Announcing the Memoirs/Personal Essay winners of the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
Memoirs/Personal Essay
Winner:
Jeremy Sony
Columbus OH
- Sandra Staton-Taiwo
York PA
- Melissa Barnes
Kirkland WA
- Katherine Hengel
Minneapolis MN
- Beatrice Georgalidis
Brooklyn NY
- Holly Thomas
Sullivan IL
- Georgia Hoffman
Sandy OR
- Dawn Carter
Richmond VA
- Sarah Allen
Provo UT
- Lavon Hood
Clarksdale MS
- Brandy Snider
Sandy UT
- Laurie Balbo
Little Falls NJ
- Matthew DeFaveri
Marietta GA
- Christine W. Ross
Glens Falls NY
- Luigi A. Barney
Latham NY
- henry c jadow
new york NY
- Elizabeth Black
Douglas WY
- Charity Whisman
Middletown IN
- Tim Johnson
West Linn OR
- Mary-Jane Gallienne
Waterdown ON Canada
- Tina Jin
Toronto ON Canada
- Damon Brown
Newfield NJ
- Patricia Jackson
Englewood CO
- Debra Sayble-Thornbrugh
Oceanside CA
- Katrice R. Cyphers
Portland OR
- Flora Reekstin
Littleton CO
- T. C. Tanis
Englewood NJ
- Tom Morris
Lynchburg VA
- Anita Jensen Mitchell
Salt Lake City UT
- R. Thomas Fox
Laguna Beach CA
- Laura Knight
Orlando FL
- Alice L. George
Philadelphia PA
- Thelma Adams
Hyde Park NY
- Gail Strickland
Belvedere-tiburon CA
- Karl Williams (aka Karl Thaler)
Tunkhannock PA
- Hilary Hansen
Reisterstown MD
- Elizabeth Emerson
Kennebunk ME
- Richard Thayer
Thomasville NC
- Sonja Stone
Scottsdale AZ
- G. Robert Zambs
Fairhope AL
- josh butler
cuyahoga Falls OH
- Linda Moor Anelli
West Dover VT
- Joanne E. Dumene
Alexandria VA
- Simone Mimbs
Oxnard CA
- Rachael Hanel
Madison Lake MN
- September Vaudrey
Inverness IL
- Richard E. Reed
Nashville TN
- Jocelyn Krieger
BOCA RATON FL
- Walter Rein
Micaville NC
- Meghan Krein
Scottsdale AZ
- Michele Herman
New York NY
- Paula Surrey
Auburn ME
- Dodie Cross
Chelan WA
- Vicki Nagel
Van Nuys CA
- Mary Kolesnikova
San Francisco CA
- Katherine Baker
Philadelphia PA
- Lana Danielle Jacobson
Johannesburg South Africa
- Joan Smith
Seal Beach CA
- Carrie Friedman
Los Angeles CA
- Daniel Fonder
North Brunswick NJ
- Linda Wentz
Port Angeles WA
- Donna Reames Rich
Pine Mountain GA
- Art Hoskins
Libertyville IL
- Arlene Scott
Tarpon Springs FL
- Linda Hudson Hoagland
North Tazewell VA
- Joseph Pantatello
Levittown NY
- Mary A. Best
Rochester MN
- Allan C. Stover
The Villages FL
- L. M. Smelser, Ph.D.
Brighton MI
- George Heiring
Eatonton GA
- Cheryl S. Smith
Port Angeles WA
- Pamela B. Blake
Freeport ME
- Kathy Connor
Madison CT
- J. T. Damiani
Jacksonville FL
- Jodie Platt
California CA
- Janice Edelman
Huntingdon Valley PA
- Rhonda Leverett
The Woodlands TX
- Monica James
Merrick NY
- Martha Culp
Johnson City TN
- David W. Page
Wilmington VT
- Susanne Lee
Moorpark CA
- Anna F. Hess
Napa CA
- Arnot McCallum
Tecumseh ON Canada
- Denise Amber Ryan
Payson AZ
- Lynda Zacharias
Wellfleet MA
- Elaine McFarland Radney
Colorado Springs CO
- Valerie Cole
Rochester NY
- Catherine Denton
Tulsa OK
- Fran Hooker
Saint Louis MO
- Denise Amber Ryan
Payson AZ
- Jacqueline Martin
Westcliffe CO
- Sandra Bellissimo
Whitefish MT
- Carol L. Scot
Lansing MI
- Aline Kuhl
Cincinnati OH
- Eleanor Oakes
Phoenix AZ
- Lynn Hartsell
Paradise CA
- Lora L. Crommett
Lake San Marcos CA
- Jill Pertler
Cloquet MN
- Elizabeth C. Hueben
Sugar Land TX
- M. K. Landstein
Clermont FL
Click on the category name below to see the top 100 winners in each area:
Grand Prize Winner
Children's/YA Fiction
Feature Article
Genre Short Story
Inspirational
Mainstream Fiction
Nonrhyming Poetry
Memoir/Personal Essay
Rhyming Poetry
Stageplay
Screenplay
