Each quarter we offer readers the chance to vote on their favorite stories that appeared in The Storyteller. Everyone who has a story or poem published has a chance to win. There is no higher honor than to be chosen "the best" for that quarter than from fellow writers. Winners receive a copy of the magazine and a certificate. Please remember to vote. You can vote online by sending an email with "Votes" in the subject line to: storytellermag1@yahoo.com

January/February/March 2009 Fiction 1st place: The True Meaning of Love--Bob Nimmo 2nd place: Deeper Than the Ocean--Ryan Barnhart 3rd place: $4.15 a Gallon--Edmund Jacobitti Non-Fiction   1st place: I Remember Mama--Regina Williams 2nd place: Remembering--Mary Chandler 3rd place: A Family Affair--Kimberly Silver Essay: 1st place: A Summer Blockbuster--Ethan Mechare 2nd place: A Mulligan Christmas--Dorothy Bussemer 3rd place: Storm Terror--Louise Larsen Poetry 1st place: A Quiet Compromise--Jennifer Lombardi 2nd place: Sign on the Dirt--Bryan Steward 3rd place: The Journey--Marcia K. Leaser

April/May/June 2009 Fiction 1st place: Dave Fisher--The Lone Rider 2nd place: The Red Bridge--Thomas J. Fabian 3rd place: Rose's Choice--Lori Elliott   Non-Fiction 1st place: The Land of Dump--Otis Lawson 2nd place: Dream Date--Rick Majors 3rd place: Lowering the Bar--Tom Lane Essay 1st place--I Remember Mama--Regina Williams 2nd place--The Swinging Door--Carol Chandler 3rd place: Teletalk--James M. Bellarosa Poetry 1st place: The Captain Cook and Crew--Mark Jarmon 2nd place: Mystery of Mysteries--Rick DeBaun Thomas 3rd place: At Either End of the Web--Regina Murray Brault

July/August/September 2009     Fiction: 1st place--Hope--Eric Nagele 2nd place--You Will Receive--Michael Edwin Q 3rd place--Visiting Mama--Jim Kennison  Non-Fiction: 1st place--Blame it on the Sunbeam--Dorothy Stanaitis 2nd place--A Fisherman's Dream--Euple Riney 3rd place--Failure--Louise Larsen Essay: The Grocery List--Mellie Duke Justad A Gunless Revolution--JoAnn Adams My Scrapbook--Martha Lea Bryant Poetry: 1st place: Secret Sash--Ron Koppelberger 2nd place--Grief--Jonna L. Holt 3rd place--The Storyteller--Roxanne Huntley

October/November/December 2009   to be announced                 http://www.freewebs.com/fossilcreek to order copies and subscriptions