1st Place

Lindsey’s Arctic Spring by Abe Ott

What Abe 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

The Hunted by Gregg Herning

What Gregg 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

Strange Fish by Ben Taylor

WhatBen 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)

20 – Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

Heart of Ice by Carol Tillyer, Doncaster, East Vic, Australia
A Cold Day in Hell by Jeffery Cohen, Sewaren, NJ
Survival: A Long Shot by Krisan Murphy, Newport, NC
Hunted by Tavia GrabasWest Kelowna, BC, Canada
Absolution by Helen M. Martin, Harwich Port, MA
The Best Accident by Jennifer Hare, Eugene, OR
The Choice by Julie Andersen, Newmarket, ON, Canada
Thin Ice by Will Dallas, Myrtle Beach, SC
Searching for Benny by R. Blackerby Wilson, Greensboro, NC
On a Wing and a Prayer by Michelle Preen, Kommetjie, Cape Town, South Africa
The Journey of Talvi Nainen by B. Lynch Black, The Bronx, NY
Hydriotaphia in Antarctica by Brian Patrick Eha, New York, NY
The Tower by Brian Vermeulen, Hoboken, NJ
The Hunted by Frances J. Filson-Thomas, Loudon, TN
Obituary for the Living by Richard Hammond, Doraville, GA
Second Opinion by Phil Terrana, Virginia Beach, VA
Making Moments with Monroe by Russell D. Smith, Bloomington, IN
The Fish Eaters by Elizabeth Holsinger, Centralia, WA
Arctic Angel by Gail A. Laursen, Cache Creek, BC, Canada
Partner by Teresa Lynn, Vicksburg, MS

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

Kamala Platt, San Antonio, TX
Rebekah Rossberg, Veneta OR
Nelda Holliman-Paden, Oklahoma City, OK
Letitia E. Fallon, Clearwater, FL
Patty Langer, Wexford, PA

15 – One year subscription to The Write Markets Report

Robert Burns, Memphis, TN
Adam Law, Liberty Hill, TX
Paige Nachreiner, Lake Mills, WI
Edward Varga, Richmond, IL
Emily Bruce, Edmond, OK
Karen Zaun Kennedy, East Burke, VT
Brenda Granger, Walnut Creek, CA
Matt McHugh, Gibsonia, PA
Kim Marie Jakway, Syracuse, NY
Martha Ann Murphy, Alpharetta, GA
Stacey Browne, Brooklyn, NY
Catherine Miller, Sparrow Bush, NY
Cindy Bartolotta, Monongahela, PA
Steve Vermeulen, Budd Lake, NJ
Cornelia Hutson, Bielefeld, Germany

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

Rachel Osolen, Halifax, NS, Canada
Ebony Robinson, Grand Prairie, Texas
Gordon Mutch, Surbiton, United Kingdom
Jason Dilts, Wichita, KS
Dipthi Venkatesh, Arlington, MA

7 – Query Letters That Worked

Brendan Bruce, Edmond, OK
J.E. Saint Cyr, Deming, NM
Cameron King, Orangeburg, SC
Wendy McNew, Chicago, IL
Dina A. Leacock, Medford, NJ
Callie Campbell, Salt Lake City, UT
Ruthie Sparks, Boise, ID

30 – GRAB BAG!

Georgiana S. Nelsen, Houston, TX
Roger Latham, Fort Worth, TX
Shannon Pelletier Swanson, Apopka, FL
Chad Dean, Humble, TX
Sandra Hume, Fort Collins, CO
Michael T. Smith, Caldwell, ID
Chanse Arnett, Lexington, SC
Conrad Fackler, Bryan, TX
Kathie Bakken, Glendale Heights IL
Mary E. Inman, Crest Hill, IL
CJ Kiley, Roslindale, MA
Lisette Alonso, Hialeah, FL
Sonia Bruce, Drayton, ON, Canada
Robin Kurzer, Madison, WI
James van Horn, Hazel Park, MI
Carmen Micsa, Carmichael, CA
Jennifer Sirrico, East Falmouth, MA
Karla Joost Reed, Carson City, NV
Susie Foote, Wyomissing, PA
Lisa (Jackson) Haselton, Goffstown, NH
Patricia Meisoll, Elmont, NY
Annie Daylon, Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Carrie Rogozinski, Coquitlam, BC, Canada
Loretta Haythorn, New York, NY
Ashley Rieser, Lower Burrell, PA
Svenja Gosen, Co. Wexford, Ireland
Sharyn Grose, Sherman Oaks, CA
Brandon Calvet, Miami, FL
Mauricia Walker, Saint Marys, GA
Gregory Hayes, Hingham, MA