Summer 2025 Winners – WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest

* Amethyst at Twilight by Laura Rolen
* History Propelled by Julie Mark Cohen
* People Always Look for Each Other by Chris Doty-Dunn
* A Life Well Lived by Aspen Hite
* Galactic Genie by Cheri Avery Black
* Say Anything to Escape by J. David Joyce
* Shadowed Forever by Peter Naughton
* Reflections by Alan Brayne
* Retreat by W. Jade Young

A Lousy Hike by Katherine Kingman
The Field Trip by Judith Eassa
Reflections by Exeter Stevens
Miracle in the Woods by Patty Callahan
Past the Best By Date by Frank Roe
An Unexpected Rift by Gail A. Laursen
Secrets Beyond the Waterfall by Gayle Rodcay
Only the Trees Witnessed by Michael Lamkin
The Discovery by Melody Gau
Mystery in Pink by Marianna Busching
Trail to Some…Where by Elizabeth Baizel
Into the Unknown by Linda Fine Hunt
Nepethes by Liam MacDonald
Just Resting by Lauryne Wright
Wild Symphony by Jenise Nicholson
Animals in the Clouds by Jami Reeves Sealey
Cheeseburger by Jean Krasnansky Thompson
A Work of Art by Jenna Brooke Carlson
The Toad Less Traveled by Jessica Martel
Bucket List by Jim Driesen
The Last Laugh by Joanne Hirase-Stacey
The Rose Garden by John Lally
Guided Goat Tour by Laura Rodley
Who Needs Wings? by Laura Moehrle
Agalooshi Giants by Lisa Loucks-Christenson
The Clear Club by Kerrie Leinmiller-Renick
Funnel Cakes by Kathleen Hopper
Signal Loss by Bill Wilwers
Stay on the Path by Joyce Walker
Why I Don’t Camp Anymore by Joe Ryan
Windblown in Livorno by Josephine Strand
Fairy Tale Ending by Jaimie Anderson
Afterwards by Trudy Jas
Nested Secrets by Harald Tomesch
Spirit Guide by Todd Parisi
The Hike That Changed Everything by Tamara Bell
The Grinning Banshee by Deidra Whitt Lovegren
Helen’s Path by Kay Norfleet
Forever Fab with Hot Flashes & Holy Water by Sophia Louisa Lee
Respect or Sheep by Ashley Dykstra
Follow the Light by Bridget Boehm
No Moon Tonight by Steve Denmark
Who Put the Bomp in Wallops by Sean Meagher
Lift Me From the Mud by Roxanne Goldberg
Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires by Roxanna Benson
Fatima by Rachael Tomasic
Undefeated by Bronwyn Lane
Memory and Possibility by Carol Kagan
For All Eternity by Diane L Pierce
Marcie’s Secret by Dan Hardy, P.E., PTP
The Forest by D.R. Gerstein
Almost Without Incident by Philip Foy
Fall on Mount Hollywood by Patrice Clarke
The Boundary by J. David Thayer
Twilight’s Daughter by Nick Zverloff
The Triangle by GR Jerry
Organized Chaos by Miranda Rizzo
That Damned Spot by Derek Reinhard
Double Take by Don Bremner
Woman, Imagined by Edith Knehans
And Then There Was One by Eric E. Wallace
Sawbuck by Erin Eby
Mission Marla by Matthew J. McElhaney
Caught in a Dream by Liz Star
The Lost Granddaughter of Polly Parker by Eileen Douglas
What Happens After Dark by Jamie Simpher
Seven by Alexander Abernethy
The Best Version of Me by Anne Wilkins
Wilder Sucre by William Hogan
Love Isn’t a Ghost by Victoria Muggridge
Desert Tail by Vera Hogan
Fairy Kin by Vivienne Cateris
Dog Days of Summer by Timothy Impila
Hawaiian Paradise Turned Hell by Tara Ursulescu
Right is Always Might by Shirley Novack
Kaeru by Elise Betz
Aunt Helen by Ashleigh Byrer
A Little Test by Susan Fabio
Seems Like Old Times by Steve Warren
Song of the Sirens by Sheila Renfro
A Trip to Nowhere by Phil Webb
Mrs. Webster’s Nature Hike by Roger Neff
Drums in the Rio Grande Valley by Rickey Pittman
The Extremely Rare Orange Hibbards by Ramona Scarborough
Lover’s Lake by Carley Bishop
Chasing Rumors by Cindy Bartolotta
A Forbidden Hope by David Roberts
Haru by Deborah Boller
The “X” Files by Deborah Lee Hall
What Madness by Deborah M. Maxey
Curiosity by Pamela McVeagh-Lally
Don’t Dance in the Fire or the Fairy Ring by Nicholle Ventura
Geocaching by Patricia G. Kay
Saturday Night by Maya Mason
Mountain Memories by Giji Mischel Dennard
The Challenge by Catherine Davys
What a Trooper by Ellen Leader
Accidents Happen by Gerald Stickles
Trickery by Mary Jane McGarvey
Another Fun Weekend by Irene A. Marchenay