1st Place

Beast by Deb Read

What Deb won:
$300 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website
1 – Freelance Income Kit Includes:
— 1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
— How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
— How to Publish a Profitable Emag
— How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes the book; database of 6000+ newspapers; and database of 100+ syndicates)

2nd Place

The Crossing by Marianne Dayton

What Marianne won:
$250 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website
1 – Freelance Income Kit Includes:
— 1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
— How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
— How to Publish a Profitable Emag
— How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes the book; database of 6000+ newspapers; and database of 100+ syndicates)

3rd Place

One Potato, Two Potato by Ari Lukas

What Ari won:
$200 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the WritersWeekly.com website
1 – Freelance Income Kit Includes:
— 1-year subscription to the Write Markets Report
— How to Write, Publish and $ell Ebooks
— How to Publish a Profitable Emag
— How to Be a Syndicated Newspaper Columnist Special (includes the book; database of 6000+ newspapers; and database of 100+ syndicates)

23 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

Stop. Rewind. Play. by Amber Ford, Jeffersonville, IN
An Apple a Day by Andrea Kirchman, Mazomanie, WI
Bait and Switch by Denise Heinze, Durham, NC
The Wedding in Aigleville by Donna Diann Bishop, Hartselle, Al
The Good Fight by Elizabeth Cramer, Yorba Linda CA
In Quest of the Costly Fruit by Robert R. Gass, West Allis WI
The Fall by Grace N. Campbell Black, South San Francisco, CA
The Beginning by Helen Jones, Port Orchard, WA
Donít Tread On Me by Helen M. Martin, Harwich Port, MA
The Orchard by Leslie Morrow, Sioux Falls, SD
The Trip by Mary Albarello, Williamsburg, OH
Night Life by Marnie Lewis, Burnaby, BC, Canada
The Pie was Done by Michael T. Smith, Caldwell, ID
Symmetry by Milana Sarenac, Rockingham, WA, Australia
A Lovely Autumn Evening by Paige Leary, Sarasota, FL
The Kendall Hotel by Faith Louise Canright, Portland, OR
Clyde and Bond by Terrie Wofford, Talking Rock, GA
Deceit by Tracy Minor, Carson, CA
I Wish by Diane Marie, Marmora, NJ
Enough with the Peasantries by David Berman, San Diego, CA
An Apple in the Hand is Worth Quite a Bit by Danielle Grandi, Richardsville, VA
Don’t Forget One by Elysia Walton, Bangor, ME
The Bell-Ringer by Faith Victoria Beuligmann, Round Lake, IL

Honorable mention winners receive a one-year subscription to The Write Markets Report and a single e-book of their choice from this prize page.

If you are an honorable mention winner, please email angela (at) writersweekly.com to let us know which ebook you would like to receive.

DOOR PRIZES!

5 – Freelance Income Kit

Lisa Stanley, Orange City, FL
Joyce Walker, Upatoi, GA
Michael Hunter, Killeen, TX
Lorena MartÌnez Lombard, Monterrey, N.L., MÈxico
Marcia A. Sherman, Sewell, NJ

15 – One year subscription to The Write Markets Report

Marianne Ide by Northridge, CA
Caryn Anderson, Stroudsburg, PA
Sara Jacobelli, Arabi, LA
Stacy L. Thowe, Topeka, KS
Douglas M Hoy, Panama, City, FL
Michelle Ochsner, Boise, ID
Phil Terrana, Virginia Beach, VA
Daphne Ekofo, Albuquerque, NM
Susannah Carlson, Sunnyvale, CA
Ann M. Pino, Houston, TX
Meghan Kirsic, Atlanta, GA
Janna Kaye, San Francisco, CA
Lisette Lombard, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico
Lexi Lamb, Charlotte, NC
Elsie M. Austin, Columbus, GA

5 – Book Proposals That Worked: Real Book Proposals That Landed $10-$100K Publishing Contracts

Cecile Hulshof, Highlands Ranch, CO
Laura Rodley, Shelburne Falls, MA
Chris Hall, Scottsdale, AZ
Andrew MacRae, Fremont, CA
Rita L. Smith, South Zanesville, OH

7 – Query Letters That Worked

Annette Nichols, Muncie, IN
Jennifer Hansen, Turnersville, NJ
Timothy Hicks, Owensboro, KY
Eileen McIntyre, Magalia, CA
Brenda Tadych, Middletown, PA
Jennifer Ohnstad, North Richland Hills, TX
Rebecca Nelles, Weirton, WV

30 – GRAB BAG!

Rickey Pittman, Monroe, LA
Rylie Day, Rochester, NY
Joyce Handzo, Clifton, NJ
Carol Tillyer, Doncaster, East Vic, Australia
Michael Ray King, Palm Coast, FL
Cindy Bartolotta, Monongahela, PA
D.M. Simonds, Lakewood, NM
Karen Samford, Frisco, TX
Paula Berndt, Minnetonka, MN
Alicia Ballor, Altus, OK

Andrea Kirchman, Mazomanie, WI
Diana Barnum, Hilliard, OH
Rebecca Campobasso, Yucca Valley, CA
Thomas R. Martinez, Denver, CO
Sarah Moore, Saint Clair, MO
Arlene Showalter, Guyton, GA
Jimbo Attikus, Charles Town, WV
Joshua Sabatini, San Francisco, CA
Steve Raap, Nekoosa, WI
Mary Girsch-Bock, Rio Rancho, NM

Norm Burke-Yale, Independence, MO
Constance Sammarco, Jarrettsville, MD
Melissa J. Dallago, Safety Harbor, FL
Carrie Wible, Wadsworth, OH
Bill Naze, Hudson, MA
Robin Park, Mission Viejo, CA
Rachel Bass, Austin, TX
Kathie Bakken, Glendale Heights, IL
Gerda Szabo, Hegyalja ut, Turkey
Brett Jackson, San Francisco, CA