2023 Contest Winners

This year we had 86 contest entries in five categories. A group of judges read and critiqued several poems, short stories, novel first pages, novel first 10 pages, and non-fiction memoir submissions. 

Each category had a first, second, and third-place winner. Here they are:

First Place – COUNCIL by NANCY K CAMPSecond Place – AT WORK IN A MEDICAL WAREHOUSE by Cynthia Clinkingbeard Third Place – WHEREIN MY MOTHER SETS ME STRAIGHT by Jana Nelson

First Place – PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND A SIX SHOOTER  by Patrice Locke Lewis

Second Place – GEMINI ECLIPSE BOOK ONE: FISSION by Carolynn OlmsteadThird Place – SIERRA BAKER IS EXTRA ORDINARY by Rebekah Jackson

First Place – POINT LAST SEEN by Tina M Johnson

Second Place – THE MARK by Carrie Stuart ParksThird Place – BANDAGED HEART by Daniel Kamin

First Place – THE CHASM by Anita Dromey 

Second Place – RITUAL FOR FEEDING THE BIRDS by Tina M Johnson Third Place – APPARITION by Vaughn Clark

First Place – THE CONVERSATION PIECE by Nancy K Camp Second Place – THE REFUGE by James Patrick Focarile Third Place – STARLIGHT BLOSSOMS by Lyssa Reese

Congratulations!

If you are a winner and were not present to win, please contact contest [at] idahowritersguild.org with your mailing address so we can send you your certificate and prize. 

Didn’t win this year? Or didn’t enter? Stay tuned for new categories and due dates throughout the year, as our contest both changes and grows.

We can’t wait to read what you submit next year!