Announcing the Memoirs/Personal Essay winners of the 78th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
Memoirs/Personal Essay Winners
Winner:
Karen Z. Duffy
Ventnor NJ
- Stephen P. Koch
Montgomery TX
- Sandra L. Staton-Taiwo
York PA
- Denise Walsh Brown
Canton OH
- Ebony Adomanis
ALBUQUERQUE NM
- Marcelline Burns
Oxnard CA
- Jennifer Scharf
Boston MA
- Linda Aschbrenner
Marshfield WI
- Eva Ditler
Coronado CA
- Kathleen M. M. Long
Beaver OR
- Dori Gillam
Seattle WA
- Rachel Kuhnle
Honey Creek IA
- Mark Abellera
NYC NY
- Judy Belsky
SEATTLE WA
- Barbara Pritchard
Las Vegas NV
- Jerry Kaufmann
Parma Heights OH
- Suzanne Handler
Greenwood Village CO
- Joel Eckstein
Los Angeles CA
- Susan Williamson
Rural Hall NC
- Christopher Fahy
Thomaston ME
- Sandra Lampella
Portland OR
- Noelle Johnson
House Springs MO
- Elizabeth Krakow
Corte Madera CA
- Marcia J. J. Sargent
Laguna Beach CA
- S. Belle Karper
Calabasas CA
- Robynn Reilly
Clovis CA
- Judy Belsky
SEATTLE WA
- Ralph Ryan
Redding CA
- Maria Feldman
Chicago IL
- Deb Farrow
East Haddam CT
- Alan Olifson
sherman oaks CA
- Margaret Holeman
Hope AK
- Veronica Sullivan
Old Bridge NJ
- Lisa-marie Fusco
Brandon FL
- Marcia Moston
Taylors SC
- Barbara Chamberlain
Aptos CA
- Dolores Runyon
Dallas TX
- Dan Tomasulo
Sea Girt NJ
- Lan Roberts
San Jose CA
- Stanley M.Weintraub
St. Augustine FL
- Roberta Miles
Chicago IL
- Deb Lehman
Fanwood NJ
- Taine Watkins
Bloomington IN
- Mary K. Hull
Las Vegas NV
- Alice Grant Bingner
Ann Arbor MI
- Tharin Schwinefus
Iowa City IA
- Becky Browder
Jacksonville AL
- Jessica DeLandra
West Haven CT
- Patrick Caneday
Burbank CA
- Constance Hoffman
Burke SD
- Nancy Ryan
Seabeck WA
- Saara Dutton
New York NY
- Phil Goldman
Warwick RI
- Alexandra Pecci
Plaistow NH
- Ruth Tick
Venice FL
- Sharon Rea
Bellevue NE
- Lois Cowan
Marathon FL
- Candy Farlow
Quinby VA
- Leah Koch Sower
Marion IN
- Brit Williams
Austin TX
- Thomas M. Davis
Huntington Station NY
- Judy Ross
Los Angeles CA
- Dan Bolchoz
Williamsburg VA
- Brenda Watterson
Algonquin IL
- Rachael Sokolowski
Truro MA
- Sarah Yonder
Saginaw MI
- Rosemarie Chaney
Massillon OH
- Jessica Soleil
Portland OR
- Melissa Cook
Spanaway WA
- Pat Tyler
Cotati CA
- Lisa A. Martin
Burbank CA
- Scarlett L. Mayfield
Clarksville TN
- Carolyn McGovern
Manalapan NJ
- Kathryn Mallinger
Roanoke VA
- Julie Curtis
Bethel CT
- Marcia Kaplan
Sunnyvale CA
- Robin Whitson-O'Flinn
Silt CO
- Connie Vaughn
Cincinnati OH
- Corinne Rumley
Baton Rouge LA
- Nikki Tiani
Irwin PA
- James M. Doumas
Port Orange FL
- Lisa-marie Fusco
Brandon FL
- Kimberly K. Schwartz
Burr Oak MI
- Roberta Miles
Chicago IL
- Mary E. Spear
Dallas TX
- Nancy Corbett
Monroe WA
- Rob Smythe
Burlington ON Canada
- Michelle Weidenbenner
Warsaw IN
- B. H. AMOK
PALM HARBOR FL
- E. Cluff Elliott
Farmington NM
- David Bates
Hollywood FL
- Edward Haag
Greensboro NC
- Michelle Sangiovanni
Huntington Station NY
- Bill Riddle
Odessa FL
- Martha Whitfield
Dearborn MI
- Eileen P. Duggan
Saint Louis MO
- Byron Browne
Austin TX
- Stephen J. Ranson
Manahawkin NJ
- Todd Townsend
Hudsonville MI
- Nicole Hayes
Chadstone VIC Other Australia
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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