Mainstream:

  1st Place:

"Saving Jude" by Diane Geurts

  2nd Place:

"Trail Faith" by Marie McMillan

Middle Grade:

 

  1st Place:

"Breathe to Both Sides" by Sharon Mentyka

  2nd Place:

"All Souls Realty" by Jennifer Kam

Literary/Mainstream

 "I Love You More" by Jennifer Murphy

Historical:

  1st Place:

"A Tree of Pearls"  by Tiffany Vora

  2nd Place:

"A Far Different Path" by Michael Stone

Nonfiction/Memoir:

   1st Place:

"Magna Carta: Up Close and Personal" by Merv Montacute

  2nd Place:

"Glowing Houses: A Memoir" by Ruth Stender

 Genre:

  "My Sister's Grave" by Robert Dugoni

Romance/Women's Fiction:

  1st Place:

"Don't Call Me Cupcake" by Tara Sheets

  2nd Place:

"Burn Barrel" by Teri Towne

Poetry:

  1st Place:

"New Year's Eve, The Persistance of Yellow, Valentines" by Carol Despeaux

  2nd Place:

"Ukiyo-e, Glen After Dark, Art Appreciation" by Ace Baker

Memoir:

 
"American Goulash" by  Stephanie Yuhas

Mystery/Thriller:

  1st Place:

"Absolute Trust" by Donna Gough

  2nd Place:

"Target Practice" by Michael Munro

Short Story:

  1st Place:

"What the Sun Remembers" by Erik Josephson

  2nd Place:

"Story Knife" by Debra Carlson

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Paranormal:

  1st Place:

"Capricorn Rising" by Dan Baldwin

  2nd Place:

"Past Mistakes" by Anne Belen

   Childrens:

  1st Place:

"Ella's Umbrella" by Courtney Shannon Strand

  2nd Place:

"Ned and Ted" by Alan Shue

Young Adult:

  1st Place:

"Chrysanthemum Girl" by Frances Snyder

  2nd Place:

"Shards" by Donna Matney

Adult Short Topics:

  1st Place:

"Variations on An Old Theme" by Charis Himeda

  2nd Place:

"Pieces of Sunlight" by Tara Sheets