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76th Annual Writing Competition Winners – Mainstream Fiction

Announcing the Mainstream Fiction winners of the 76th Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition

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

Mainstream/Literary Short Story Winners Winners

Jeff McCormick
LakelandFL

  1. KathrynMacDonald
    Bainbridge IslandWA
  2. JamesGish, Jr.
    ArcanumOH
  3. AlexaI.Stefanou
    State CollegePA
  4. ScarlettAnnadeusBaker
    AustinTX
  5. RobertGeorge
    DenverCO
  6. EvanPickering
    AmityvilleNY
  7. KennethW.Plumb
    LenexaKS
  8. R. E.Wood
    PatchogueNY
  9. MichaelMort
    ArlingtonVA
  10. AliceLouiseWagoner
    RoswellNM
  11. R. E.Wood
    PatchogueNY
  12. PegElliottMayo
    BlodgettOR
  13. MarciaCorbino
    SarasotaFL
  14. CandyDavis
    Cottage GroveOR
  15. MadisonTaylor-Hayden
    WausauWI
  16. FredJoshu
    Saint CharlesMO
  17. RichardGibney
    Sutton Co Dublin
  18. BerylMacDonald
    SalemOR
  19. SarahFrancesHardy
    OxfordMS
  20. SabineFrench
    RaleighNC
  21. JoLauer
    Santa RosaCA
  22. ErikaNapoletano
    Las VegasNV
  23. HasmikArakelyan
    San FranciscoCA
  24. ThomasM.Hill
    TucsonAZ
  25. AngeloTalluto
    ManchesterNJ
  26. RobinSCrawford
    Mentor-on-the-LakeOH
  27. JessicaPaul
    RichmondVA
  28. AliciaStankay
    AmbridgePA
  29. MelanieGriffin
    North AugustaSC
  30. JayDeVane
    GreensboroNC
  31. ChrissyK.McVay
    Little SwitzerlandNC
  32. ChrissyK.McVay
    Little SwitzerlandNC
  33. AaronB.Donner
    Bay ShoreNY
  34. AnneWelsh
    KilaueaHI
  35. NikkiAndrews
    WiltonNH
  36. DeanStewart
    SylmarCA
  37. RalphG. (Jerry)Stevenson
    PuebloCO
  38. ZolaStultz
    PortalAZ
  39. CatherineP.Snider
    PortlandOR
  40. CarolWobig
    MilwaukeeWI
  41. ElenaIglesias
    MiamiFL
  42. PatsyEvansPittman
    ViennaWV
  43. E. R.Dillon
    PonchatoulaLA
  44. JoanneM.Moore
    RaleighNC
  45. BlaiseBuchowski
    SeattleWA
  46. LaurenCarson
    East FalmouthMA
  47. MarkCowlin
    DenverCO
  48. JenniferByrne
    GlassboroNJ
  49. PatsyEvansPittman
    ViennaWV
  50. LillianE.Hans
    AuroraCO
  51. DonnaL.Paullin
    OaklandCA
  52. ToriBond
    PerkasiePA
  53. SharonL.Howard
    CharlottesvilleVA
  54. MarcelBally
    ShirleyNY
  55. IrenaTravo
    SimpsonvilleSC
  56. DonnaMitchell
    Lake OswegoOR
  57. GlenA.Ross
    BellevueNE
  58. SiobanGallagher
    MidlothianVA
  59. JohnIrwin
    Rohnert ParkCA
  60. CharlesSchaeffer
    BethesdaMD
  61. Cecelia (Cecile)Calmes
    WoodlandCA
  62. KathrynMacDonald
    Bainbridge IslandWA
  63. SiobanGallagher
    MidlothianVA
  64. GeorgePartridge
    OsoyoosBC
  65. LaurenB.Grossman
    TucsonAZ
  66. DanielaGibson
    San FranciscoCA
  67. KerryPetrichek
    FinleyvillePA
  68. ChristineKephart
    Toms RiverNJ
  69. BonnieBurnatowski
    PennellvilleNY
  70. BobKnapp
    BaltimoreMD
  71. CharlieElliott
    LafayetteLA
  72. TrentEngland
    BrightonMA
  73. ElsieSchmiedKnoke
    Oak RidgeTN
  74. CecilyHamlinWells
    HendersonvilleNC
  75. JamesH.Henry
    LongviewTX
  76. PatrickSeanLee
    Mission ViejoCA
  77. LisaF.Vargas
    DunnNC
  78. GloriaHutchinson
    GlenburnME
  79. LizSawyer
    MarysvilleCA
  80. ThomasFullmer
    Salt Lake CityUT
  81. SuzanneM.Garrity
    PrincetonMA
  82. RichardKigel
    Staten IslandNY
  83. DorianTilbury
    BrooklynNY
  84. AngelaKriger
    FifeWA
  85. BarbaraD.Hall
    WayneNJ
  86. MindySitton-Halleck
    BothellWA
  87. MargaretE.Holeman
    HOPEAK
  88. AlysiaLyons
    Falls ChurchVA
  89. JenniferHermann
    ArcadiaCA
  90. JeffreyC.Bowser
    Grove CityPA
  91. JodiBuchan
    BemidjiMN
  92. ConnieF.Crowe-Miller
    KiheiHI
  93. AndrewZembles
    Corona Del MarCA
  94. VirginiaKupferman
    AlbuquerqueNM
  95. CherylRenéeGrossman
    TorontoON
  96. LoriMcFerran
    AlburtisPA
  97. EvelynGoodrick
    CharlestonIL
  98. BarbaraD.Hall
    WayneNJ
  99. TedShrader
    San AntonioTX

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
Screenplay

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