Our Literary Awards—Circa 2011

 

OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2011

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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