2009 Inspirational Writing Winners

Announcing the Inspirational winners of the 78th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Inspirational Winners

Winner:
CourtneyGainer
Grand IslandFL

1. ElishaWagman
   RestonVA
2. SusanWinzelberg
   Toms RiverNJ
3. BethWoodard
   BloomingtonIL
4. LynG.Brakeman
   GloucesterMA
5. AlisonHodgson
   AdaMI
6. DebraEasterling
   SanfordFL
7. SusanM.Watkins
   WoodstockGA
8. JOCELYNKRIEGER
   BOCA RATONFL
9. JonMcCauley
10. Linda CapelliPierce
    Long BeachCA
11. ThomasHeyd
    BeckerMN
12. DawnBaldwin
    LewisburgWV
13. TamiHerzer-Absi
    DaytonOH
14. KarenFrascona
    HollistonMA
15. JohnHinch
    CenturionOtherSouth Africa
16. CarolGreen
    Walnut CreekCA
17. LucilleC.Carlson
    Forest LakeMN
18. Donna Torney
    ConcordNH
19. LisaShults
    LincolntonNC
20. KarenA.Ellis
    EncinitasCA
21. DianaDeSpain
    Sun PrairieWI
22. GloriaShirr
    West HillsCA
23. JoshuaDemke
    SyracuseNY
24. CindiDegeyter
    Bridge CityTX
25. ChrisFraser
    TorontoONCanada
26. CheriMoser-Coomer
    SeymourIN
27. DianeSchultz
    BellevilleIL
28. SherriGragg
    FranklinTN
29. KarenPickett-Woodland
    RoswellGA
30. PamelaMaiato
    NatickMA
31. MelanieMoore
    elizabethtonTN
32. WendyKirkby
    ConcordMI
33. GeraldOsterberg
    Garden CityNY
34. JanO'BanionPender
    FlorenceSC
35. DonnaCarter
    HuntsvilleAL
36. ChristinaWalters
    AkronOH
37. ElizabethMacDonaldBurrows
    SeattleWA
38. VinceHodgins
    KissimmeeFL
39. RobertRobeson
    LincolnNE
40. TerryWolfe
    Colorado SpringsCO
41. GailJenner
    EtnaCA
42. KathrynNielson
    PeoriaIL
43. LouyCastonguay
    West FarmingtonME
44. PamelaKayeKlopfenstein
    Huber HeightsOH
45. RickMartin
    CharlottesvilleVA
46. BrianSweeney
    BethanyOK
47. DorothySearing
    Tarpon SpringsFL
48. KatherineBradley
    KellerTX
49. JaniceCoy
    San DiegoCA
50. JudiRoberts
    SpringvilleIN
51. RuthClark
    MukilteoWA
52. RuthClark
    MukilteoWA
53. BeverlyRiveraDavis
    HurleyNY
54. DeniseKay
    CoramNY
55. M. J. Smith
    ScottsdaleAZ
56. JoanneK.Hill
    South BendIN
57. BrendaSilverhand
    CorningNY
58. LisaDye
    WestfieldIN
59. MarrianaMartinez
    HoustonTX
60. RhondaLarson
    SoldotnaAK
61. SaraMcLaughlin
    LubbockTX
62. NancyHoag
    BozemanMT
63. JamesB.Wood
    FountainvillePA
64. RegIvory
    Johnson CityTN
65. davidjnelson
    kennerLA
66. CarolShaw
    GarlandTX
67. BradleyC.Skilton
    OrlandoFL
68. PhilGale
    DuncanBCCanada
69. SwarnaliAhmed
    LondonOtherUnited Kingdom
70. RobynnReilly
    ClovisCA
71. RobynnReilly
    ClovisCA
72. SandraRamirez
    ClevelandOH
73. JudyCrowder
    Morehead CityNC
74. VeronicaBreenHogle
    BuffaloNY
75. TessAlmendarezLojacono
    East AuroraNY
76. KevinFobbs
    WillisMI
77. CherylA.Knight
    MiltonWA
78. CherylB.Lemine
    JacksonvilleFL
79. M. P.Liebchen
    AltavistaVA
80. DaleWorcester
    Central CityPA
81. SallyParadysz
    CoopersburgPA
82. LaRaeBlack
    BlandingUT
83. H. MichaelBrooks
    GreensboroNC
84. ConnieLounsbury
    MonticelloMN
85. AmyL.Turek
    WheatonIL
86. JohnP.Dick
    MidlandMI
87. KayeKhalsa
    FranklinMA
88. JANISHUTCHINSON
    EVERETTWA
89. MaggieWeidner
    ColumbusOH
90. Dorothy"Candace"Rice
    RathdrumID
91. MatthewElvinBridges
    ClovisCA
92. CarolA.Cichella
    ROCKFORDIL
93. BradMcCloud
    Newport NewsVA
94. JackieStrange
    BogalusaLA
95. AnneMeyer
    IndianapolisIN
96. ElaineP.Gordon
    BrentwoodTN
97. DixiePettit
    RamonaCA
98. Christine A.Malkemes
    KissimmeeFL
99. AleadaT.Nicholson
    MobileAL

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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