Bonderman Symposia Finalists and Semi-Finalists
(1985-2007)

• 1985

Finalist:

Hallelujah Hopscotch – Rachel C. Burchard (Winner)

Semi-Finalists:

The Treasure of Grouch Forest – Max Bush
Secret of Hasserman House – M. L. R. Goodman
Mountain Molly – Nancy Kierspe Settlemyre
The Thunderer – Marilyn Mattys
The Dragonstar – Jeffery Hegy

• 1987

Finalist:

Becca – Wendy Kesselman (Winner)

Semi-Finalists:

The Kimchi Kid – Joanna Kraus
Remus Tales – Stanley Longman
The Silver Saucer – Sandra Fenichel Asher

• 1989

Finalist:

Devil’s Orphan – Joanna Kraus (Winner)

Semi-Finalists:

Journey to the Light – Sarah Schlesinger and David Evans
The Man-Child – Arnold Rabin
A Woman Called Truth – Sandra Fenichel Asher

• 1991

Finalists:

Rachel’s Night – Julie E. Brinker
Paper Lanterns, Paper Cranes – Brian Kral
Amber Waves – James Still
Totty – Young Eleanor Roosevelt – Sharon Whitney

Semi-Finalists:

Conestoga Stories – Susan Beck
Lundi’s Child – Joan Clark
The Starcraft Orion Discovery – Wil Denson
Scrimmages – Joseph Fedorko
Call Me Graham – Mark Grimsich
Gruff! – Gene Mackey
The Secret Garden – Kim Oler
Gilgamesh – William Shore

• 1993

Finalists:

Garden of the Witch – Bryan Williams
Another Columbus – Barry Kornhauser
And the Tide Shall Cover the Earth – Norma Cole
The Prince and the Pauper – Travis Tyre

Semi-Finalists:

Candy Store Window – Cherie Bennett
Pecos Bill & Billie – Toby Bernstein
Little Lord Fauntleroy – Gail Erwin
Certain Arrangements – C. E. McClelland
Class Clown – Kim Oler
Foreigners – Laura Schlitz
Three Wishes – Ted Sod
Endangered Species – Kathy Sorensen
Cinderella – Anne Thurow

• 1995

Finalists:

The Wolf and Its Shadows – Sandra Fenichal Asher
Alex and the Shrink World – Ric Averill
The Ghost of the River House – Max Bush
Selkie – Laurie Brooks Gollobin

Semi-Finalists:

Buried Treasure – Tom Ballmer
Aunt Alice’s Summer – Vicki Bartholomew
Anne Frank & Me – Cherie Bennett
Pollyanna – Jeffrey Bush
FrankenTeen – Frumi Cohen
Tucker’s Ridge – Peggy Devitt Katz
Oz - Patrick Shanahan
Blessings – Mary Hall Surface
WYSIWYG – Pat Hale Whitton

• 1997

Finalists:

Drop -Dano Madden - ?
Reliable Junk-Ric Averill
Ellen Cooper – Home Safe
John Urquhart – The Riddling Child
Coleen Neuman – The Wonderful Machine

Semi-Finalists:

Tales of Molly Malloy – Sylvia Ashby
A Show of Hands – Frumi Cohen
Certain People – Richard Hahn
On the Line – Carol Korty
Absconding Alice – Patrick Shanahan
Jack’s Adventure With the King’s Girl – R. Rex Stephenson
On the Winds of Kill Devil Hills – Jo Ann Weatherly

• 1999

Finalists:

Bless Cricket, Crest Toothpaste and Tommy Tune – Linda Daughtery
The Music Lesson – Tammy Ryan
To See the Stars – Cynthia Mercati
Young Eugene – Lowell Swortzell

Semi-Finalists:

Black Heart of Jaio Long – Gene Longen
Belongings – Daniel Fenton
The Boy Who Would Disappear – Craig Fols
The Cottingley Caper – Christopher W. Czajka
The Elements of Style – John Walch
Flower Face – Jennifer Fell Hayes
Joan of ARK – Sandy Fenichel Asher
Nurse, Soldier, Spy – Ric Averill
The Raccoon – Dano Madden
Sarah – Max Bush
Searching for Cindy Crawford – Susan Anner
Searching for David’s Heart – Cherie Bennett

• 2001

Finalists:

In the Garden of the Selfish Giant – Sandra Fenichel Asher
Threadheads – Dean Corrin
Panadero’s Dream – José Cruz Gonzalez
Tortilla Moon – Margaret Larlham
Puzzles – John D. Newman

Semi-Finalists:

Buried Treasure – Tom Ballmer
Frankenstein’s Children – R. N. Sandburg
Eagle Into the Sun – Matt Webster
The Pig’s Picnic – Joy Chaitin, (Sarah Stevens-Estabrook, Catherine Marchese, and
Emile Naoumoff)

• 2003

Finalists:

Tengu of Kami – Ed Mast
Cathy’s Creek (Musical) Elise Forier; book, and Tina Lear Music
Freedom is My Home-Jan Lucas
Stone Girls Dreaming-Lisa Railsback
Lily Plants a Garden Jose Cruz Gonzalez

Semi-Finalists:

Civil Wrongs—Crystal Rhodes
Power of One—Frumi Cohen
The Vine—Jose’ Casas
DeMilo’s Tears-Mryon Stein
Elves and the Shoemaker-Ric Averill
Waiting for Whimsey-Sherry Miller
Master Skylark—Sylva Ashby

• 2005

Finalists:

Can’t Believe It—R. N. Sandburg
Pennies in My Hand—Deni Krueger
La ofrenda—Jose’ Casas
The Realm—Sarah Myers

Semi-Finalists

The Glass Box—Philip Stockton
The Great Tree—Anna Kay France
Cast Away in Time—Claudia Haas
Maria of the Light—Margaret Hernandez
Lost and Foundling—Eric Pfeffinger
River Rat and Cat—Y York

 

• 2007

Finalists:

By Candlelight—Claudia Haas
Dulce—Ramon Esquivel
The Gift of the Pirate Queen—Tammy Ryan
Muddy Boots—Deni Krueger

Semi-Finalists:

Mama Tomcat's Flying School —Spring Herman
A Southwest Desert Tale—Nikki Harmon
Captain of the Sea—Camille Travis
From Every Mountainside—Max Bush