Literary /Mainstream

Genre Fiction

Memoir

Mainstream - Sponsored by Kelly Estes:

  1st Place:

"How to Be Your Own Mother" by Sandra B. Fan

  2nd Place:

"Flamingo Voodoo" by Melanie MacDonald

  3nd Place:

"Cows Point North" by Scott Best

Speculative Fiction / Fantasy:

  1st Place:

"The Corpse Robber's Daughter" by Ichabod Ebenezer

  2nd Place:

"Hark the Herald " by Alexandra Nica

  3nd Place:

''Bliss and the Apocalypse''  by Tiffany Coleman

Historical - Sponsored by Pam Binder:

  1st Place:

"The Last Magdalene"  by Donna D. Conrad

  2nd Place:

"Calamity - An American Woman " by Johann Sorenson

  3nd Place:

"Mirrors & Smoke " by Adrienne Stevenson

Middle Grade - Sponsored by The Flamingo Writer's Group:

   1st Place:

"The Trinity Knot" by Debbie Austin

  2nd Place:

"The Storycatcher-A Novel-in-Verse" by Debra Elisa

  3nd Place:

"Taming Trouble " by C.E. Brown

Romance:

   1st Place:

"Falling For Paris "  by Kelly Nelson

  2nd Place:

"Breaching Her Contract " by Stephanie Prehoda

  3nd Place:

"Just Add Water " by Kim Clarke

Young Adult - Sponsored Roxanne Beaver

  1st Place:

"Republic'  by Charlie Wilson

  2nd Place:

"The Clawgap " by Shannon Gifford

  3nd Place:

"Human Nature " by Molly Gray

Women's Fiction:

  1st Place:

"Madison Carmichael " by Mashaw McGuinnis

  2nd Place:

"Time-Out at Warp Speed" by Darwyn Carson

  3nd Place:

"Never Say Perfect" by Kristin Jarvis Adams

Nonfiction/Memoir - Sponsored by Donna Conrad:

  1st Place:

"Groomed" by Carol Odell

  2nd Place:

"Through a Mother's Eyes " by Carolyn Taylor

  3nd Place:

"Life, Interrupted " by Maria Barrs

Mystery / Thriller:

  1st Place:

"Strangers in AA" by Emily Deutsch

  2nd Place:

"Now You See Her..." by Patricia Duggan

  3nd Place:

"Caribbean Heat" by Jake How 

Short Story - Sponsored by Melanie MacDonald:


  1st Place:

"Home is Where Your Roots Grow" by Leslie Wibberley

  2nd Place:

"Three Days of Maude " by Michael Corey

 
  3nd Place:

"Flight Plan" by Kassia Sing

Horror / Paranormal - Sponsored by Ted Butler:

  1st Place:

"Beautiful Dark" by Jocelyn Adams


  2nd Place:

"Broken Things" by Diane Corso

  3nd Place:

"The Crossing Guard, Bee Boy, and the Secondhand Heart " by Michele Montgomery

Childrens - Sponsored by Kelli Vincent:

  1st Place:

"Dandelion View" by Celaine Charles

  2nd Place:

"What If Mother Says NO?" by Brenda Olson

  3nd Place:

"Alexander the Alligator " by Laura Werner

"How to Be Your Own Mother" by Sandra B. Fan