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Read the prize-winning stories from our 2007 short-story contest!
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Read the prize-winning stories from our 2007 short-story contest!
Published: February 29, 2008
First place:
"
Please, Leave a Message
" by Todd Powell of Duvall, Wash.
Second place:
"
The Sweetgum Tree
" by Shelly King of Mountain View, Calif.
Third place:
"
Letters From the Hospice
" by Robert Goodwin of South Windsor, Conn.
Note:
Todd Powell's story also appears in the April 2008 issue of
The Writer
.
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