The 2022 contest IS NOW CLOSED!
as of midnight on 1/31/22.
Thank you to everyone who entered.
Watch this space and www.Pennwriters.org
for results, which will be announced at
Pennwriters' annual conference in May.
BEST OF LUCK TO ALL THE ENTRANTS!
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