2023 Writers Contests
2023 Contest Winners!
The Hal Bernard Memorial Award for Novel (sponsored by Buzz Bernard)
1st Place – Finding Home – Marlene Buchanan
2nd Place – Sweet Chance – Julie Green
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The Vega Award for Speculative Short Fiction (sponsored by Sandra Giles)
1st Place – Thunderbirds, Kraken & Other Dangers to Dragon Reproduction – Amy Wethington
2nd Place – The Waterhole – Paula Morton
3rd Place – The Gathering – Susan Lindsley
The Humor Award (sponsored by Cappy Hall Rearick)
Mail Room Chatter – Susan Lindsley
Microcosm Award (sponsored by Charlotte Babb)
1st Place – Classics Conference – Julie Green
2nd Place – Pecan Tree – Marlene Buchanan
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The Lowcountry Award for Excellence in Southern Writing (sponsored by Dana Ridenour)
1st Place – The Hearing – Julie Green
2nd Place – Southern Girl – Denise Shahan
Young Reader Fiction (sponsored by Eye on the Page, LLC- Jim Furry)
1st Place – Broken Time – Amy Wethington
2nd Place – Wet Noses and Watering Roses – Denise Shahan
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Crime/Police Procedural (sponsored by Lynn Hesse)
1st Place – Call Me Sonny – Steve Lazarus
2nd Place – Cypher – Marlene Buchanan
Herbert Shippey Award for Excellence in Southern Poetry (sponsored by Jeff Newberry)
The Fortune Teller – Julie Green
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Lighthouse Writing Prompt Award (sponsored by Amy Wethington)
1st Place – Go to Jail or Go to Hell – Susan Lindsley
2nd Place – Sorrow Road – Lynn Hesse
3rd Place – Unzipped – Paula Morton
3rd Place – The Caretaker – Marlene Buchanan