1st Place
A Guest for Dinner by Gail A. Laursen
What Gail 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
— QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments
— BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED! Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K – $100K Publishing Contracts
2nd Place
What Karen 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
— QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments
— BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED! Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K – $100K Publishing Contracts
3rd Place
What Megan 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
— QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments
— BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED! Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K – $100K Publishing Contracts
26 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):
The Soapmaker by Anthony Mercando
For a Song by Beatrice Moon
Winter Testing by Carolyn Roark
Furrows by Caryl Giles
Freedom Road by Cindy Bartolotta
Warning Signs by Jackie Dana
Double Take by Denise Heinze
Quenched by Drema Drudge
Heart and Soul by Margo Lemberger
A Ghost in the Machine by E.S. Gaffney
Final Seconds by Patty Ingram
Perdition Suits Me by Jameson OíNeal
Timponi’s Tree by Jarrett Overgaag
The Last Door by Jim Driesen
Always Close the Door Behind You by Johnny Gunn
Kindred Spirits by Sandra L. Zobel
Moment in Time by Lisa Loucks Christenson
Creek by Lucy A.J. Tew
When I See You Next by Madonna Ball
Hide and Seek by Melissa Austie
Annabelle by Ray Cruz
The Dinner Dance by Sandra Gould Thompson
Autumnís Fall by Sara E.L. Campbell
Inner Passage by Shannon Leah Batton
Letís Play by Shirley Stoddard
Arboreal Magic by Summer Dalgarn
DOOR PRIZES:
15 – TWMR
Farming by Elizabeth Callahan Steiner
Roxy in Wonderland by Audrey Pierce
Pavlov’s Experiment by Sharyn Grose
Women Within by Meghan Golden
Virtually the Most Unreal Reality Literally by Teresa W. MacDonald
Stranger in a Strange Land by Rose Peterson
The Minnow by Tristen Canfield
The Transfer by Heather Tiede
Dog Gone Girl by Deborah Dionne
Corn Maze by Donna Diann Bishop
Justice by Shelly Johnson
Still Water’s Muse by Lisa Redfern
The Tree of Maria de Pizan by Rene Mullen
A Child’s Hope by Shalom Shannon
The Pictures of the Mind by Nelda Holliman
5 – Book Proposals That Worked: Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K-$100K Publishing Contracts
If You Believe by Stephanie DeVries
The Taken Path by Phil Terrana
The Helper by Lynne Williams
Donít Be a Snitch by Ethel Cook-Wilson
Fully Baked by Douglas Schwartz
7 – copies of Query Letters That Worked
A Modest Petition for the Sake of Mrs. Taylor by Blair Ushijima
A Door to the Maze by Carolyn Donnell
An Alarming Discovery by Anne MacLeod
A Gray Tree, and more by Donald Kemp
Lord of the Snags by Donna Harper
Iowa Magic by Andria Goldin
Follow It Home by Robin Orm Hansen
35 – GRAB BAG!
The Maze of Life by Marianne Royston
We’ll Get Together Then by Ellen Leader
Unseasonable by MJ Vieweg
The Race by Sally Balsamo
The Last Camping Trip by Andrea Zollman
Whitherwood by G.J. Hurtubise
A Walk In The Woods by Marie Ginga
A Little Water by Karen Samford
Open Sesame by Linda Lovendahl
Purgatory by Bonnie Johnson
Emerald Eyes by Charles Milam
Autumn’s Reap by Fran Kearfott
Still by Garrett Grams
Wanton by Krystal Shearer
The Devil’s Tree by Andrew Kessler
Orphanage Road by Rickey Pittman
The Lightkeeper by Sarah Koenig
The Button by Sydnie Schoepf
Uncle Jasper’s Farm by Delta Dalgarn
The Patience of Trees by Tyler Omoth
The Memory of Trees by Bill Naze
Dianaís Strife by Ashley Peterson
The Bells by Lindsey Gregory
Grounded by John C. Greene, D.C.
Beginnings by Leslie Wood
Slippers and Biscuits by Jill Yates
Peaceful Crossing by Gwendolyn Morgan
The Asher Tree by Fr. Carl F. Schlichte, O.P.
Bitter Liquorice by Patrick Wager
Remembrance by Cindy Cole
Red by Zach Tyo
Autumn of My Mind by Michele Renee Monique Renaud
The Animators by Laura Widener
Acacia’s Power by Mark R. Luke
The Girl in My Reflection by Alixx Black