2016 SAN FRANCISCO WRITING CONTEST FINALISTS (in random order)

 FICTION

The Sound of One Hand Killing by Leila Emadin
Silver Platter by Babette de Jongh
Sins of the Past by Babette de Jongh
A Sophisticated Man by Lori Tobias
The Perseid by Jean Bishop
Oyster Latitudes by Bruce Campbell
My Desert Child by Masha Sukovic
The Buick and the Butterscotch Cat by Bruce Campbell
Renegade Children and the Glass Act by Kyla Rowe
A Sliver of Blue by Nancy Sauder
All Manner of Beasts by Michael Galletti
Sofonisba Anguissola, Renaissance Painter by Donna DiGiuseppe

NONFICTION

Eternal Spring by Sasha Vasilyuk
Hear Them Speak by Babette de Jongh
In the Land of Shiva by James OHara
The Writing Room by Vona Weiss
Tea With Mom: Spiritual Lessons on Life and Death by Eddie L. Dobbins, Jr.
The Girl in the Holy Communion Dress by Grace Feuerverger
Akamai777 – Wit Wisdom and a Big Hug from the Universe by Demerris Ranahan
The Angels Within by Diana Admire
The Kenduskeag by Ada Harrigan
The Muslim by Nadia Saleh

CHILDRENS/YA

The Lefters by Deborah Issi
Never Summer by Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl
Paint Me Cool by Alain Kerfs
Cellular by Shannon Takaoka
Soulfinder by Hanann Morris
The Ashworth Born by Elizabeth Park
Turning Toward Eden by Ann Neumann
The Smallest Thing by Lisa Manterfield
Nogo’s Delight by Bill Ferry
Shadow and Flame by Patricia Poppenbeek
Sparks by Jennifer Mary G
Everything He Wants by Sandi Ward
The Shadowcoil by Charles Harrelson

POETRY

The Campbell’s Tomato Soup Tragedy by Joanne L Huspek
I Want to Cry by Garfield Whyte
Waiting by Amber Reynolds
Would Love Be There by Grace Feuerverger
Hayden and the White Rabbit by Barbara Torell
A Work in Progress by John Simonds
Insatiable…Quenched by Sharon Redman-Blom
Sleep by Sharon Redman-Blom
Mom by Nequita Hanna
Urgent Care by Lena Ghamrawi