1st Place “Chickasaw” Thea Hopkins Somerville, MA She was reckless as the summer sun Full of heat, her hair undone She had a ticket and she had a gun Going down to Chickasaw The day was hot as a skillet fire Winds pulling the trees and wires She was shaking with one desire Going down [...]

1st Place “Chickasaw” Written by Thea Hopkins What inspired you to write “Chickasaw?” Well, I had gone to an Artie Traum workshop at a music store called The Guitar Emporium, in Lexington, Massachusetts. It’s written in DADGAD tuning and I had never used that one before. I went there and I was really inspired by [...]