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| Picture above Courtesy of Liz Mitten Ryan |
Valerie Ormond ~ Believing In Horses.com ~ Angela Dorsey ~ Angela Dorsey.com ~ Liz Mitten Ryan ~ Natural Horse Friendship.com ~ Connie Funk ~ Connie Funk ~ Julie Lines ~ Voice of the Animals.org
Jonathan Boudin from JB Max Publishing selected the top winning stories based on scoring from the Panel of Judges. Jonathan has also offered to put together an E-Book for the VFTH Wild Horse Writing Competition.
VFTH Wild Horse Stories E-Book Due Available Dec. 2012!!
Other fun news is Equine Photographer Tony Stomberg will be contributing photographs of wild horses to compliment this amazing E-book full of your stories and Karen Sussman, President of the International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros will be writing the foreward for it! Thank you to the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel for playing Santa Claus with me and helping to deliver all your prizes!Congratulations writers, your stories will be published for the world to see! Thank you for being a Voice For The Horse!!
Click here to read VFTH Letter to Competitor's!
Additional Prizes!!
Liz Mitten Ryan is sending each writing competitor a copy of her book One With The Herd!
Jonathan Boudin has contributed copies of The Little Red Riding Book to the 12 and under writing competitor's!
Click on links below to read our writing competitors essays!
1st Prize!
Matthew McCormack 13-18 ~ St. Louis Missouri
Click here to read Matthew's Report from his visit to the ISPMB (International Society for the Protection of Mustangs and Burros) in July 2012.
Congratulations to Matthew McCormack!! Well done and I must add there were many runner ups! Voice For The Horse will contact you this week to discuss making the arrangements for your trip for two to the ISPMB. It will be my absolute pleasure to introduce you to the President of this Wild Horse Organization, Karen Sussman. Karen is very excited for you and looks forward to meeting you! You will also be recieving two Dvd's; Wild Horses in Winds of Change and Equine Shiatsu Massage!
Click here to read Matthew's comments on becoming a volunteer for non-profit organizations.
2nd Prize!
Genna Vickers 13-18 ~ St. Michael, MN, U.S.A.
Congratulations Genna Vickers!! You are the lucky winner of the IPAD sponsored by the BEST BUY Langley Store in British Columbia, Canada. You will also recieve two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage and Wild Horses in Winds of Change.
3rd Prize!
Megan Gunn 12 & Under ~ Clearwater, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Megan Gunn!! I am delighted to award you with the Writing Mentorship Package from both Sponsor and Judge, Valerie Ormond! Also, included for you are two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage and Wild Horses in Winds of Change and two books, Beyond Homestretch and The Little Red Riding Book!
Spirit Award!
Sara Trafford 12 & Under Category ~ Langley, B.C. Canada
Congratulations Sara! You are our chosen Spirit Award Winner of our Wild Horse Writing Competition! You are the lucky winner of a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and the Rodeo Sweetheart Guitar donated by country music artist Michael ONeill from Gig Harbour, Wa. and a music collection from Nashville Tennessee, Country Music Singer Templeton Thompson!! Also coming your way are two books, The Great Pumpkin Ride and The Little Red Riding Book!
VFTH chose to award Sara Trafford the Spirit Award after learning Sara was so excited about the opportunity to participate, she took her essay to school to share with her teacher and other classmates, the essay she had written. This whole act symbolizes something VFTH would like to see more of in the future. Sara clearly demonstrated the importance of doing extra corricular studies on subjects they both love and whch are equally important, especially when it comes to our land, our environment and of course our animals, namely speaking in our case, the horse.So thank you Sara for sharing your story with your teacher and classmates; lets hope to get them on board for our future writing projects/events!
All of our Writer's Are Winners!
Writing Competitor's Listed in Alphabetical Order
Melanie Asselin 13-18 year Category ~ Kingsville Ontario, Canada
Congratulations Melanie! You have won a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and two books; Changing Challenging Horses into Willing Partners and One Frosty Christmas!
Emmaleen Faith Aviles 12 & Under Category ~ Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A
Congratutulations Emmaleen! You are the lucky winner of an Equine Shiatsu Massage DVD and two books, Fighting Chance and The Little Red Riding Book!
Tatiana Bachara 12 & Under Category~ Crofton, Maryland, U.S.A.
Congratulations Tatiana! You are the lucky winner of a grooming kit, a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and the book Animal Pets!
Katie Bachmann 13-18 year Category ~ Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Katie! You have won two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage, The Waterhole Rituals and the book Ariels Journey!
Jessilynn Bean 13-18 ~ Arrowsmith, Illinois, U.S.A.
Congratulations Jessilynn! You have won two DVD's; Wild Horses in Winds of Change and Equine Shiatsu Massage and the book, Horse at the Corner Post!
Gabrielle Cournoyer 12 & Under Category ~ Cottrellville, Twp., MI U.S.A.
Congratulations Gabrielle! You are the lucky winner of a pair of riding chaps, a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and two books, Wolf Chasm and The Little Red Riding Book!
Ariel Edmonson 13-18 year Category ~ Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Ariel! You have won a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage, a Barbara Wheeler wild horse photograph and two books, The Forgotten Horses and Ground Manners!
Megan Evans 12 & Under Category ~ Terrace, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Megan! You are the lucky winner of a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage two books Animal Pets and The Little Red Riding book!
Peyton Falk 12 & Under Category ~ Taberg, New York, U.S.A.
Congratulations Peyton! You have won a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage, three books; Animal Pets, The Great Pumpkin Ride and The Little Red Riding Book!
Audrey Feldman 12 & Under Category ~ Berlin, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Congratulations Audrey! You are the lucky winner of a Troxell Riding Hat, a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage two books Freedom and The Little Red Riding Book!
Hailey Goodkey 12 & Under Category ~ McBride, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Hailey! You are the lucky winner of two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage and Wild Horse and Winds of Change and The Little Red Riding Book!
Naya Lindaboom 12 & Under Category ~ Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
Congratulations Naya! You are the lucky winner of a Nocona Belt Buckle, a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and The Little Red Riding Book!
Doree-Ann Satermo 13-18 year Category ~ Rocky Mtn. House, Alberta Canada
Congratulations Doree-Ann! You have won two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage, Coming Together and a copy of the book Women Riders Who Could...And Did!
Annika Maulucci 12 & Under Category ~ Gormley, Ontario, Canada
Congratulations Annika! You are the lucky winner of two DVD's; Equine Shiatsu Massage and Wild Horses in Winds of Change and The Little Red Riding Book!
Madelyn McCoy 12 & Under Category ~ Crofton, MD U.S.A.
Congratulations Madelyn! You are the lucky winner of a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and four books; Animals Pets, Horse at the Corner Post, The Little Red Riding Book and One Frosty Christmas!
Olivia Pero 12 & Under Category ~ Richland, MI U.S.A.
Congratulations Olivia! You are the lucky winner of a DVD on Equine Shiatsu Massage and three books, Animal Pets, Silver Dream and The Little Red Riding Book!
On behalf of the Director's of the Voice For The Horse Foundation and Atticus ~ The Wild Stallion From Deadman Valley, British Columbia, Canada who inspired this writing project, we thank you for both sharing and raising your voices for the horses! We hope to see you back for our 2nd Annual Writing Competition ~ Subject Rescue Horses in 2012!
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