After careful consideration by our judges, we are pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Writing Contests.
Fiction:
“Chocolate Spider Web”— Luke Hawley
“The Pink Pack” — Susan E. Tornga
“Love Letter” — Michael Turner
Honorable Mentions: “Men and Smokes” by Jennifer Annessi and “The Point Of No Return” by Elizabeth Benton
Poetry:
“Midwife Man” — Ellen LaFleche
“Traveling People Part I — Dissociative Blues” — Robert McMullen
“Terminal Opera” — Finley Ballard Evans
Honorable Mentions: “Plastic Woman” by Mindy Gars Dolandis and “Greyhound to Nowhere” by Barb McMakin
Judges:
Fiction contest judge Sophie Childs is a married, full-time mother of four who has been writing for as long as she can remember. She graduated from Oxford in 1995, having studied modern history, and has published various non-fiction articles exploring various aspects of folklore and mythology as well as a book. She still holds out hope that one day she will be a children’s fiction author. She is the owner and founder of Fey Publishing.
Poetry contest judge Amy M. Levy rediscovered writing after believing for nearly twenty years the teacher who said her prose lacked passion and emotion. Now, she can’t seem to stop. She maintains a creative blog at amylevy.com, journals her personal life at several sites, and even allows her work to be published. Amy shares her Northern Virginia home with her husband and their dogs.
