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Winter, 2009
24-Hour Short Story Contest
Winners!

The Spring 2009 contest still has openings.
Contests always fill up so sign up today!
Entry form is here

1st Place

Desert Light
by Eric Wallace, Boise, ID

What Eric 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

Same Time Next Year
by Carol Bryant, Forty Fort, PA

What Carol 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

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
by Shelagh McNally, Pincourt, QC, Canada

What Shelagh 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)


26 - Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):

Love has No Objection by Doreen Rosevold, Mayville, ND
Finding Denali by Janet Petrine, Elmhurst, IL
His Way Back Home by Lisa Heidle, Lawrenceville, GA
No She Won't by Lucy Dixon, Gulfport, MS
All the Gold in the Klondike River by Nathan Hall, Phoenixville, PA
The Bridal Party by Gayle Rodcay, Loveland CO
Sanctuary by Amanda Zabski, Claremont NH
Jitters by Paula Treick DeBoard, Modesto, CA
Love Is As Strong As Death by Chris Kitowski, Toronto, ON, Canada
Miss Lillyís Potion by Ruth Guibeau, Kingsport, TN
Puppet Troubles by Eric Magliozzi, Waltham, MA
Times of Our Days by Jelisa Phillippi, Moorhead, MN
Forbidden Love, Julie Bogue, Etta, MS
Three Riddles by Lisa M. Maloney, Anchorage, AK
The Bouquet by Maxine Taylor
A Different Kind of Pain by Nancy Deutsch, Canton, MI
Day of Rebirth by Nancy Parsons, Odenton, MD
Faithfully by Nikki Elbertson, New Haven, CT
Spicy Revenge by Rachel Jeppsen Lewis, Provo, UT
Poppies by Rene Grenard, Gerber, CA
The Show Must Go On! by Susan Henninger, Trumansburg, NY
Forever Hold Your Peace by Teri Saylor, Raleigh, NC
Something To Live For by Terri Blazell, Olympia, WA
Shotgun Wedding by Steven Thor Gunnin, Carbondale, IL
The Basilisk on Retreat by Thorin N. Tatge, Minneapolis, MN
A New Pet by Travis Loveday, Ardmore, OK

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

Tony Hayward, Milwaukee, WI
Brittany Schrecengost, Oviedo, Fl
Gail Pendleton, Montague, NJ
Jean Kinsey, Brooks, KY
Jane McNeely, Dover, MA

15 - TWMR

John Mullins, Los Angeles, CA
Penny Bartels, Bend, OR
Rissa Watkins, Peoria, AZ
Robert E. Rosenbrook III, Jackson, MI
Ruth Schiffmann, Falmouth, MA
Cyrene Holder, Diamond Vale, Diego Martin, Trinidad & Tobago
Ken Burton, Ogden, UT
Lisa Gayle Leary, Biddeford, ME
Lucinda Gunnin, Carbondale, IL
Maureen Lee, New Brighton, PA
Monteen Elliott, Jonesboro, GA
Pete Van Vleet, Washington DC
Kim Proulx, Raleigh, NC
LuAnne Gardner, Horseheads, NY
Joseph D. McLaughlin, Dover, OH

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

Brandi Unruh, Pittsburg, KS
Carol Roe, Santa Cruz, CA
Nancy Gibson, Pearcy, AR
Scott Gordon, Ashburn, VA
Shari Missman Miller, Evanston, IL

7 - Query Letters That Worked


Michael S. Wilson, Des Moines, IA
Mark Viola, Perry, FL
Stephanie Wiggins, Brandon, FL
Ted Peterson, Los Osos, CA
Robert Antonio Vicens, Miami, FL
Mark Bell, Bloomfield, NJ
Matthew Eckel, Los Angeles, CA

30 - GRAB BAG!

Irv Pliskin, Cherry Hill, NJ
Katharine Swan Leppert, Englewood, CO
Megan Fraedrich, Springfield, VA
Molly V. Strzelecki, Washington, DC
Scott Boeneman, Lake Orion, MI
Tracy MacNaughton, Frisco, TX
Patty Liverance, Grand Rapids, MI
Marsha L. Browne, Winchester, MA
Raychel Lendis, Las Vegas, NV
Patricia W. Arthur, Saginaw, MI
Michael Kaitschuck, Augusta, GA
Karensa Thompson, Richmond, VA
Julie Mark Cohen, Latham, NY
Ginny Christensen, Fresno, CA
Mandy Harris, Jenison, MI
Samantha Cameron, Ashton, MD
Victoria Bugdal, Cambridge, ON, Canada
William Wood, Waynesboro, VA
Bonnie Furlong, Strasburg, VA
Ashley Rieser, Lower Burrell, PA
David Prichard, San Francisco, CA
Debra Herschman, Oak Park, CA
Carol Howe, Havertown, PA
Gina Padilla, Waterford, MI
Holly Boyer, Reston, VA
Daniel Bousho, Troy, MI
Harriett Fjaagesund, Port Clements, BC, Canada
Judy Nickles, Hot Springs Village, AR
Frenika Johnson, Gramercy, LA
Deandra Brooks, Washington, DC

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.

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