2018 Writer’s Conference Contest Winners

Congrats to everyone on their winning submissions to our 2018 Writer’s Conference!  Here is the list of winners, some of which have received contracts for publication!

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Flash Fiction

WINNER: Maeve Maddox, “Priorities”

1^st Runner-Up: Storme Maynard, “Shooter”

2^nd Runner-Up: Nancy Hartney, “One Clean Shot”

Poetry

WINNER: Shari Heinrich, “Forever”

1^st Runner-Up: Karen Jo Bullock, “Sacred Land”

2^nd Runner-Up: Macie Craven-Tims, “When the Words Appear”

Writing for Young Readers

WINNER: Shari Heinrich, “What Eve is This?”

1st Runner-Up: Jeris Hamm, “Sunny’s Dark Day”

2^nd Runner-Up: Doris Degner-Foster, “The Mystery of the Disappearing Horses”

Nonfiction

WINNER: Cameron Herrin, “Federal Overreach”

1^st Runner-Up: Carol Mersch, “Guilty When Black”

2^nd Runner-Up: Christie Lee, “Oh, No, Not at My Age!”

Fiction

WINNER: Paul Wesselhoft, “Sophie”

1^st Runner-Up: Storme Maynard, “The Tattoo Murders”

2^nd Runner-Up: Nancy Hartney, “The Blue Bottle Tree”

Honorable Mention: Rita Ouelliette, “In the Crow’s Nest”

Honorable Mention: Nelda Holliman-Paden, “The First Job”

Honorable Mention: Gloria Baumann, “The Orange Bracelet”

Novels

WINNER: Annabelle (Dando) McCormack, Into the Sullen Dark

1^st Runner-Up: David Knapp, Battleground Paradise

2^nd Runner-Up: Macie Craven-Tims, The Barky Bunch Doggie Day Care

Honorable Mention: Kristy Dewberry, The Chubby Club