1998 Mount Rushmore International Writing Contest Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln: Presidents with Visions for America If they could speak today, what might they say?

First Place Winners
Adult Poetry: Ellen Jackson, Santa Barbara, CA
Adult Prose: John Edward Hempe, Rapid City, SD
Adult Prose/All 4: Charlotte Rostad, Rapid City, SD
Teenagers: Austin O'Malley, St. Paul, MN
Children: Sorrel McKay, Wall, SD

Second Place Winners
Adult Poetry/All 4: Arthur L. Oakes, Hermosa, SD
Adult Poetry: Jill A. Martin, Bowler, WI
Adult Prose: Virginia Lautenschlager, Hot Springs, SD
Teenagers: Amber Lee Stewart, Madison, SD
Children: Amanda Johnson, Rapid City, SD

Third Place Winners
Adult Poetry: Mandy King, Ventura, CA
All Four: Sabina Wells, Box Elder, SD
Adult Poetry: Tom Roberts, Sioux Falls, SD
Adult Prose - College: Stuart Whitman, Australia
Adult Prose: Kim Burkhardt, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Adult Prose: Cody Thomas, Rapid City, SD

Additional Winners
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