Announcing the Genre Short Story winners of the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
Genre Short Story Winners
Winner:
Beth Charney
Brooklyn NY
- Lee. R. Atterbury
Cross Plains WI - Susanne Rankin
Seattle WA - Michael Terry
Honolulu HI - Morton M. Rumberg
Gold River CA - Vanessa Botelho
Scarsdale NY - Krisan Murphy
Newport NC - Lawrence Van Eby
Phelan CA - Irv Haberman
Richmond Hill - W. D. County
Lees Summit MO - Laurence MacNaughton
Englewood CO - Hannah Cooper
Holbrook MA - Gary Towers
Kingston GA - N. L. Foster
Branson MO - michel bensadon
hartsdale NY - Danielle M. Ullrich
Bay City MI - Isis Issa
Antioch CA - Gerry Griffiths
San Jose CA - Alex Noble
Reno NV - Sheila Romano
Elk Grove CA - Justin Stanisic
Harrisburg PA - Linda J. Zabolski
Kailua Kona HI - Dorothyanne Brown
ottawa canada - Ann C. Averill
Westhampton MA - Susan Anderson
Allentown NJ - Karin Fuller
South Charleston WV - Barbara Kussow
Columbus OH - Thomas Bolme Jr.
Royal Oak MI - Karen Mandel
San Jose CA - Terrance L. Manning Jr.
White Oak PA - Sarah Mack
San Diego CA - C. A. Collier
Sonoma CA - John K. Yamaguchi
San Francisco CA - M. Marko, SFO
Chicago IL - Scott H. Hazel
W. Hollywood CA - Susan Anderson
Allentown NJ - John Brizzi
Shreveport LA - Susan Anderson
Allentown NJ - Lori Jan Thomas
Gastonia NC - Brian Trent
Prospect CT - Rand Eastwood
Indianapolis IN - Laura E. Charles
Evansville IN - Jeff Jastrow
Los Angeles CA - Douglas Alan Pearce
Aliso Viego CA - Jennifer A. Rosen
Forest Hills NY - Waylon Shaffer
Muncie IN - Jeffrey Brian Charles
South Pasadena CA - John Penney
Vienna GA - Ron Hevey
Philadelphia PA - Nathaniel Cayanan
Corona CA - Alicia Beauchamp
Sarasota FL - Marjorie Loudon Wallace
Menlo Park CA - William Scar
San Pedro CA - Bart and Jan Williamson
Houston TX - Edgar Gonzalez
appleton WI - Charlene Mattson
Prince George Canada - Cindy R. Williams
Gilbert AZ - Daisy Chang
Chilliwack Canada - Chris Miller
North Salt Lake UT - Lisa Ocacio
Cleveland OH - Ann M. Blackburn
Burlington WI - Elspeth Sage
Vancouver Canada - Joseph Chavez
Canoga Park CA - Ashley L Goltermann
Hamlin NY - Tami Rasel
Hanover PA - Christine Mattice
Uniontown OH - Robb Lightfoot – 5
Palo Cedro CA - Robb Lightfoot – 4
Palo Cedro CA - Daniel Burch Fiddler
Idyllwild CA - David W. Burns
Marlton NJ - Nadia Ibrashi
Troy MI - Michell Allen
Pascagoula MS - george andreas
engomi, nicosia cyprus - Jared Pulliam
Silver Spring MD - Bretton B Holmes
Lubbock TX - Jennifer N. Price
Altoona PA - Frank G. Schafer
Haddonfield NJ - Don Aldrich
St Petersburg FL - Joan Heron
Idyllwild CA - danny johnson
Durham NC - Elspeth Sage
Vancouver Canada - Jerry Connell
Gadsden AL - D.L. Diener
Goshen IN - Jack Stillerman
Rancho Mirage CA - Bill Giovannetti
Shasta CA - Laurie Rawlinson Evans
Vacaville CA - Sahag Gureghian
North Hollywood CA - Linda Leszczuk
Dayton OH - Liz Wilson
Merrillville IN - Natalya Scharnhorst
Oakville, ON Canada - Patrick Lawlor
Sea Girt NJ - Lillian G. Rose
Charlestown IN - Michael Rothwell
Mission Viejo CA - Chloe East
Houma LA - Shelley Anne Richter
Oklahoma OK - Christine J. Brija
Loves Park IL - V.R. Leavitt
Woodbridge VA - Melody N. Akbari
Granada Hills CA - Temple Troy
Morgan Hill CA - Douglas Alan Pearce
Aliso Viego CA
Click below to see the top 100 winners in each category:
Grand-Prize Winner
Children’s/YA Fiction
Feature Article
Genre Short Story
Inspirational
Mainstream Fiction
Nonrhyming Poetry
Memoir/Personal Essay
Rhyming Poetry
Stageplay
Screenplay
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