Writing Contest Winners/Finalists 2021

GRAND PRIZE WINNER:

Elena Lee Anderson, The Unseen (Adult Fiction)

POETRY:

Winner: Sonia Del Rivo, This Girl

Runner Up: Cal Calamia, San Francisco, how I hate and need thee, how you hurt and heal me

Mahnaz Badihian, DNA

Ai Mie, The Wind Is Cruel

Dean Gessie, diary of a dead eel boy

Dylan Gibson, Headland Ghosts

Constance Hanstedt, Lost

Lois Moore, I Laid My Son to Rest

Alex Morritt, A Scape

John Simonds, Short-listed

YA/CHILDREN:

Winner: Anita Perez Ferguson, Golden Secrets

Runner Up: Dylan Gibson, Gorges, Nevada

Sean Fletcher, Kingdom of Lies

Wendy Goodman, The Keystone: Finding Home

Diana Reckart Miles, Virtuosity Village

Keely Reese, The Nesting

Jessica Smith, The Wrath of Queens

Jane Stewart, The Ghost of Bentley Manor, A DeeDee Palmer Mystery, Book 1

Christine Van Zandt, Butterfly Dreams

Kathleen Ward, Refugees in the New World–Gaby’s Quest

ADULT NON-FICTION:

Winner: Leslie Oh, Fireweed

Runner Up: John Barnard, The Creole Incident

Jody Brady, Crosswalk Analysis

Nicole Bueno, Something to Talk About

Elaina Erola, Under Foot

Lisa Fabish, How We Fall in Love

Claire Fullerton, White Dress

Robin Herrera, I Got You Babe

Brian Millett, Falling Into Fire

Rachel Nielsen, Liar, Utah

ADULT FICTION:

Winner: Sheryl Bize-Boutte, The Burden Keeper

Runner Up: Chris Knoblaugh, Rotten

Evette Davis, 48 States

Michelle Gates, The Beginning

Lani Jackson, Tiger in the Night

Kelly Knake, Last Sunrise

Heidi Marjamäki, The Beckoning

E. Coyle Divers, The Interim Solution

Stacy Ryan, Falling to the Middle