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