2018 Contest Finalists
2018 SAN FRANCISCO WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS
(in random order)
ADULT FICTION FINALISTS:
The Lines Between Us by Rebecca D’Harlingue
Time and the Bell by Scott McGaraghan
Aristobulus the Judean by Randall Smith
Death and Other Promises by Deac Etherington
Jaguar Moon: The Silver Condor by Christine Volker
The Science of Shadows by Margaux DeRoux
Pescadero by Holly Brady
Azimuth by Kendra Griffith-Groesbeck
What We Leave Behind by Masha Shukovich
Olivia by Kella Svetich
The Broken Birds of Widow’s Peak by Kasey Corbit
Recovering by Erin Burba
Four Degrees by Julie Carrick Dalton
ADULT NONFICTION FINALISTS:
Barbed by Julie Morrison
Once You Go In: A Memoir by Carly Gelsinger
Shadowy White with Crispy Edges by Alan Fraser
Please Hold On To Me by Janna Bushaw
The Eastern Way by Frances H. Kakugawa
Life on a Pointy Fence by Mark Tricarico
Debugging the Mind: A Search for the Invariant Principle that Governs the Mind by Siva Mangalam
Immigrant Skin: A Girl’s Memoir by Sandra Shpilberg
Last Fight by Richard P. Guthrie
Soul Masala by Ixchel Leigh
Refraction by Bruce Rettig
CHILDREN’S/YOUNG ADULT FINALISTS:
Perfect Vision by Dawn Simon
Every Bit Glorious by Lana Krumwiede
The Christmas Gift by John Burns
Catherine of Merica by Sophia Dunkin-Hubby
Water Weaver by Meghen Kurtzig
The Gilded Cage by Joanna Phoenix
The Truth About Pirates by Deborah Izzi
Arioto and the 13th Hour by Michael Alman
Androigynous by Audrey Greathouse
The Prison of Esper by Ellen Goff
The Light and the Door by Sydney Rocamora
Through Different Eyes by Karen McCoy
Earth’s Last Season by Thomas Mitchell
The Clan Calling by Wendy Terrien
Switched by Kim O’Brien
A note from SFWC Writing Contest Coordinator and Fuse Literary Agent Laurie McLean:
I’m a fan of reputable writing contests because I see them as a milestone on a writer’s career path. Imagine what it must feel like to finally put your book idea on a page (or 350 pages) and then show that work to strangers. Frightening! Exhilarating! That exposure is the writer climbing another rung on the career ladder. It could lead to getting the manuscript in front of editors or agents, or snagging a publishing deal.
As you know by now, Fuse Literary supports the San Francisco Writers Conference. The fifteenth annual event will be held February 15-18, 2018, and the organizers announced the finalists of this international writing contest on January 28th, 2018!
I served as contest coordinator so I’ve seen all the entries. They were phenomenal! A hearty congratulations to everyone who entered, and an extra “yippee” to the selected finalists. Winners will be announced at the Saturday Luncheon at SFWC, and names are posted on the San Francisco Writers Conference website. Good luck to everyone!