny Kottler May 11 * How Could I Not Gloria Palazzo Aug 11
BEST BOOK REVIEW * Havoc in Motion By Jay White, Review by Jim Tipton Nov 10 * Female Nomads & Friends, various writers including Kelly Hayes-Raitt Reviewed by Mel Goldberg * The General and the Jaguar By Eileen Welsome Review by Jay White * Concepts of Intelligence By Tom Halley, Review by Bill Frayer Aug 11 * The Dark Side of the Dream By Alejandro Grattan, Review by Rob Mohr
BEST PROFILE * Shirley Applebaum-Director at the LLT Kay Davis Feb 11 * Roy Nolan Harriet Hart Sept 11 * Roberto Moulun-Voice of the Spaniard Ed Tasca April 11 * Kelly Hayes-Raitt Margaret Van Every May 11 * Martha Aceves Margaret Porter
BEST POEM * First Anglo/Afghan War Ken Clarke Dec 10 * Mother Mexico Bill Frayer Jan 11 * Agony & Ecstasy Mark Sconce Jan 11 * The Beat Goes On Michael Cook Feb 11 * Special Time of Life Margaret Van Every May 11
BEST FEATURE * Night of the Dead Carol Bowman Nov 11 * Tongue-Tied Kelly Hayes-Raitt (Accepted by Victoria Schmidt) * Go Stick it in Your Ear Peter Gibbons Jan 11 * An Older Woman Patricia Hemingway May 11 * Pay the Gardener What He’s Worth Margaret Porter July 11
BEST FICTION * Refugio de Maria Jim Tipton Dec 10 * What´s a Girl to Do Michael McLaughlin May 11 * A Lure David Bryen Mar 11 * No Country for Old Accountants Rob Krakoff Oct 10 * Wherefore Art Thou, Grandma Minnie Bob Tennison May 11
LONG-STANDING CONTRIBUTOR * Bob Harwood * Ken Clarke * Jim Tipton * Fred Mittag * Neil McKinnon (Accepted by Ken Clarke)
BEST HISTORICAL * Mexico Leapfrogs into the 21st Century Dr. Rick Rhoda Feb. 2011 * Golden Age of Mexican Cinema Herbert Piekow April 10 * Brujas of California & Mexico Fred Mittag May 11 * Maximilian-Emperor of Mexico Herbert Piekow Aug 11 * Lincoln and the Copperheads David Harper July 11
BEST COLUMN * Lakeside Living Kay Davis * Welcome to Mexico Victoria Schmidt * Joyful Musings Joy Birnbach Dunstan * Uncommon Common Sense Bill Frayer * New lease on Life Judit Rajhathy
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