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2010 Genre Short Story Winners

Announcing the Genre Short Story winners of the 78th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.

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Announcing the Genre Short Story winners of the 78th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Genre Short Story Winners

Winner:
Beth Charney
Brooklyn NY

  1. Lee. R. Atterbury
    Cross PlainsWI
  2. Susanne Rankin
    SeattleWA
  3. Michael Terry
    HonoluluHI
  4. Morton M. Rumberg
    Gold RiverCA
  5. Vanessa Botelho
    ScarsdaleNY
  6. Krisan Murphy
    NewportNC
  7. Lawrence Van Eby
    PhelanCA
  8. Irv Haberman
    Richmond Hill
  9. W. D. County
    Lees SummitMO
  10. Laurence MacNaughton
    EnglewoodCO
  11. Hannah Cooper
    HolbrookMA
  12. Gary Towers
    KingstonGA
  13. N. L. Foster
    BransonMO
  14. michel bensadon
    hartsdaleNY
  15. Danielle M. Ullrich
    Bay CityMI
  16. Isis Issa
    AntiochCA
  17. Gerry Griffiths
    San JoseCA
  18. Alex Noble
    RenoNV
  19. Sheila Romano
    Elk GroveCA
  20. Justin Stanisic
    HarrisburgPA
  21. Linda J. Zabolski
    Kailua KonaHI
  22. Dorothyanne Brown
    ottawacanada
  23. Ann C. Averill
    WesthamptonMA
  24. Susan Anderson
    AllentownNJ
  25. Karin Fuller
    South CharlestonWV
  26. Barbara Kussow
    ColumbusOH
  27. Thomas Bolme Jr.
    Royal OakMI
  28. Karen Mandel
    San JoseCA
  29. Terrance L. Manning Jr.
    White OakPA
  30. Sarah Mack
    San DiegoCA
  31. C. A. Collier
    SonomaCA
  32. John K. Yamaguchi
    San FranciscoCA
  33. M. Marko, SFO
    ChicagoIL
  34. Scott H. Hazel
    W. HollywoodCA
  35. Susan Anderson
    AllentownNJ
  36. John Brizzi
    ShreveportLA
  37. Susan Anderson
    AllentownNJ
  38. Lori Jan Thomas
    GastoniaNC
  39. Brian Trent
    ProspectCT
  40. Rand Eastwood
    IndianapolisIN
  41. Laura E. Charles
    EvansvilleIN
  42. Jeff Jastrow
    Los AngelesCA
  43. Douglas Alan Pearce
    Aliso ViegoCA
  44. Jennifer A. Rosen
    Forest HillsNY
  45. Waylon Shaffer
    MuncieIN
  46. Jeffrey Brian Charles
    South PasadenaCA
  47. John Penney
    ViennaGA
  48. Ron Hevey
    PhiladelphiaPA
  49. Nathaniel Cayanan
    CoronaCA
  50. Alicia Beauchamp
    SarasotaFL
  51. Marjorie Loudon Wallace
    Menlo ParkCA
  52. William Scar
    San PedroCA
  53. Bart and Jan Williamson
    HoustonTX
  54. Edgar Gonzalez
    appletonWI
  55. Charlene Mattson
    Prince GeorgeCanada
  56. Cindy R. Williams
    Gilbert AZ
  57. Daisy Chang
    ChilliwackCanada
  58. Chris Miller
    North Salt LakeUT
  59. Lisa Ocacio
    ClevelandOH
  60. Ann M. Blackburn
    BurlingtonWI
  61. Elspeth Sage
    VancouverCanada
  62. Joseph Chavez
    Canoga ParkCA
  63. Ashley L Goltermann
    HamlinNY
  64. Tami Rasel
    HanoverPA
  65. Christine Mattice
    UniontownOH
  66. Robb Lightfoot - 5
    Palo CedroCA
  67. Robb Lightfoot - 4
    Palo CedroCA
  68. Daniel Burch Fiddler
    IdyllwildCA
  69. David W. Burns
    MarltonNJ
  70. Nadia Ibrashi
    TroyMI
  71. Michell Allen
    PascagoulaMS
  72. george andreas
    engomi, nicosiacyprus
  73. Jared Pulliam
    Silver SpringMD
  74. Bretton B Holmes
    LubbockTX
  75. Jennifer N. Price
    AltoonaPA
  76. Frank G. Schafer
    HaddonfieldNJ
  77. Don Aldrich
    St PetersburgFL
  78. Joan Heron
    IdyllwildCA
  79. danny johnson
    DurhamNC
  80. Elspeth Sage
    VancouverCanada
  81. Jerry Connell
    GadsdenAL
  82. D.L. Diener
    GoshenIN
  83. Jack Stillerman
    Rancho MirageCA
  84. Bill Giovannetti
    ShastaCA
  85. Laurie Rawlinson Evans
    VacavilleCA
  86. Sahag Gureghian
    North HollywoodCA
  87. Linda Leszczuk
    DaytonOH
  88. Liz Wilson
    MerrillvilleIN
  89. Natalya Scharnhorst
    Oakville, ONCanada
  90. Patrick Lawlor
    Sea GirtNJ
  91. Lillian G. Rose
    CharlestownIN
  92. Michael Rothwell
    Mission ViejoCA
  93. Chloe East
    HoumaLA
  94. Shelley Anne Richter
    OklahomaOK
  95. Christine J. Brija
    Loves ParkIL
  96. V.R. Leavitt
    WoodbridgeVA
  97. Melody N. Akbari
    Granada HillsCA
  98. Temple Troy
    Morgan HillCA
  99. Douglas Alan Pearce
    Aliso ViegoCA

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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