Mensokie Receives 9 PRP Nominations

Posted in Central Oklahoma Mensa on June 4, 2008

Our Newsletter, Mensokie, received a total of 9 nominations for this year’s Publication Recognition Program, including individual nominations for Nancy Park’s artwork “Old Lover’s” and T.J. Lundeen’s humorous story, “A Fish Tail.” Congratulations to Nancy & T.J.! Read on for the complete list of nominations…

2008 PUBLICATIONS RECOGNITION PROGRAM

NEWSLETTER NOMINATIONS

OVERALL PRESENTATION:

i.e.
Inland Empire Mensa
Sonja Struthers, Editor

Mensagenda
Minnesota Mensa
Bill Conlan, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

The 4M
Manasota Mensa
Edgar F. Coudal, Editor

ToteMs
Mensa of Western Washington
Joshua Beach, Editor

Tucson Mensun
Tucson Mensa
Pati Pate, Editor

OVERALL ENTERTAINMENT:

i.e.
Inland Empire Mensa
Sonja Struthers, Editor

The 4M
Manasota Mensa
Edgar F. Coudal, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

MPULSE
Dayton Area Mensa
Pat Reising, Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Editors

CALENDAR:

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

Momentum
New Hampshire/Maine Mensa
Sue Barnes, Calendar Editor

MPULSE
Dayton Area Mensa
Pat Reising, Calendar Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Donna Chavez, Calendar Gal

Tampa Bay Sounding
Tampa Bay Mensa
Dana Groulx, Calendar Editor

MEMBER RECOGNITION:

Mensagenda
Minnesota Mensa
Bill Conlan, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Editors

The 4M
Manasota Mensa
Edgar F. Coudal, Editor

Tucson Mensun
Tucson Mensa
Pati Pate, Editor

LOCAL REPORTING:

i.e.
Inland Empire Mensa
Sonja Struthers, Editor

Mensagenda
Minnesota Mensa
Bill Conlan, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Editors

The 4M
Manasota Mensa
Edgar F. Coudal, Editor

MENSA AWARENESS:

i.e.
Inland Empire Mensa
Sonja Struthers, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Editors

Tampa Bay Sounding
Tampa Bay Mensa
Maran Fulvi, Dana Groulx and Sylvia Zadorozny, Editors

Tucson Mensun
Tucson Mensa
Pati Pate, Editor

OUTSTANDING NEWSLETTER (LARGE GROUP):

Mensagenda
Minnesota Mensa
Bill Conlan, Editor

Momentum
New Hampshire/Maine Mensa
Mark Becker, Editor

Much Ado About Mensa
Greater Phoenix Mensa
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina, Editors

Tampa Bay Sounding
Tampa Bay Mensa
Maran Fulvi, Dana Groulx and Sylvia Zadorozny, Editors

ToteMs
Mensa of Western Washington
Joshua Beach, Editor

OUTSTANDING NEWSLETTER (MEDIUM GROUP):

i.e.
Inland Empire Mensa
Sonja Struthers, Editor

Mensokie
Central Oklahoma Mensa
Nancy Park, Editor

MPULSE
Dayton Area Mensa
Pat Reising, Editor

The 4M
Manasota Mensa
Edgar F. Coudal, Editor

Tucson Mensun
Tucson Mensa
Pati Pate, Editor

OUSTANDING NEWSLETTER (SMALL GROUP):

M-Bassador
Borderline Mensa
Janis Dodson and Amy Vaughn, Editors

M-Press
Coastal Carolina Mensa
Gill Krebs, Editor

Neva-Mind
Northern Nevada Mensa
Loren MacArthur, Editor

Nova
Western Michigan Mensa
Sara Youngman, Editor

WEB SITE NOMINATIONS

“MEMBERS ONLY” SECTION:

Chicago Area Mensa
www.chicago.us.mensa.org
Ed Poremba, Webmaster

Dayton Area Mensa
www.dayton.us.mensa.org
Edith Jardieu, Webmaster

Iowa-Illinois Mensa
www.iowa-illinois.us.mensa.org
Jorge Buenfil, Webmaster

Gulf Coast Mensa
www.gcmensa.org
Lorraine Crews, Webmaster

Mid-America Mensa
www.mamensa.org
Mark Short, Webmaster

Minnesota Mensa
www.mnmensa.org
Karen Kuntz, Webmaster

OVERALL PRESENTATION:

Gulf Coast Mensa
www.gcmensa.org
Lorraine Crews, Webmaster

High Mountain Mensa
www.highmountain.us.mensa.org
Peggy Madsen, Webmaster

Oregon Mensa
www.oregon.us.mensa.org
Scott Rainey, Webmaster

Plains and Peaks Mensa
www.plainsandpeaks.us.mensa.org
Windy Haddad, Webmaster

Triad Mensa
www.triad.us.mensa.org
Brian Stumpfig, Webmaster

OVERALL ENTERTAINMENT:

Denver Mensa
www.denver.us.mensa.org
Julie Marble, Webmaster

East Central Ohio Mensa
www.ecom.us.mensa.org
Richard DeMattia, Webmaster

Manasota Mensa
www.manasota.us.mensa.org
Dwight Gill

North Texas Mensa
www.northtexasmensa.org
Michael Shaffer, Webmaster

Northwest Florida Mensa
www.nwflorida.us.mensa.org
Jill Russ, Webmaster

CALENDAR:

Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa
www.glaam.us.mensa.org
Brian Madsen, Webmaster

Gulf Coast Mensa
www.gcmensa.org
Lorraine Crews, Webmaster

Mid-America Mensa
www.mamensa.org
Mark Short, Webmaster

North Texas Mensa
www.northtexasmensa.org
Michael Shaffer, Webmaster

Tampa Bay Mensa
www.tampa.us.mensa.org
James Heffernan, Webmaster

MEMBER RECRUITMENT:

Borderline Mensa
www.borderline.us.mensa.org
Doug Miller, Webmaster

Miami Mensa
www.miami.us.mensa.org
Stanley Bercovitch, Webmaster

Mid-America Mensa
www.mamensa.org
Mark Short, Webmaster

Tampa Bay Mensa
www.tampa.us.mensa.org
James Heffernan, Webmaster

Western New York Mensa
www.wny.us.mensa.org
Jaclyn McKewan, Webmaster

OUTSTANDING WEB SITE (LARGE GROUP):

Chicago Area Mensa
www.chicago.us.mensa.org
Ed Poremba, Webmaster

Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa
www.glaam.us.mensa.org
Brian Madsen, Webmaster

Mid-America Mensa
www.mamensa.org
Mark Short, Webmaster

Minnesota Mensa
www.mnmensa.org
Karen Kuntz, Webmaster

Tampa Bay Mensa
www.tampa.us.mensa.org
James Heffernan, Webmaster

OUTSTANDING WEB SITE (MEDIUM GROUP):

Cincinnati Area Mensa
www.cincinnati.us.mensa.org
Catherine Reutter, Webmaster

East Central Ohio Mensa
www.ecom.us.mensa.org
Richard DeMattia, Webmaster

Inland Empire Mensa
www.iemensa.us
Janet Geiger and Sonja Struthers, Webmasters

Memphis Mensa
www.memphis.us.mensa.org
Allecia Powell, Webmaster

Western New York Mensa
www.wny.us.mensa.org
Jaclyn McKewan, Webmaster

OUTSTANDING WEB SITE (SMALL GROUP):

Borderline Mensa
www.borderline.us.mensa.org
Doug Miller, Webmaster

Columbia River Mensa
www.crm.us.mensa.org
Rodney Savard, Webmaster

Iowa-Illinois Mensa
www.iowa-illinois.us.mensa.org
Jorge Buenfil, Webmaster

Northwest Florida Mensa
www.nwflorida.us.mensa.org
Jill Russ, Webmaster

Southern Idaho Mensa
www.swidaho.us.mensa.org
Margit Curtright, Webmaster

CONTRIBUTION NOMINATIONS

POETRY:

“3:15 p.m.”
Karen Kozak
Nebraska-Western Iowa Mensa
(The Brainiac, April 2007)

“And Now”
Edie Schmoll
Inland Empire Mensa
(i.e., April 2007)

“Dream Date”
Bud Urban
Tampa Bay Mensa
(Tampa Bay Sounding, July 2007)

“Home”
Dr. Jean Hodgson
Borderline Mensa
www.borderline.us.mensa.org
(December 2007)

“Love Poem”
Jean Auel
Oregon Mensa
(Omen, July 2007)

HUMOR:

“The Black Nightstick”
Mark G. Simkin
Northern Nevada Mensa
(Neva-Mind, April 2007)

“A Fish Tail”
T.J. Lundeen
Central Oklahoma Mensa
(Mensokie, April 2007)

“God As A Chump”
Frank J. Bruni
Redwood Empire Mensa
(Redwood Mpire News, March 2008)

“Point/Counterpoint”
Doug Miller
Borderline Mensa
www.borderline.us.mensa.org
(December 2007)

“Popcorn, a Movie, and a Little B & E [A True Story]”
Diane Drucker
Inland Empire Mensa
(i.e., October 2007)

“Project Proposal”
Pamela Miller
Greater Phoenix Mensa
(Much Ado About Mensa, January 2008)

FICTION:

“Barfly”
Dennis Tallent
Tucson Mensa
(Tucson Mensun, November 2007)

“Christmas (Somewhere)”
Scott D. Pierce
Mensa 76
(Spirit of 76, November/December 2007)

“The Closet”
Kort E. Patterson
Oregon Mensa
(Omen, October 2007)

“Costa Mesa’s Cosmic Sanitary District”
H. Millard
Orange County Mensa
(The Oracle, December 2007)

“The Prisoner”
E.L. Brooke
Orange County Mensa
(The Oracle, August 2007)

NON-FICTION (MENSA-THEMED):

“AG 2007 Birmingham, Alabama”
S. Martha Montevallo
Borderline Mensa
www.borderline.us.mensa.org
(September 2007)

“GeoSIG Finds Hidden Treasures”
Ujjwal Lahoti
Mensa 76
(Spirit of 76, March 2008)

“Meet a Mensan”
Amy Brennan
Oregon Mensa
(Omen, September 2007)

“Owl Award, 2007”
Ruth Parvin
Oregon Mensa
(Omen, June 2007)

“When Richie Met Simone”
Richard Lederer
San Diego Mensa
(San Diego Mensan, February 2008)

“Remembering Adren”
Joanne Ortman
Central Indiana Mensa
(MIND, March 2008)

NON-FICTION (ESSAY):

“Alger”
Major Wayne Lacey
Orange County Mensa
(The Oracle, January 2008)

“My Broad and Emancipating Path”
Gregory L. Williamson
Oregon Mensa
(Omen, June 2007)

“Not-So-High Over Southeast Fullerton”
Terry Black
Orange County Mensa
(The Oracle, January 2008)

“Outsourcing My Molar”
Bill Eaton
Redwood Empire Mensa
(Redwood Mpire News, October 2007)

“Seventeen Was a Very Good Year”
Hank Stuart
Redwood Empire Mensa
(Redwood Mpire News, November 2007)

PUZZLES AND GAMES:

“Cryptic Crossword”
Fred J. Nitney
Mensa of Western Washington
(ToteMs, January 2008)

“Eyes Pie”
Elaine Brody
Delaware Valley Mensa
(Proteus, October 2007)

“Grim, Brother”
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina
Greater Phoenix Mensa
(Much Ado About Mensa, August 2007)

“To Bee Or Not To Bee”
Elaine Brody
Delaware Valley Mensa
(Proteus, June 2007)

“Trivia Times Twenty”
Tom Brown
Mensa of Western Washington
(ToteMs, December 2007)

ARTWORK:

“Burrowing Owl”
George Rocheleau
Greater Phoenix Mensa
(Much Ado About Mensa, March 2008)

“Jazz Blooms”
Jemarie-Lynn Sahr
Minnesota Mensa
(Mensagenda, December 2007)

“The Little Foxes”
Nancy Flack
Redwood Empire Mensa
(Redwood Mpire News, August 2007)

“Old Lovers”
Nancy Park
Central Oklahoma Mensa
(Mensokie, January 2008)

“Reflection In Dewdrops #3”
Ray Frodey
Western Michigan Mensa
(Nova, April 2007)

CONTINUING ITEM:

“Acute Angles”
David Fidelman
Greater Phoenix Mensa
(Much Ado About Mensa)

“Disc-cussions”
Jay Dunner
Delaware Valley Mensa
(Proteus)

“G2”
Gary Maycroft and S. Gail Skvarenina
Greater Phoenix Mensa
(Much Ado About Mensa)

“On Poetry”
Charlotte Stark
Redwood Empire Mensa
(Redwood Mpire News)

“To Your Health…Naturally”
Deborah Gleason
Delaware Valley Mensa
(Proteus)