2010 Inspirational Writing Winners

Announcing the Inspirational winners of the 79th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Inspirational Winners

Winner:
Sandra Winicur
South Bend IN

1. Joann White
   Saranac LakeNY
2. D.L. Diener
   GoshenIN
3. Kathleen Greene
   CypressTX
4. Tina Marie McGrevy
   SpringfieldOH
5. Kay Carrigan
   HewittTX
6. Rhonda Whiteley
   DoraAL
7. Susan M. Sargis
   OakdaleCA
8. Li Miao Lovett
   San FranciscoCA
9. Shari Lane
   PortlandOR
10. Joann White
    Saranac LakeNY
11. Wm. Douglas Van Devender
    BeebeAR
12. Leslie Choate
    LawtonOK
13. Anne Constance
    ColchesterCT
14. Nancy Hoag
    Three ForksMT
15. Rowena R. Johnson
    EdgewaterCO
16. Edward A. Hara
    Enola PA
17. Paitence Lee
    North MonmouthME
18. Jon McCauley Smith
    Palo AltoCA
19. Joann White
    Saranac LakeNY
20. Linda Samaritoni
    AvonIN
21. Malyndi Shaffer
    PerrisCA
22. Mrs Sandie Rogers
    Ledbury, HerefordshireForeign Entry
23. Lawson Plummer
    CummingGA
24. Tamara Sandoval
    Battle CreekMI
25. Millicent Porter Henry
    HannibalMO
26. Lisanne Cooper writing as Lisanne Harrington
    Yorba LindaCA
27. Emily Ann Benedict
    Fresno CA
28. Teresa Weaver
    Flower MoundTX
29. Lana Jacobson
    Johannesburg GautengSOUTH AFRUCA
30. Carla Adair Hendricks
    AshburnVA
31. Deanna Storfie
    CoalhurstCanada
32. Dean FH Macy
    PeterboroughNH
33. Kathleen Moulton
    WinthropNY
34. Suzanne Schryver
    MerrimackNH
35. William F. Hiltz
    SilverdaleWA
36. Gerald M. Sapers
    WarringtonPA
37. Brooke Hurd
    OremUT
38. Darcie Carsner Torres
    LongwoodFL
39. Lynne Gobioff
    OssiningNY
40. Jenny Johnstone-Smith
    AlbuquerqueNM
41. Marsha Blake
    ZillahWA
42. Julie M. Farrar
    Saint LouisMO
43. Shawn Patrick Cooke
    BohemiaNY
44. Linda Garcia
    North BendWA
45. sue pearson atkinson
    shingle springsCA
46. Sherri Gragg
    FranklinTN
47. Katharine M. Emlen
    EugeneOR
48. dora cogswell
    staten islandNY
49. Frank Robinson
    OkinawaJapan
50. Nancy Hoag
    Three ForksMT
51. Norma Hutchinson
    New MarketTN
52. Maureen Loftis
    DanvilleCA
53. Katharine M. Emlen
    EugeneOR
54. Courtney Gainer
    Grand IslandFL
55. Megan Stephens
    OceansideCA
56. Eileen Birin
    GlendaleAZ
57. Kerry Iyua
    TollesonAZ
58. Wanda S. Maxey
    HollandMI
59. Rebekah Dinnerstein
    New YorkNY
60. Dawn Baldwin
    LewisburgWV
61. Edith Jacobs
    SarasotaFL
62. Dan Harmer
    FallbrookCA
63. C. E. Pettit
    ChattanoogaTN
64. Susan L Daly
    ColumbiaMD
65. Avril VanderMerwe
    EdmondsWA
66. Willa Holmes
    PortlandOR
67. Donna Y. Triplett
    Fancy GapVA
68. Lee Ann Walker
    JacksonvilleFL
69. Elaine P. Gordon
    BrentwoodTN
70. Elena Poulin
    HoustonTX
71. Laura L. Bradford
    Walla WallaWA
72. Susan Stanley
    Aliso ViejoCA
73. Darlene Kapur
    RosevilleCA
74. Lauren B. Grossman
    TucsonAZ
75. Janice Lynch Schuster
    RivaMD
76. Chuck Gress
    NorthbrookIL
77. Nancy Alvarado
    San YsidroCA
78. Bethany Macklin
    Grass ValleyCA
79. Carol Ann Curren
    GreenfieldOH
80. Ann-Marie Morgan
    MattesonIL
81. Gail C. Witt
    Farmington HillsMI
82. Daniel A. Holly
    OwassoOK
83. Lillian Moore Lind
    Coeur d'AleneID
84. Karen Brown
    MelbourneFL
85. Susan Norberg
    Mount SinaiNY
86. Melanie Eversley
    BrentwoodMD
87. Susan Moynihan
    Salt Lake CityUT
88. Carolyn McGovern
    manalapanNJ
89. Tiffany McGraw
    Grosse PointeMI
90. Tina Louise
    BirminghamAL
91. Kimberly Racine
    HonoluluHI
92. Jennifer Zach
    PhoenixAZ
93. Jane Hinrichs
    BluntSD
94. Jane A. Stephens
    New YorkNY
95. Marielena Zuniga
    LanghornePA
96. E.D. Farkas
    New YorkNY
97. Beth Wilson
    IrvingTX
98. Brian St. Clair
    El CajonCA
99. Reta Stewart Allen
    SpringfieldMO

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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