The 36th annual Utah Arts Festival has announced awards for artists and authors in a variety of categories. They are listed below:

ARTIST AWARDS

Four artists received Best in Show honors, which means they will be automatically invited to the 2013 Utah Arts Festival and will have their booth fees waived. The winners are:

Selu Alofipo (West Valley City, Utah, 2-D Mixed Media) (Festival Board Members selection). For more information about his work, see here.

Pam and Pete Amputh (Thousand Oaks, California, Jewelry), (Sponsor Jury selection). For more information about their work, see here.

Lucy and Mel Mendez (Prescott Valley, Arizona, Fiber), (Salt Lake Gallery Association selection).

Grayson Malone (Lake Oswego, Oregon, 3-D Mixed Media), (Artist Marketplace Jury selection). For more information about his work, see here.

Four other artists were given Awards of Merit, which means they are automatically invited to the 2013 Utah Arts Festival without having to submit to the jury selection process. They are:

Eric Candee (Salida, Colorado, 3-D Mixed Media), (Sponsor Jury selection). For more information about his work, see here.

Pyper Hugos (Bozeman, Montana, Jewelry), (Festival Board Members selection). For more information about the work, see here.

Brianna Martray (Hannibal, Missouri, Sculpture (Salt Lake Gallery Association selection). For more information about her work, see here.

Carlos Montanaro (Indio, California, Jewelry), (Artist Marketplace Jury selection). For more information about his work, see here.

LITERARY AWARDS

Winners in the Wasatch IronPen and Ultra IronPen competitions with the Salt Lake Community College’s Community Writing Center:

ADULT CATEGORIES

Fiction

1st Place: Heather Nowlin, ‘A Delicate March,’ ?Honorable Mention: Austen Diamond, ‘Half A Thumb and A Thousand Eyes.’

Non-Fiction

1st Place: Kylee Hill, ‘926 XAX,’ Honorable Mention: Jenifer Large Seagrave, ‘Red Rock Safari’

Poetry

1st Place Adult Poetry: Wei Song, ‘The Question,’ Honorable Mention: Jon Sebba, ‘How Mighty Are Thy Works, O Man’

UltraPen Marathon

Ultra Iron Pen — ADULT:

1st place: Donnae Marie Tidwell, ‘Teaching the Truck…’: Honorable Mention: Mahala Kephart ‘Sandstone,’ ‘Standingstone,’ ‘Standsalone’

Ultra Iron Pen — YOUTH:

1st place: Aubrey Nyberg, ‘Imagine,’ ‘Unlikely Friends,’ ‘Utah vs. New York’

YOUTH CATEGORIES

Fiction

1st Place: Elizabeth Slade, ‘Still Standing’: Honorable Mention: Maya Johnson, ‘Something Abnormal’

Nonfiction

1st place: Hannah Grace Pugh, ‘The List of Thing that Are Delicate’

Poetry

1st Place: Zachary Kobrin, ‘Paint Me a Picture’

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