This is the annual Summer Reading issue of House Organ, featuring the winners of
the House Organ Writing Contest, as well as some Honorable Mentions. In fact,
there was so much good writing that some Honorable Mentions will be printed in
future issues of House Organ. Too much good writing is a nice problem to have.
The winner of the Poetry category is Jeff High of Cardiothoracic Surgery whose poem “The Alzheimer’s Patient” is a short story in verse about a caregiver, a patient and an old baseball
glove.
The Nonfiction category winner is “Forever Twenty-What?” by Dana C. Smith of the Pharmacy at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital, a laugh-out-loud funny shopping trip with a fashion-conscious
teenager and her bewildered aunt.
The Fiction winner is “Melting,” by Daniel Dorset of the Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology. Even if you’re not a hockey fan, this story of coming to grips with the bumps of life will
ring true.
There were 58 entries in the Writing Contest this year,—again presenting ample evidence that the Medical Center is full of writers
walking around disguised as normal people. Thanks to everybody who entered and,
on behalf of those whose work is published here, thanks for reading.
