1st Place

The Harvest by Linda Walker, Cypress, TX

What Linda 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

Make ‘Em Feel Welcome by Zoe Peters, Juneau, AK

What Zoe 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

Hooker in a Casket by Debra Anastasia, California, MD

What Debra 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)

22 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

Mr Ice Cream Man by Dhuha Awad, Twickenham, England, UK
The Decision by Eileen Magill, Santa Clara CA
Chances Come and Gone by Paul Valentine, Bentonville, AR
Maurice by Jack Mason, Binghamton, NY
Judy-Jude, Your Life is Calling” by Tyrone M. Eddins, Jr., Waldorf, MD
Tomorrow by Gail Parker, Timonium, MD
Blind Revenge by Janine Weathers, North Ogden, UT
The Peach Basket by Scott Robinson, New Albany, IN
The Last Few Grapes by Juliann Wetz, Hamilton, OH
The Invitation by Ken Burton, Ogden, UT
A Better Fate by Mary Cassidy, Danville, VT
Greatest Favors by Jamie Ferris, Eddington, ME
Notches by Dina A. Leacock, Medford, NJ
The Consequence by Meredith Morckel, Canton, OH
Insight by Hollie Davidson, Farmerville, LA
Shadows by Patricia Kline, North Brookfield, MA
Eighteen Million Reasons I Love You by Sam Conley, Beaverton, OR
Journeys and Markers by Pamela Thomas, Dallas, TX
The Gift by Terrie Hofmann, Akron, OH
Twenty Good Years by Edward Carney, Buffalo, NY
Second Chances by Carrie Rogozinski, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
The Apple That Was Blue by Mica S. Kole, Lansing, MI
Ruby by Meg Donahue, Brattleboro, VT

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

Leah Covington, Pelham, AL
Cleopatra Comnenos, Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Jerry Irelan, Mt. Morris, IL
Deborah Hogenmiller, Holland, MI
Suzanne Costigan , Winnipeg, MB, Canada

15 – One year subscription to The Write Markets Report

Michael Ray King, Palm Coast, FL
Kaitlyn Fabry, Vail, AZ
Samantha Burdge, East Waterford, PA
Bo Kearns, St. Helena, CA
Kathleen Hanson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Ruth Schiffmann, Falmouth, MA
Roger Latham, Fort Worth, TX
Margi Washburn, Kewanee, IL
Nadia Reimer, Ritzville, WA
Catt Foy, Davenport, IA
Cheryll Ganzel, Des Moines, IA
Donna OShaughnessy, Chatsworth, IL
Ted Doolittle, Houston, TX
Davina van Buren, Golden, CO
Marcia A. Sherman, Sewell, NJ

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

Rodrigo Martin Imposti, Lavalle, Buenos Aires, Argentina
James A. Southern, Shepherdsville, KY
Julie Mark Cohen, Latham, NY
Willis Abshire, Ragley, LA
Alexandra Burton, Ogden, UT

7 – Query Letters That Worked

Karen S. Morris, Wylie TX
Veronique Potvin, Rockland, ON, Canada
Darlene Verenski, Lake Villa, IL
Patricia Ventresca, Venice, FL
Denise Heinze, Durham, NC
Robin Boren, Louisville, KY
Annie Daylon, Chilliwack, BC, Canada

30 – GRAB BAG!

Cherie L. Kail, Dennison, OH
Kathie P. Mautner, Washington, DC
Cynthia Rudh, Riverside, CA
Alana Donherr, Bangor,PA
Paul Nichols, Muncie, IN
MaryAlice Meli, Allison Park, PA
Roel Garcia, Holland, MI
David Bongiorno, Danbury, CT
Elizabeth Rausch, West Valley City, UT
Michelle Graham, Arvada, CO
Megan Buchanan, Albuquerque, NM
Deryn Pittar, Papamoa, New Zealand
Wendy Christopher, Baldwinsville, NY
Jennifer Sirrico, East Falmouth, MA
Nancy Maleki, Canton, MI
Miranda Altman, Maywood, NJ
Tony DiGerolamo, St. Louis, MO
Dolabriel Curry-Hurst, LaGrange, GA
Rayne Hall, St. Leonards, UK
Joseph McLaughlin, Dover, OH
Matt McHugh, Gibsonia, PA
Brian Marshall Gilbert, St. Louis, MO
Cindy Bartolotta, Monongahela, PA
Karen Burhans, Winnetka, IL
Alexis Reeder, Columbia, VA
Linda Germain, Johnson City, TN
Melanie Young, Blaine, WA
Ellen Leader, Country Club Hills, IL
Abigail McGowan Veazie, New York, NY
Jaclyn Petermann, Mendham, NJ