The 2022 contest IS NOW CLOSED!
as of midnight on 1/31/22.
The 2023 contest will run from 1/1/23 to 1/31/23.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE ENTRANTS!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2022 WINNERS!
Nonfiction Winners
First Place: Randall Duckett for “Only Now Can I Dream Again”
Second Place: Maria Hillegas for “Life Interrupted”
Third Place: Anne Moul for “Zombie on the River”
Novel Beginning Winners
First Place: Jason Liller for The Mysteries of Isis
Second Place: Stephanie Claypool for A Quilted Life
Third Place: Cathy H. Seckman for Minstrel Boy
Short Story Winners
First Place: Ned Balzer for “The Oblivion Seed”
Second Place: Charles C. Jones for “December Twelfth”
Third Place: Janet Cincotta for “Cabin Fever”
Poetry was canceled but will return in 2023.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2021 WINNERS!
Nonfiction Winners
First Place: "Good Night Flo McCluskey" by Beth Schmidt
Second Place: "NASA is Intrigued by this Flying Go Kart so Who is Hiding It?" By Joel Custer
Third Place: "A Compendium of American Ghosts" by Elizabeth Tussey
Novel Beginning Winners
First Place: Place of Shadows by Naima Havilland
Second Place: The Nightmare Hitman by Patricia Jackson
Third Place: My Brothers Bucket List by Amanda Swartfager
Poetry Winners
First Place: "Love's Remains" by Deborah Catanese
Second Place: "Sunday Morning" by Beth Schmidt
Third Place: "Pulse" by Carla Wilson
Short Story Winners
First Place: "Elotl-247" by Michael Mann
Second Place: "Clean Out" by David MacPherson
Third Place: "Cherished" by Emily Way
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2020 WINNERS!
Nonfiction Winners
First Place: "Between Rocks and a Hard Place" by Laura Savino
Second Place: "Words in the Kitchen" by Hana Haatainen-Caye
Third Place: "The Bell" by Maggie DeMaso
Novel Beginning Winners
First Place: The Healer of Geistville by Michele Malinchak
Second Place: Strange Fire by Joel Burcat
Third Place: Stolen Ember by Johanna Greenlaw
Poetry Winners
First Place: "Mademoiselle Boissire Knitting" by Elizabeth Bodien
Second Place: "Laugh Lines" by Susan Manchin
Third Place: "No, My Friend, It Is Not" by Amanda Span
Short Story Winners
First Place: "Turn, Turn" by Lynda Gene Rymond
Second Place: "Resting Place" by Gretchen Lockwood
Third Place: (tie): "The Keeper of Secrets" by Paul Teese & "Choices" by David MacPherson
If there are any problems, please contact the Writing Contest Coordinator here:
Email- WritingContestCoordinator@gmail.com