1st Place

Nora’s Perfect Day by Meredith Morckel, Uniontown, OH

What Meredith 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

Wouldst Thou Keep Me Secret? by Susan E. Lindsey, Louisville, KY

What Susan 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

Surviving by Mike Homme, Anza, CA

WhatMike 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)

21 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

51 Steps by Bill Fyffe Jr, Austin TX
Jitters and Bliss by Robert R. Gass, West Allis, WI
Riding the Waves by Constance Sammarco, Jarrettsville, MD
Seeing Green by Helen M. Martin, Harwich Port, MA
A Perfect Wedding by Jessica Pruitt, Lebanon, VA
Penmanship by Joshua Smeltzer, Plano, TX
Suited for Marriage by Julie Mark Cohen, Latham, NY
Damselfly on the Wall by Justine Parmelee, Lafayette, CA
In Sickness by Killian McRae, Palo Alto, CA
Secrets in the Sand by Cherie Kail, Dennison, OH
Another Girl, Another Planet by Sue Summers, Detroit, MI
Not Just for the Love of It by Jon Elliott, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Three Gems by Jennifer M. Sirrico, Hatchville, MA
The Mission by Denise Heinze, Durham, NC
Crazy in Love by Renee Holland Davidson, Brea, CA
Healing Undone by Ryan Jamieson, Madison, TN
The Revelation of Tybee by Ken Mosier, Tipp City, OH
Marital Doubts and the Entertainment Culture by Karl Buekers, Aventura, FL
Wedded Bliss? by Kay Norfleet, Lemont, IL
Forever by Ruth Schiffmann, Falmouth, MA
Haunted by Ellen Leader, Country Club Hills, 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

Matt McHugh, Gibsonia, PA
Frederick Doot, Fair Lawn, NJ
Tearra Rhodes, Buffalo, NY
Michael T. Smith, Caldwell, ID
Brian Gilbert, St. Louis, MO

15 – One year subscription to The Write Markets Report

Rachel Phillippo, Attica, IN
Janet Wooldridge, Hayes, VA
Jerry Irelan, Mt. Morris, IL
Katrina Becker, Phoenix, AZ
Jacob Mroczkiewicz, Attica, IN
Kanda Idol, Tuckahoe, NY
Derek Vickrey, Bay Minette, AL
Nelda Holliman, Oklahoma City, OK
Ciara S. Kelley, Madison, AL
Shelly Hallman, Redondo Beach, CA
Courtney Allison, Chicago, IL
Sandra Walker, Deming, WA
Sydney Street , Graytown, OH
Rene Mullen, Albuquerque, NM
Sheila Grieco, Ocean Springs, MS

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

Lily M. Todd, Landers, CA
Cheryll Ganzel, Des Moines, IA
Yelena Kart, Wheeling, IL
Yoichi Suzuki, Yonezawa, Yamagata, Japan
Valerie Lauer, Murfreesboro, TN

7 – Query Letters That Worked

Henry Taylor, Boca Raton, FL
Lauren Clark, Indianapolis, IN
Patrick Reynolds, Binghamton, NY
Lori Kunde, Aurora, CO
Wendi Crane, Milwaukee, WI
Zakia Hadley, Detroit, MI
Michele DelPriore, Kingston, NY

30 – GRAB BAG!

Rickey Pittman, Monroe, LA
Jessica Pruitt, Lebanon, VA
Larry Quillen, Cape Canaveral, FL
Richard McManus, Alhambra, CA
Patricia Kay, Seattle, WA
Isabel Paterson, Olney, MD
Eric E. Wallace, Boise, ID
Bradley A. Phillips, Temecula, CA
Kyoka Akers, Bessemer, AL
Anthony Conner, North Las Vegas, NV
Timothy Brasby, Fort Morgan, CO
Nadia Ibrashi, Troy, MI
Amy Tiday, Colstrip, MT
Robin Boren, Louisville, KY
Janet Slike, Dublin, OH
Robert Burns, Memphis, TN
Farrell McKenna, Binghamton NY
Shirley Dilley, Clearwater, FL
Tracy House, Chandler, AZ
Doris J. Niemann, Dubuque, IA
Dhuha Awad, Twickenham, England, UK
Sheila Bautz, Middle Lake, SK, Canada
Marque Hudspeth, St. Louis, MO
William R.D. Wood, Waynesboro, VA
Carlos Oscar Arellano MÈndez, San Pedro Cholula, Puebla
Brian Bontempo, Potomac, MD
Christopher Staskel, New York, NY
Melanie Young, Blaine, WA
Douglas M. Bacskay, Vanceboro, NC
Ray Kozakewicz, Richmond, VA