1st Place

Seeking Redemption by Faye E. Arcand

What Faye won:
$300 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the 24HourShortStoryContest.com
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

Life As Seen By Otto by Katharine Craven

What Katharine won:
$250 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the 24HourShortStoryContest.com
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

It Was Supposed To Be Sunny Today by Sarah Jane Shaffer

What Sarah Jane won:
$200 Cash Prize
Publication of winning story on the 24HourShortStoryContest.com
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

21 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

A Helping Hand by Elisabeth Ogrin
New Glasses by Lucinda Gunnin
A Replacement by Arielle Haughee
Deadline by Camaron Voyles
The Holdouts by Christy Adams
Diego’s Son by Garrett Grams
Dog The Street Vendor by Beki Muchow
The Eagle and the Star by Carolyn Mintz
Checkmate by Gehla S. Knight
The Shift by Jackie Cubero
Scobs by Leah Ruth Hart
Unburden by Angie Scarfe
Newcomer by Christina Parisi
Americaland by Jeanne Svensson
So You Wanna Be in Films by Matt Etling
The Hidden Blessing by Pattie Anderson
Hindsight by Samantha G. Writes
Blackout Babble by Sarah MacKenzie
City Beat by Mary Albarello
Headliner by Deb Read
Do You Know the Bunny Hop? by Kim Davis

Honorable Mentions won a one-year subscription to The Write Markets Report AND a free writing-related book of their choice from BookLocker.com


DOOR PRIZES

15  winners of – The Write Markets Report

The Dachshund by Audrey Palzkill
The Cage by Carrie Olsen
Noir by Katie Taylor
So Small by Brian C. Austin
Autumn by Pat Vendra
Puzzle Island by Tyler Omoth
Summer Stake-Out by Hannah Vaughan
The Hot Dog Anarchist by T. Davis Buck
A Badly Planned Bad Plan by Darlene Brant
Procedure by Justin Joseph
Escape Plan by Thomas R. Martinez
God Discovered – And It’s Not What You Think! by Blaine Jarnagin
Ketchup is Overrated, Anyways by Clare Dwyer
Archibald the Schpectacular Schnauz by Roxanne Smethers
Political Heat by Nat Forcier

5 winners of – BOOK PROPOSALS THAT WORKED: Real Book Proposals That Landed $10K-$100K Publishing Contracts

Reunion Plans by Sharon Walbran
The Silver Tongue by David Delmar
Oy With the Poodles Already by Sophia Nielsen
Kate at the World’s Fair by Jolan Marchese
Welcome To Paradise by Kathy R. Jeffords

7 winners of – QUERY LETTERS THAT WORKED! Real Queries That Landed $2K+ Writing Assignments

The Wurst Job by Colleen Aune
Camilla de la Cruz and The Laws of Physics by Alan Hanson
Her Morning Routine by Ekaterina Quinones
What Lurks Between the Trees by Sara Lambert
The Witch of Central Park Ave by Rachel Berardinelli
Vanity Plates by Joyce Walker
Mission Impossible by Kevin McCartney

35 GRAB BAG WINNERS! These folks won a free writing-related book of their choice from BookLocker.com

Sunny Day in Seattle by Jim Driesen
Saving the World by Samantha Milhaven
A Day’s Work by Nelda Holliman-Paden
The Toast by B. Brumley
Past Premonition by Zach Tyo
Peppermint Patty by Charles V. Fletcher
The Bottle by Teagan Kessler
Long Enuff by Dave MacDonald
A Future Changed by Rene Mullen
Pawning Water by Rachel Dib
Insiders by Andrea Colbert
Strength in Numbers by Tim Impila
The Coda by Colleen Karnas Haines
Lunch Break by Jeff Young
The Man from the Photograph by Jennifer Richard
The Wyman Initiative by Michael D Grant
Promesa by Michael Baez
In Other Words by Susie Foote
The Opening Act by Melony Lipsey
Healing Hotdogs by Jill Durbin
Gratuity Not Required by LB Hansen
Inconvenient Gloom by Marianne Dayton
Neosha by Bristol Ozturgut
The Messenger by Heather Tiede
Unexpected by Babette Edwards
Summer in July by Nicole Frisco
Ruths’s Quixotic Ride by Mark Kurasz
Don’t Look Up by Frances Kearfott
Dog on It by Matt McHugh
Dog Show by Helen M. Martin
A High Profession by Bill Fyffe Jr
Maggie by Donna Juhl Magruder
Williams Goes Down by Patricia Crumpler
Abandoned by Susan Grant
Impulsive Decisions Have Consequences by Kitty Loveland