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76th Annual Writing Competition Winners - Children's Fiction

Announcing the Children's Fiction winners of the 76th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
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Announcing the Children's Fiction winners of the 76th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Children's Fiction Winners

Amy Finnegan
HighlandUT

  1. SusannaHill
    PoughquagNY
  2. AmyFinnegan
    HighlandUT
  3. KathleenE.Fearing
    ClintonTN
  4. HeatherMeloche
    Rochester HillsMI
  5. RobertWest
    Moses LakeWA
  6. JeanReagan
    Salt Lake CityUT
  7. JamieMichalak
    BarringtonRI
  8. AmyDominy
    PhoenixAZ
  9. RitaM.Tubbs
    VanderbiltMI
  10. LoriAnastasia
    North AttleboroMA
  11. LaurenCarson
    East FalmouthMA
  12. ToniBabcock
    South Saint PaulMN
  13. PepperBasham
    ElizabethtonTN
  14. AngelaCerrito
    Sedro WoolleyWA
  15. TerileeWunderman
    MiamiFL
  16. PattiKurtz
    MinotND
  17. CarolTarlow
    KulaHI
  18. GwenPJohnson
    TallahasseeFL
  19. JodiStewart
    HasletTX
  20. BrendaNelson-Davis
    BrookfieldWI
  21. NormaLewis
    Byron CenterMI
  22. TammyWright
    NelighNE
  23. NancyTakemori
    TampaFL
  24. TomClark
    LovelandOH
  25. GaryHill
    BakersfieldCA
  26. JulieRiuinus
    ClaytonMO
  27. StephanieArmiger
    Twin FallsID
  28. AmyDominy
    PhoenixAZ
  29. SarahWelle
    OswegoKS
  30. SarahWelle
    OswegoKS
  31. SheilaRomano
    Elk GroveCA
  32. LaurenKing
    WichitaKS
  33. SyrlKazlo
    Fort AnnNY
  34. MarieMitchell
    RichmondKY
  35. CindyAntene
    BrookfieldIL
  36. PatriciaCorcoran
    New MilfordCT
  37. JamieMichalak
    BarringtonRI
  38. DanaKonop
    CantonGA
  39. KatieBeatty
    FruitlandNM
  40. KatiaRaina
    ManahawkinNJ
  41. MarieEtzler
    DavieFL
  42. AlexandraParsons
    New YorkNY
  43. HeatherKolich
    CummingGA
  44. MarieMitchell
    RichmondKY
  45. KenKilback
    BurnabyBC
  46. JanelleBitikofer
    RaleighNC
  47. MichelePeterson
    FresnoCA
  48. StaceyVelazquez
    EdgewoodNM
  49. DorisCavallin
    OrleansON
  50. KenKilback
    BurnabyBC
  51. SarahTregay
    EagleID
  52. KatieBeatty
    FruitlandNM
  53. ReneeLeVerrier
    NewburyportMA
  54. ReneeLeVerrier
    NewburyportMA
  55. JanetPark
    SeattleWA
  56. ElizabethAshleyWalker
    CharlotteNC
  57. DavidZuppke
    LebanonNH
  58. AmyDominy
    PhoenixAZ
  59. LaurieAlloway
    San DiegoCA
  60. EleanorLangford
    AlgoodTN
  61. RuthMaxwell
    SeattleWA
  62. JenniferBohnhoff
    AlbuquerqueNM
  63. GiselleRondon
    Trincity
  64. KathleenSt. Claire
    Menlo ParkCA
  65. MaryLash
    PiedmontSC
  66. JanO'Connor
    North HollywoodCA
  67. RoseNelson
    GreenvilleNC
  68. TracyLevine
    Flower MoundTX
  69. ChristyAnana
    SnohomishWA
  70. Shaddy
    BeloitWI
  71. MichelleBlackman
    De PereWI
  72. JohnCahill
    N BethesdaMD
  73. AndrewPhillips
    CaryNC
  74. KathleenPalm
    WoodburnIN
  75. CourtJohnson
    MontecitoCA
  76. LindaBarnes
    WilmingtonNC
  77. BonnieTaylor
    Gig HarborWA
  78. GillianColley
    HanoverPA
  79. LucilleWood-Trost
    BellinghamWA
  80. M. G.Chai
    East AmherstNY
  81. DavidK.Bishop
    Colorado SpringsCO
  82. PhilipClark
    CalgaryAlberta
  83. JaniceAlonso
    AlpharettaGA
  84. JanelleBitikofer
    RaleighNC
  85. SarahPorter
    ClaremontNH
  86. BrentBachiu
    ReginaSK
  87. ElizabethDulemba
    Avondale EstatesGA
  88. OzParvaiz
    RichmondVA
  89. AmberMcReeTurner
    GermantownTN
  90. JamiePurdy
    VictorMT
  91. WillWright
    Winston-SalemNC
  92. DanaKonop
    CantonGA
  93. JeanReagan
    Salt Lake CityUT
  94. AveryAnderson
    RidgecrestCA
  95. AngelaDe Groot
    Cherry HillNJ
  96. AmyChiasson
    WalthamMA
  97. NancyLaTurner
    AlbuquerqueNM
  98. SarahWatson
    RidgefieldCT
  99. AveryAnderson
    RidgecrestCA

Click on the category name below to see the top 100 winners in each area:

Grand Prize Winner
Children's Fiction
Feature Article
Genre Short Story
Inspirational
Mainstream Fiction
Nonrhyming Poetry
Memoir/Personal Essay
Rhyming Poetry
Stageplay
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