4th Annual Writing Competition
4th competition was held in January 2023.
Winners:
1st Place: Emeline by Lesley Downie
2nd Place: Love, Mom by Tricia Elisara
3rd Place, Invisible Pirhana by Char Cyrus
Judges:
Annonymous
Shekinah Kifer
Shekinah Kifer is an editor and poet who has worked for several literary journals including Poetry International, pacificREVIEW, and Fiction International. She is a graduate of San Diego State University, where she earned both her Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and Master’s degree in Children’s Literature. Shekinah currently resides in Escondido and often be found wandering the stacks of nearby libraries and bookstores looking for her next favorite story.
Devan Crable
Devan Crable writes as S. Benjdar. She is the author of Love Kills A Curse which will be published this Spring, 2023, a fantasy-romance story filled with time travel and a love triangle. Currently, she is working on a two-book series entitled Chaotic Web. She is also the host of two critique groups and a participant in two others.
3rd competition was held in June 2021.
Winners
1st Place: Free Fall by Wanda McLaughlin
2nd Place: Hole in Cactus by Jessica Petrencsik
3rd Place: The Colors of Change by Eva Redding
Honorable Mentions
Ludwig’s Revenge by Robert Kirschenbaum
Spying by Janelle Amer
From the Appliance Blog by Tim Miller
Judges:
Glae Thien
Cornelia Feye
Jill Hall