Fall, 2009
24-Hour Short Story Contest
Winners!
The Winter 2010 contest still has openings.
Contests always fill up so sign up today!
Entry form is here
1st Place
Vegetable Farm
by Jim Driesen, Maple Valley, WA
What Jim 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
Being Neighborly
by Alvena Stanfield, Dayton, KY
What Alvena 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
Crowning Achievements
by Bronwyn Lane, Winston-Salem, NC
What Bronwyn 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)
28 - Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):
The Harvest by Lucinda Gunnin, Carterville, IL
The Witness by Ginger Marcinkowski, Pella, IA
Knowing Your Neighbor by Eric E. Wallace, Boise, ID
Doing God's Work by Douglas Campbell, Point Marion, PA
Perfection by Gayle Rodcay, Loveland, CO
Glimpses by Joel Drazner, Los Angeles, CA
The Pride of Mr. Smith by Casey Kockler, Camp Hill, PA
Pumpkin Patch Kid by P. Heath, Salem, OR
The Gourd Weevil by Ian Murphy, Simi Valley, CA
Pumpkin Loviní by Lassiter T. Kaenyne, Lugoff, SC
A Fall Ritual by Marcy Shortuse, Englewood, FL
A Blue Ribbon Love by Lisa Haselton, Nashua, NH
My Cissy by Julia Mascardo, Laurel, MD
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater by James E. Morris, Beecher City, IL
The Rest by Breanna L. Sengele, Sunnyvale, CA
The Seeds of Discontent by Nicolas Hoover, New York, NY
Hope by Francisco Davila, Buffalo, NY
Ten-Time Winner by Gale Martin, Lititz, PA
The Harvester by Timothy Miller, Green Bay, WI
The Half-Acre of Orange by Laura Kepner, Safety Harbor, FL
Ten Pounds Short by Rickey E. Pittman, Monroe, LA
The Fruit of His Loins by Amy Farris-Stojsavljevic, Las Vegas, NV
Kept Her Very Well by Elizabeth Jorgensen, Minneapolis, MN
Lost and Found Muse by Kirsten Steen, Eugene, OR
His Winning Pumpkin by Mary Ann Joyce, Clarks Summit, PA
Wasted Seeds by Joyce Handzo, Clifton, NJ
It's What Makes a Man by Shawn Hansen, Placerville, CA
Soul Cakes by Sharon L. Dutton, Brier, WA
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
Carrie Ott, Meadville, PA
Philip Smith, Lutz, FL
Leah Holloway, Chicago, IL
Derek Leverette, Plano, TX
Christine Borne, Cleveland, OH
15 - TWMR
Robert Shannon, Chicago, IL
Renee Chapman, Wichita,Kansas
Myra Robb, Pueblo, CO
Joanne Hirase-Stacey, Malad, ID
Marianne Dayton, Royal Oak, MI
Matthew Hurley, Arlington, MA
Sarah Graumann, Providence, RI
Marji Hayner, Seattle, WA
Sandy Kangas, Menominee, MI
Debra Adkins, Boones Mill, VA
Michael Camp, Plano, TX
Christine Couvillon, Carrollton, GA
Donn Clark, Sonoma, CA
Charrin Howard, Chesterfield, MI
Gayle Williams, Friendship, TN
5 - Book Proposals That Worked: Real Book Proposals That Landed $10-$100K Publishing Contracts
Andrew Dayton, Royal Oak, MI
Allison Hunter-Frederick, Lincoln, NE
Douglas Weiss, Graham, WA
Deb Hogenmiller, Holland, MI
Niklas Akerlund, Saltsjo-Boo, Sweden
7 - Query Letters That Worked
Myra Milgrom, Anaheim, CA
Carla Cloutier, Henderson, TX
Allegra J Lingo, Minneapolis, MN
Arlene Showalter, Kannapolis, NC
Fortuna Salinas, New York, NY
Kalen Grace, Fenton, MO
Tara Leederman, Fullerton, CA
30 - GRAB BAG!
Britni Crankshaw, Hesperia, CA
Lisa A. Wooley, Columbus, OH
Thalia S Zuniga, North Las Vegas, NV
Sarah Miller, Claymont, DE
William Wood, Waynesboro, VA
Jude Maydwell, Lancaster, PA
Margaret Code, Toronto, ON, Canada
Pat Kennelly, Colorado Springs, CO
Duard Mosley, Winfield, IL
Maryanne Gottman, Old Orchard Beach, ME
Kira Allen, Royal Oak, MI
Jennifer DíAmbrosio, Staten Island, NY
Daniel Cozart, Norcross, GA
Dale-Marie Bryan, Farlington, KS
Nina Packebush, Everett, WA
Katherine Glover, Minneapolis, MN
Jennifer Schaefer, Joppa, MD
Ellen Leader, Country Club Hills, IL
Marianne Royston, Virginia Beach, VA
Tracy Minor, Carson, CA
Renee Holland Davidson, Brea, CA
Diana Richomme, San Jose, CA
Stacey Browne, Brooklyn, NY
Michael T. Smith, Caldwell, ID
Tara Farquhar, Concord, CA
Supipi Weerasooriya, Portland, OR
Anne Wells, Eugene, OR
Helen M. Martin, Harwich Port, MA
Lyle D Rosdahl, San Antonio, TX
Lora Roberts, Chesterfield, MO
Winners of grab bag get a single ebook of their choice from our prize list
HERE.
If you are a grab bag winner, please email us at angela@writersweekly.com to let us know which single ebook you would like to receive.
Contest guidelines are HERE.