Creative Writing~ Poetry Competition 2020
Student
Category 1
First: Layton Glanz   GFWC Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt           Hudson Valley District
‘A Poem about Owls’
Second: Wesley Hawthorne   Syracuse Federation Formers                             Central District
“Bey Blades”
NO THIRD

Category 2
First:    Sidney Millard                     Aurora Women’s Club                                  Greater Western District
“If you’re Never Been to Muskoka”
Second: Lucy Dooling              Southern Saratoga Women’s Club                     Adirondack District
“The Stray Dog”
Third:    Joshua Stanton       Women’s Club of Farmingdale                                Long Island Metro District
“Journey to Joy”
 
Category 3
First: Mary Hayes                 Aurora Women’s Club                                               Greater Western District
“Hardwood Floors”
Second:  Ember Bates   GFWC Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt        Hudson Valley District
“The World of Envy”
Third: Adriannah Thurman          Women’s Club of Pittsford                               Lake District
“Glow”
 
Category 4
First: Catherine Mallon      Servers of WNY FWC                                                    Greater Western District
“Figure Skating”
Second: Gianna Young        GFWC Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake                                 Adirondack District
“Where I’m From”
Third: Carlin Reyen           GFWC Tri Cities Women’s Club                                      Central District
“Marblehead”

 

Category: Clubwomen
First: Candace Edwards                    Syracuse Federation Formers                           Central District
“125th GFWC-NY Annual Convention”
Second: Teresa Siuta                Servers of WNY FWC                                                  Greater Western District
“Red Majesty”
Third: Beverley Pierson             Women’s Club of Pittsford                                        Lake District
“That’s Life”

 Creative Writing~Short Story Competition 2020
 
Category 1
First;  Wesley Hawthorne                   Syracuse Federation Formers                            Central District
“Golf- The Card Game”  
Second:   Lily Trentacoste       Jr. Women’s Club of Bellerose                                       Island- Metro District  
“Sophia and Her Store”
Third:   Violet Fateman     GFWC Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt             Hudson Valley District     
“The Farmer and the Animals”          
 
Category 2
First:  Martin Graham Cohn   Aurora Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt      Greater Western District
“The Caped Canine”
Second:  Mckenna Keane GFWC Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt              Hudson Valley District
“Tucker and the Time Machine”
Third:  Charlie Condran               Jr. Women’s Club of Bellerose                                    Island Metro District
“The Breakup”
 
Category 3
First:  Lauren Avigliano              Jr. Women’s Club of Bellerose                                        Island Metro District
“Foreseen”
Second:  Amira Zagorica       Syracuse Federation Formers                                             Central District
“The Bosnian War”
Third:  Sophia Imbriaco         Delmar progress Club                                                          Mid-Hudson Valley District
"The Pawn Shop”
 
Category 4
First:  Lamyaa Hamid    GFWC Women’s Club of Peekskill and Cortlandt                     Hudson Valley District
“Lillian”
Second:  Jack Ratajczak            Jr. Women’s Club of Bellerose                                           Island Metro District
“The Windows to Nothing”
Third:  Ileana Anghel                    Syracuse Federation Formers                                         Central District
“The Bird at Breakfast”

 
Category: Clubwomen
First:  Deborah Tuthill      Treadwell Community Improvement Club                                 Central District
“Shirley”
Second:  Eleanor O’Donnell              Floral Park Women’s Club                                            Island Metro District
“More than Love of the Game”
Third: Pamela Wolfram                          Servers of WNYFWC                                                Greater Western District  
“An Unexpected Gift”                                                           

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Photography Competition 2020
World in Pictures: Living Things
FIRST PLACE:  ESTHER L. EYER                     “LOG ROLLING COMPETITION
                        Sponsored By:  Southern Saratoga County Women’s Club                               Adirondack
SECOND PLACE:  BEATRICE FERRARI         “FRIENDS IN FLIGHT”
                        Sponsored By:  Women’s Club of Farmingdale                                                    Island-Metro
THIRD PLACE:  BEVERLEY PIERSON            “ CACTUS WREN”
                        Sponsored By:  Women’s Club of Pittsford                                                           Lake
World in Pictures: Scenes
FIRST PLACE:  BEVERLEY PIERSON             “SPIRITS OF THE MONUMENT”
                        Sponsored By: Women’s Club of Pittsford                                                            Lake              
SECOND PLACE:  NANCY KEOGHAN             “TAKING A WALK IN THE WOODS”                
                        Sponsored By;  Syracuse Federation Formers of GFWC                                    Central
THIRD PLACE:  BETTY CRISTIANO                 “SUMMER EVENING IN VIENNA
                        Sponsored By: GFWC Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Woman’s Club                      Adirondack
 
World in Pictures: Still Life
FIRST PLACE:  BEVERLEY PIERSON             “COMFORT”
                        Sponsored By:  Women’s Club of Pittsford                                                             Lake
SECOND PLACE:  BARARA HORNER             “STAIRWAY TO…,ALCATRAZ”
                        Sponsored By: Women’s Club of Farmingdale                                                       Island-Metro
THIRD PLACE:  BETTY CRISTIANO                 “TICK TOCK. WHAT A CLOCK!”
                        Sponsored By:  GFWC Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Woman’s Club                       Adirondack
Volunteers in Action
FIRST PLACE:  DIANA KLEEMAN                     “DR. SEUSS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION”
                        Sponsored By:  Junior League of the Women’s Club of Farmingdale                Island-Metro
SECOND PLACE:  PATRICIA R. AUSTIN        “SUMMER PICNIC FOR SOLES FOR SOULS”
                        Sponsored By:  Palatine Literary Society                                                                 Adirondack
THIRD PLACE:  BETTY LAMB               “THE GRINCH TREE FOR THE FESTIVAL OF TREES”
                        Sponsored By:  Syracuse Federation Formers of GFWC                                       Central
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