Summer, 2008
24-Hour Short Story Contest
Winners!
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Contests always fill up so sign up today!
Entry form is here
1st Place
Apology
by R. Scott Shanks, Jr., Hillsboro, OR
What Scott 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 Owner, the Girl and the Truck
by Jack Mason, Binghamton, NY
What Jack 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
This Round's on Me
by Carol Scarr, Cincinnati, OH
What Carol 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)
22 - Honorable Mentions (In no particular order):
The Tiger's Tale by Christine Hurst, Paris, ON, Canada
The Unbreakable Donny Brick: Issue Number 43 by David Carl, New York, NY
Soul Mate Beads by Sandra Kenny, Orlando, FL
Hattie Donnelly's Favorite Doll by Shawn Patrick Cooke, Bohemia, NY
Mr. Chappee by Sherry Fuqua-Gilson, South Pasadena, CA
Anna by Andre Cormier, Canaan, ME
You Get What You Need by Becky Kelley, Shepherdsville, KY
A Playful Shade of Violet by Chelsie West, Pueblo, CO
The Box by Craig Grossman, Johnstown, PA
Toys by David Hsieh, Foster City, CA
A Spy Called Jenkins by Daniel VanderMolen, Caledonia MI
Photo Finish by Diedre Lemp, Bend, OR
Roses and Ivy by Dina A. Leacock, Medford NJ
A Heart Worth Hearing by Heidi J. Moore, MD, Plattsburgh, NY
Of Fires, Smoke and Mirrors by Roger D. Paris, Park Forest, IL
The Playground of the Gnostics by Brad Bielawski, San Diego, CA
Shadows by Susan McCabe, Laramie, WY
Tinker's Toys by Sue Saunders, Sagle, ID
Following Dreams by Jeanne Svensson, Granna, Sweden
Letting Go by Jill Lufrano, Carson City, NV
One of a Kind by Julius Jacobson, Miami, FL
The Collectible by Kaye Sebastian, Philadelphia, PA
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
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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.