Winter 2026 Winners – WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest

* Natalie by Levi Tini
* Survival and Djinn by Bill Wilwers
* Survival and Djinn by
* One Good Turn by Nathan Mair
* Betrayed by Ashleigh Johnson
* Birth of the King Slayer by Bailey Walker
* Phibby of Ohio by Deborah Boller
* Pining for Home by William Hogan
* The Breach by Mark Visconi
* Red Sky by Joseph Kaul
* For Her by J. Scott Price
* A Quick Study by J. David Thayer
* A Call to Resilience by Rebecca Campobasso
* Widower by Hunter Sargent
* Grandmama and Her Faithless Feline by Kim L. Bruce

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly and Me by Anne Wilkins
Shimmering Before Dawn by Ronda Del Boccio
Earth Destiny by Robert Miller
Faith and Fate by Courtney Redfern
The Retrieval by Charlie Holmes
Men With Wings by Cindy Bartolotta
I Don’t Care For You by Dan Hardy
Where Do You Want to Be? by Varinia W. Kirk
Dee-Dee’s Click by Harald Tomesch
An Old Tree Has Fallen in the Woods by Todd Parisi
Triptych by Timothy Impila
Ice Escapades by Susie Foote
A Journey of Trust by S.D. Hardin
The Widow’s Retreat by Stephanie Morrison
Setting the Record Straight by Sandy Kangas
Charodeyka by Kirk Jones
“Just Right” – Recounting of Fairy Tale, 1852 by Julie Mark Cohen
Kidnapped or Rescued? by Ruth Hochstetler
Treasure Mountain by Richard O’Quinn
Everyone Else Was Normal by Jessica Martel
Spirit of a Wolf by Eliza Haines
Wraith’s Rest by Martina Kranz
Once a Browning by Heather Vogler
Dangerous Joints by Matt McHugh
Repeat Collateral by Katherine Kingman
Our Frozen World by Eric Perry
Unscripted by Shirley Chan
The Most Precious Stone by Patrick Rushbrook
A Noble Quest by Kathy Lynne Marshall
The Ice Cold Victor by Juliann Wetz
‘Tis the Season by Nelda Holliman-Paden
A Home for Mable by Sharon Dennis
Little Reminders by Adrienne Hertler
Just Another Day by Cristina Cabrera
Just Couldn’t Commit by Thea Whitehead
Subterfuge in the Snow by Aspen Hite
The Kindling Girl by Bailey M. Hahn
Bad Penny by Betty Dobson
Four Score by William Shaul
Listen to the Ice by Cheri Lane Avery Black
Damaged, Not Done by Christine Petrell Kallevig
The Curse of Belief by David Roberts
The Winter Guardians by Deborah L. Conyers
Lake or Pond? Depends on Who You Ask… by Deborah Lee Hall
Hide-and-Seek in the Winter Snow by Donna Deines
Fear in the Absence of an Object by John T. Haberkorn
The Unopened Envelope by ictory R. Gentry
Life Must Go On by Vera Hogan
A Hiker’s Misstep by Tim Broyles
The Stars Are My Destination by Taylor Sapp
To Love and to Cherish by Susan Fabio
The Jungle by ason Burke
143 by Priscilla Gurule
Magic by John Panepinto
Skating on Thin Ice by Rickey Pittman
Eenie Meenie Miney Mo by L. A. Waves
The Phantom of Pine Creek by Rob Dengate
Love, And A Promise by Jimmy Daleson
Sally’s Great Leap by Roger Neff
Where Not to Fall by Jessica Russo
The Carver of Frozen Moments by Nilda Mijares
A Darker Place by Paul F McQuillan
Frostbani by Lisa Loucks-Christenson
Blizzard by Helen Putre
Mary by Enrique de San Agustin
Somewhere in Wyoming by Frank Roe
Done Being Alone by Rebecca Lynn
The House in the Clearing by Shelley Jaye Hunt
Frostbitten Smitten by Lauryne Wright
Frances by Shirley B Novack
The Winter We Left Behind by Josephine Strand
3 Words by Perry Johnson
January by Jamila Talbot
Give Us a Year, Earn Big Money by Sharon Gerger
Odysseys by Jennifer Binstock
The Wisdom of the Fox by Laura Rolen
Gaia’s Lock by Peyton Lipsey
Melody by GR Jerry
Skaters and Dreams by Kathy Kern
Gone by Margaret Ruttan
The Special Evening by Deborah L Beauchamp
J Family Tragedy by Miranda Rizzo
The Three Who Wait by Mary E. Inman
Good Advice Is Hard to Come By by Madonna Ball
The Fourth Hook by Kimberly Gasuras