Essay Contest Winner: Balancing blocks
“Do you regret it?” he asks. I almost run the stop sign. From the backseat, the baby shrieks for more Cheerios, and my husband tries … Read More “Essay Contest Winner: Balancing blocks”
Past Contest Winners
Read the winning entries from previous writing contests sponsored by The Writer.
Short Story Contest Winner: Hunger
Read the first-place winner of our “Let There Be Light” short story contest.
Essay Contest Winner: I wrote. I am writing. I will write.
Read the first-place winner of our “Your Writing Life” essay contest.
Contest winner Kate MacNamara on “The Dance”
The first-place winner of our “Spring Cleaning” short story contest shares her writing process.
Fiction: “The Dance”
Read the first-place winner of our “Spring Cleaning” short story contest.
Fiction: “Tree Without Reason”
Read the second-place winner of our “Spring Cleaning” short story contest.
Fiction: “Pieces of Echo”
Read the first place winner of The Writer’s “Our Darkest Hours” contest.
Fiction: “In the Tunnel”
Read the second-place winner of The Writer’s “Our Darkest Hours” contest.
Fiction: “StalkSpace”
Read the third-place winner of The Writer’s “Our Darkest Hours” contest.
Leviathan
Read the winner of our “Lesson Learned” short story contest.
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