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FWA Collection #7–Revisions: Stories of Starting Over Contest Winners

7FrontCoverAnother fabulous contest produced sixty winning authors bound for our seventh edition of FWA’s Collection – Revisions: Stories of Starting Over. Increasing the length of the contest from three-and-a-half months to four months, January 1st through April 30th, resulted in a total of 176 entries. This year 131 authors sent in one entry and 46 authors sent in two. Woohoo! We had ten poems entered into the contest. We are excited and pleased to announce two new records achieved in this year’s collection contest. Bob Hart – that’s right – BOB HART, again, not only became one of the sixty winning authors for the seventh time, but his short story, Two, was the highest scoring entry of all 176 entries!

Congratulations Bob! Great Job!

Every year, our Collection contest features a Person of Renown who chooses his or her ten favorite stories from the sixty winners. This year, Marie Bostwick, New York Times bestselling author of her Cobbled Court Quilt series, has made her Top Ten Picks. FWA proudly presents those authors here.

We’re so impressed by the talent and enthusiasm of FWA members, it makes our jobs very rewarding.

Thanks to our members’ participation, the Collection team remains happily busy.

FWA is pleased to announce and celebrate Marie Bostwick’s Top Ten Picks, followed by the fifty winning authors (in alphabetical order by author) and their entries.

Marie Bostwick’s Top Ten Picks

1. Jason Bonderoff, The Cypress Tree’ Apprentice

2. Kamesa Evette Carter, A Teen Mom Starts over

3. Linda Kraus, Single

4. Frank T. Masi, Clopin Clopant

5. Phyllis McKinley, Your Mother is No Longer Theresa

6. Al Perrin, The Human Singularity

7. Faun Joyce Senatro, The Molding of Rudy

8. J. H. Weis, Three Shades of Gray

9. Jeff Boyle, “Twenty-two”

10. Lynn E. Welsh, 365 Beds

50 Winning Authors (alphabetically by author)

Kelly Abell, Broken

Robert Alan, The Sword and the Pen

Ernie Audino, The Ashes of the Martyrs

Susan Bartlett, Reshuffling

Diane M. Boilard, Mostly Blind

Cindy Farrar Bryan, The Replacements

Bria Burton, Empty Girl

D. J. Cantillo, Miranda

Patricia Crumpler, A Perfect Companion

Terri Hoffman Curtis, The Plan

Ian Darling, Operation Fresh Start

Vic DiGenti, No Prom Like an Old Prom

Karen Dillon, What Happens in Vegas

Allen Gorney, The Son in the Telescope

Guttery, Patrick, A Time to be Born

Chris Hamilton, My Bathroom Door

Bob Hart, Two

Veronica Helen Hart, Poisonberry Wine

Robert Z. Hicks, Career Revisions – Starting Over

Christine Holmes, The Smile

John Hope, The Drive

Sharon E. Johnson, Coming to America

Beda Kantarjian, Author

Colleen Jeffery Kastner, Catching My Breath

Jade Kerrion, Always a Part of You

Bruce H. Kubec, Melted Ice

Peggy Lambert, Help Wanted

Stephen Leitschuh, Ira’s Bride

Christopher Malinger, The Sweet Scent of Spring

John Mallon, Colonial Midwife

Doris Manukian, Coming to America

Robert E. Marvin, The Party

Mark McWaters, Reset

John Charles Miller, Taking the Bait

Diane Mutolo, Blossoming Popularity

Bettie Nebergall, Jumping the Fence

Jean Axtell Nelson, Marigolds

Kate Newton, Come to Papa

Joan North, Fresh Step

Sheila Marie Palmer, A Rose by Any Other Name

Elaine Person, Happy Dazed

R.M. Prioleau, When I Grow Up…

Pat Rakowski, Together

Dale Simpson, Seven-Eighths

Kristen Stieffel, Immolation

Tom Swartz, Twelve Steps Forward

Aimee Taylor, Let Him Go

Dee Ann Waite, A Soul Revised

Sharon K. Weatherhead, Kitchen Magic

Judy Weber, The Forgiveness Test

The next exciting announcement is the publication, in this Collection volume, of the second FWA Youth Writers Collection. We are proud to have seven winning youth writers who will be published in our adult Collection. The youth contest, modeled after the adult Collection, carries its own theme, Starting Over, and also has Marie Bostwick as its Person of Renown. We are pleased to join with Marie to announce her favorite youth stories, by age group.

Marie Bostwick’s Favorite Youth Stories, by Age Group, by Favorite

Age Group 10-13

1st Place: Sarina Patel, Remembrance

2nd Place: Jaina Hope, The Wise Cherry

3rd Place: Yasmin Vuong, Emotion Chaos

Age Group 14-17

1st Place: Mikaela Bender, Terminated

2nd Place: Tyler Vest, Midnight

3rd Place: Jade Browne, Me, Myself, and Time

Honorable Mention: Kira Lieb, Hope for a New Year

More information on both Collection contests can be found here.

CONGRATULATIONS WINNING AUTHORS!

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