Dear SSA Members and contest entrants,   Due to a paperwork SNAFU, SSA published the winners for "Your Novel's First 100 Words" and "Poem Celebrating Arizona's 100th Year of Statehood" in the wrong order. A list was lost, communication to try and confirm the winning order was misunderstood (the names were confirmed, not the order) and a deadline was past, which all led to our mistake.   It was not our intention to create such an awkward and embarrassing situation for the winners that were listed in the wrong order.   We would like to offer sincere apologies to the misplaced winners for this mistake and hope that they forgive our foibles.   The winners that were out of place in "Your Novel's First 100 Words" were Duke Southard (listed as 2nd but placing 3rd) and Lisa Micks (listed as 3rd but placing 2nd).   The misplaced winners for "Poem Celebrating Arizona's 100th Year of Statehood" were D.R. Wise (listed as 1st but placing 3rd), Archie Hoagland (listed as 2nd but placing 1st) and Margaret Rappaport (listed as 3rd but placing 2nd).   Our treasurer, Jay McCall has confirmed the final order of the winners so following is the corrected list: YOUR NOVEL'S FIRST 100 WORDS:      1st - "GMO" William Adams      2nd - "Fearing Time" Lisa Hicks      3rd - "Betrayed" Duke Southhard YOUR BEST QUERY LETTER:      1st - "Query letter to Sam" Eileen Erickson      2nd - "Trite but True Query Letter" Cynthia Sabelhause      3rd - "Query Letter for The Swastika Tattoo" Geraldine Birch POEM CELEBRATING ARIZONA'S 100TH YEAR OF STATEHOOD:      1st - "Old Arizona" Archie Hoagland      2nd - "Arizona's Apache Angel" Margaret Boone Rappaport      3rd - "Arizona Monsoon" D.R. Wise   All these entries were top quality and deserve to be acknowledged as winners.   While multiple mistakes have caused this unpleasant experience, we will ensure that there are more checks and balances to prevent similar incidences in the future.   Thank you for your understanding,      Cynthia Roedig, conference/contest co-chair      Jan Holmes Frost, conference/contest co-chair      Jay McCall, Treasurer      Mike Rom, Write Word editor

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