Evening star., 1934-05-20
Prizes Are Awarded
In Isabel Anderson
Creative Contests
Mrs. Elizabeth Burgess
Hughes Takes First Short
Story Honor.

Awards in the eleventh annual Isa-
bel Anderson Creative Group con-
tests Of the District Of Columbia
League Of American Pen Women were
announced Friday by Miss Marguerite
Merigold, second vice president in
charge Of creative groups, at a prize
award meeting held in the league
studio. Presiding was Mrs. Azalea
Green Badgley, junior past president
Of the league, under whose regime the
contests were held, assisted by Dr.
Frances Moon Butts, president and for
the past year, director of special
groups and social activities.
For her short story entitled "A Per-
fectly Normal Woman" Elizabeth
Burgess Hughes MRS. Eugene Col
ister) received first prize in the
short story and fiction contest. A long
time member Of the Pen Women, Mrs.
Hughes Is the author Of more than 600
published short stories and two novels.
Two stories by Phyllis Moore Gal
lagher (Mrs. Bernard Gallagher) re-
ceived second prize and first honorable
mention. They were entitled Reno
Money" and Five Magic Days" Dur
ing the past year Mrs. Gallagher has
sold 1875 short stories. many of which
were published both in the United
States and abroad. Second honorable
mention was given a story, "Atmos-
pheric Pressure" by Nellie Rogan
Thomas. Pendleton Hogan, author of
"The Bishop Of Havana; Gideon
Lyon, associate editor of The Evening
Star, and Lewis Lotion Moneyway
were the judges of the short stories
submitted.
SINGERS Glen-A Shrine to the Old
Time Singing School," by Evelyn Nor
cross Sheriff., was winner of first prize
in the journalism contest. During the
past year Mrs. Sheriff. has sold fea-
ture articles to many of the outstand-
women's magazines Famous Ghosts
of Old Washington" collection of
local ghost LEGENDS, by Violet Short
Shinn, won second prize. Bertha Yell
Hebb's feature story How Overcame
the Depression" received first honor
able mention in the journalism con-
test. An article, Makes the Whole
World Kim" by Myrta Ethel Cawood,
won second honorable mention in this
contest. This story by Miss Cawood
recently won honorable mention in the
contest held by the National League
OF American Pen Women. Miss Mar
garet Jean Bailey is chairman of the
journalism group of the District Pen
Women. Mrs. Frank Hoadley, Mrs.
William Lee Corbin and Harry B.
Hunt selected the prize winning arti-
cles in the journalism group.
Calendar" by Anna M. Priestly,
was adjudged the best poem submitted
in the poetry contest by the judges,
who were John Richard Moreland,
Charles A. A. Parker, and DR.. Wight
man F. Milton. "Rhapsodie Negro"
by Alethea Todd Anderson, received
second prize in the poetry group,
with "Memory-A song" by Emma
Service Lester Chase, awarded first
honorable mention. Bertha Yell Hebb,
who also received honorable mention
IN the journalism contest, received
second honorable mention in the
poetry contest. Her poem was entitled
Going Home" Mrs. Irene Shirley
Moran has been chairman of the
poetry group within the league during
1933-34.
First prize in the Isabel Anderson
art contest went to Daisy Bell Nc
Coy, who received the highest award
In the oils, water color and pastel
group for her oil landscape "Eucalyp-
tus Tree" and to Azelea Green Barg-
ley for her oil illumination, Phillips
Brooks Prayer" entered in group two,
which iY1PlI1doc
nations. The painting Tulips" by
Geraldine Bousch Burrell, was awarded
second prize in group one, and also re-
ceived the popular vote prize, which was
decided upon by ballots in the studio
First honorable mention in the oils
and water color group went to Doro-
thy Glendenning Gatchell for an oil
landscape, Spring Water"
In group two of the art contest,
three glass goblets showing coat-of-
arms won second for Harriet Hawkins
Chambers. Grace Rebecca Sahm re-
ceived first honorable mention for a
pen-and-ink Christmas card showing
the Forest Park Presbyterian Church.
Judges of the art contest, of which
Miss Elsie Thompson Clark was chair
man, were Henry Wadsworth Moore,
Lucia B. Holleritb and o. S. Veer-
hoff.
An insufficient number of entries
meeting the contest requirements pre-
vented any award being given in the
Frances Moon Butts contest for nom
fiction articles above 10000 words in
length.
At a meeting of the District of Co.
1umbia Pen Women to be held May %,
in the league studio, the prize winning
articles will be read.