Winkie Research Table

Winkie Research Table

The Winkie Research Table was revived in 2012 by Eric Gjovaag and Karyl Carlson after an absence of a few years. The Fiction contest prize (The Fred Otto Award) in 2012 and 2013 was funded by the Jim Nich endowment. In 2013 the Non-Fiction contest prize (The C. Warren Hollister Award) was funded by the Hollister family. The International Wizard of Oz Club funded the Artwork contest prize (The Rob Roy McVeigh Award).

As of 2014, the research table will be officially part of the International Wizard of Oz Club.

Fiction

• 2012
  • 1st Prize - Paige M. Davis for "Layover in Oz"
  • 2nd Prize - David Tai for "Diplomatic Immunity"

• 2013
  • 1st Prize - Jared Davis for "The Way of a Lion"
  • 2nd Prize - Greere Woodward for "The Steady Man"

Non-Fiction

• 2012 - Eric Shanower for "The Elephants of Oz" (appeared in the Program Book)

• 2013
  • 1st Prize - Cynthia Ragni for "In Defense of Denslow"
  • 2nd Prize - Robin Hess for "The Inventor of the Powder of Life"

Artwork

• 2012 - Maurine Starkey for the Program Book cover (Portrait of the Runaway Country)

• 2013
  • 1st Prize - Aaron Almanza for his figurines
  • 2nd Prize - David Baker for his paintings