Writers of the Future 1st Quarter Standings for 2020, Volume 37
Of all the writing contests out there, this one launches careers!
And the winners are:
First Place – Barbara Lund from Utah Second Place – Sara Fox from Georgia Third Place – K.D. Julicher from Nevada
Finalists:
Michael Panter from United Kingdom Anthony Regolino from Pennsylvania Dominic Teague from United Kingdom Samantha Weiss from Massachusetts Cliff Winnig from California
Semi-Finalists:
Van Alrik from Idaho Desmond Astaire from Illinois S.M. Dziok from Minnesota Henry Gasko from Australia Mark Gordon from Florida Amit Gupta from Connecticut Russell McConnell from Texas Tim McLaughlin from Massachusetts T.A. Simonelli from North Carolina Galen Westlake from Canada
Silver Honorable Mentions:
A.R.R. Ash from Arizona Tina Back from California J.A. Becker from Australia Scott Birrenkott from Wisconsin Matt Bosio from Florida T.E. Bradford from New York Amanda Brandt from Florida Jonathan Bronico from Massachusetts Ted S. Bushman from New York Alicia Cay from Colorado David Christiansen from Utah Crystal Crawford from Florida Koji A. Dae from Bulgaria Claire Davon from California Lance Dean from California John Derderian from California Em Dupre from New York T.A. Fenner from Georgia D.B. Corsi from North Carolina Zanna Fong from Canada Nate Givens from Virginia Ian Gonzales from Washington Madelyn Gunn from Illinois Brian C. Hailes from Utah Eric Hardman Weigand from California T.E. Hartley from Arizona DW Harvey from California Brian Hinson from New Mexico Gregory R. Hyde from Colorado Dave Kavanaugh from Netherlands Catherine Killackey from United Kingdom Michael Kingswood from California Nathan W. Landrum from Kentucky Willadean Leo from Canada Eric D. Littlefield from Colorado B.T. Lowry from Canada Christine Lucas from Greece Catherine Lyon from Minnesota Brad Marshland from California Corbin Maxwell from California Charles Mears from California Dominique Nelson from Florida Rosie Oliver from United Kingdom Simon Pan from Canada Kate Pavelle from Pennsylvania J.C. Pillard from Colorado Brittany Rainsdon from Idaho Angie Rega from Australia Jared A. Robinson from California Tina Schroeder from Minnesota Sean Sexton from North Carolina Adrian Simmons from Oklahoma Nathan Slemp from Michigan M. Elizabeth Ticknor from Michigan P.K. Torrens from New Zealand Lydia Weltmann from New Jersey Luke Wildman from Indiana Neil Young from California Sean Young from Nevada
Honorable Mentions:
J.F. Acosta R. from New York Nicholas P. Adams from Utah Ashlea Adams from Florida Jason A. Adams from Virginia T. Alexander, Sr. from District of Columbia M.F. Alfrey from United Kingdom Ella Ananeva from California Charles Anderson from Canada Michael Anderson from Michigan Yabo Anderson from Minnesota Hartley Anderson from Australia Sharon S. Anielski from Michigan J.D. Anthony from Oregon Julia V. Ashley from Mississippi Hannah Azok from Ohio Haneen J. Babbitt from Colorado Cameron Bain from New York Matthew Baron from Georgia Micah D. Bates from Oregon Christopher Baxter from Utah Christopher J. Bennem from New York Jeff Binkley from Alabama Carina Bissett from Colorado Harrison Bitzis from Georgia Tracey Bjorksten from Australia Jason Black from Hawaii James Blakey from Pennsylvania Daniel Blatt from California Rob Bleckly from Australia Alexander J. Blum from California Michael Boggs from Philippines Brittany Boose from Washington Wendy BooydeGraaff from Michigan C. Clayton Bowman from Tennessee Seth Bradford from Virginia David Bridge from United Kingdom Sydney Brightheart from Oklahoma Michael D. Britton from Utah Bokerah Brumley from Texas Tess Burningham from Washington Chris S. Burns from California Zachary Cannon from New Mexico Abby Card from Oregon R.G. Carpenter from Michigan Keith Casto from Ohio Anna Cates from Ohio Lazarus Chernik from Washington Carleton Chinner from Australia Jeremiah Christie from Florida Kenzis Clair from Arizona Joe Coates from Australia Catherine J. Cole from Florida Alexis Collins from Virginia Russ Colson from Minnesota David Costa from Portugal R.G. Cousins from Canada C. Thomas Cox from Maryland Benjamin Crawford from North Dakota Michael T. Creel from Virginia R.S. Croft from Indiana E.J. Cunningham from Utah Cory Daignault from Minnesota Kate Dane from Minnesota Emily Dauvin from Canada Julie Davis from North Carolina L.H. Davis from Florida Mei Davis from Michigan Christina De La Rocha from Germany Ligia de Wit from Mexico Michael DeCarolis from Florida Nestor Delfino from Canada Steve Denney from Australia Victoria Dixon from Kansas Nic Dobre from Romania M.A. Dosser from Pennsylvania Ian C. Douglas from United Kingdom Arthur M. Doweyko from Florida Alexander Duhamel from South Korea A.V. Dutson from Utah Jenna Eatough from Utah Emily Edwards from Georgia Keith Edwards from Texas Gary Egan from Kentucky Lorna Eifflaender from United Kingdom Rachel Elizabeth from Georgia Matan Elul from Australia Tim Emery from United Kingdom Angela England from Canada Richard James Errington from Connecticut Frederick Essig from Florida Ariel Eure from South Carolina Sofia Ezdina from Russian Federation Thomas Farringer from Oregon Suzanne Ferguson from Texas Dan Michael Fielding from Oregon Caitlin Finley from Texas Samuel Finn from Washington Neil Wesley Flinchbaugh from Texas James K. Flynn from North Carolina J.G. Follansbee from Washington S.C.A. Fontaine from Spain Adam Fout from Texas Richard Fox from Nevada Richard Freeborn from Alabama Daniel Craig Friend from Utah Lindsay Fudim from New York Faraz Gafoor from Florida Becca Lee Gardner from Utah Grant M. Gerwatowski from Michigan Melva Gifford from Utah Alec Glisson from Illinois Michelle F. Goddard from Canada Ilyssa Goldsmith from Arizona Naomi Goodheart from Connecticut R. Erik Gorka from Oregon Gregory Graham from Illinois Harambee K. Grey-Sun from Virginia Mary Haaser from Indiana Pam Hage from Netherlands Phil Hall from Virginia Kevin P. Hallett from Texas Rae Hallstrom from Ohio Laura Handley from Virginia Dan Hankner from Iowa Alex Harford from United Kingdom Naomi Hatchman from Australia James A. Hearn from Texas Cody Hegel from California Colton Heitzman-Breen from Virginia Zann Hemphill from Canada A.R. Henle from Ohio Michelle Henrie from Utah Hollis Henry from Trinidad and Tobago Carlton Herzog from New Jersey Steven Heumann from Utah Br. Raban Heyer from Arkansas Evan Hoffmann from California Greg Hoover from Missouri Ken Hoover from New Mexico Keith Hoskins from Maryland R.J. Howell from Illinois Dan Hu from Massachusetts William Humble from Texas Cathy Humble from Oregon Jay Hurteau from New Hampshire Zala Jam from United Kingdom Yuri Jang from California Christopher Allen Jenkins from Hawaii Kristal M. Johnson from New York Erik Johnson from Viet Nam Brandie June from California Daniel Kamin from Illinois Kevin Kauffmann from North Carolina Angela Kayd from Massachusetts Christopher Keene from New Zealand Brad Kennedy from Canada Katie Kent from United Kingdom Kari Kilgore from Virginia Aaron Kilgore from Michigan Jace Killan from Arizona Anike Kirsten from South Africa Richard Knuckleman from Arizona Shawn Kobb from Virginia Katelynn Laird from Colorado Samantha Lampman from Michigan T.D. Larson from South Dakota Adrian Law from New Mexico Scott Lee from Colorado Dave Lemel from Wisconsin Daxon Levine from Utah Roger Ley from United Kingdom Jordan Link from Maryland Bonner Litchfield from North Carolina Max Lury from United Kingdom Erik Lynd from Washington JS Lyster from Canada Esther Magdalena Reed from Colorado Jeremy Mallory from Virginia Daniel Malossi from New York Charley Marsh from Minnesota Django Mathijsen from Netherlands WW Mauck from Illinois Christian McCulloch from United Kingdom Matt McHugh from New Jersey Erin McInerney from New York Joshua Harley McKnight from California Christopher McManamon from California Kenneth Meade from Georgia Laura Melcher from Washington Cassandra Meyer from Kansas A Jennings Meyer from United Kingdom Brennan Michael from South Carolina Anne Miles from Kentucky Devin Miller from North Carolina Mikayla Mislak from Maryland Jeremy Mitchell from Canada K.R. Monin from Pennsylvania J.N. Mortell from Massachusetts Soumya Sundar Mukherjee from India Evan D. Mullicane from California Ethan Nahte from Arkansas C. Patrick Neagle from Oregon Gem Newman from Canada Rose Nguyen from Canada Christy Nicholas from New York August Nigro from Pennsylvania Megan Nordquist from Utah David North-Martino from Massachusetts David O’Keefe from New York John M. Olsen from Utah Al Onia from Canada Jax D. Paperweight from Australia Geoff Parker from Michigan Jerry Parker from California B.A. Paul from Indiana George Petit from California Judith Pettersen from Canada L.K. Pinaire from Indiana Aden Polydoros from Arizona Zach Poulter from Utah Kathleen Powell from Missouri Tom Prentice from Ireland Edward Prestwood from Arizona Allison W.A. Price from Arkansas Edward Punales from Florida Duncan B. Putney from Rhode Island Jordan Radford from Illinois Alison L. Randall from Utah Christina Ranon from Washington Yoann Re from United Kingdom Nicole Reavis from North Carolina Trish Renee from Michigan Glenn R.C. Reyes from California Mark Rhodes from South Carolina Denise S. Robbins from District of Columbia Joseph C. Romano from Pennsylvania J.L. Royce from Wisconsin Max Russell from Colorado Lynne Sargent from Canada Jacob Schafer from Oregon M.M. Schill from Florida Lyle Schmidt from Nebraska Tod Schneider from Oregon Ian Schutzman from California Lexi Segall from New Jersey Willow Seymour from Nevada Joseph Sidari from Massachusetts Derek Sikkema from Florida Sara Crocoll Smith from Maryland Timofey Soloyvev from Russian Federation Allison Sommers from California Emily Martha Sorensen from Utah Andrea St. Pierre from Idaho Michael Stebbins from California Carolyn Ivy Stein from Tennessee Barbara Stoner from Wisconsin Stephannie Tallent from California J.M. Tanenbaum from California Susan Taylor from Oklahoma G.J. Terral from Texas M.R. Tevebaugh from Colorado Carter Thomas from Oregon Kelly Thomas from California Niz Thomas from New York Amity Thompson from Kansas Patrick Tibbits from Wisconsin Brooke Tiedt from Missouri A.M. Todd from Canada Sylvia Toor from California Katherine Toran from Maryland Sam Tovey from United Kingdom Rebecca E. Treasure from Texas LC Treeheart from Oregon Sammie Trinidad from Texas Christopher Tuthill from New York Nickolas Urpi from Virginia Leslie Vedder from Colorado Peter Vohsemer from Canada Charles Wade from Mississippi Emily Marie Wagner from Texas Jamie Wang from Minnesota Juliet Warren from New York David Watson from Alabama Connie R. Watson from North Carolina Nicole Wells from Oklahoma Hannah Whiteoak from United Kingdom David Whitmarsh from United Kingdom Mar Wiley from Florida Sheena Williams from South Carolina Brad Williamson from Missouri Elisa Winther from Netherlands Nick Wisseman from Michigan Brandy Woldstad from Wisconsin D.M. Woolston from Nevada Rebecca Wyldewood from Australia Tyler Zeoli from New York
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Congratulations on your HM!! Keep on writing. Are you familiar with our new Writing Workshop? Our primary target audience is writers who are working to hone their craft and submit to the Contest. Check it out. It’s on the WritersoftheFuture.com home page.
Thanks to the judges and Joni for all their work on this. I’m over the moon to take an HM right out of the gate!
Congratulations on your HM!! Keep on writing. Are you familiar with our new Writing Workshop? Our primary target audience is writers who are working to hone their craft and submit to the Contest. Check it out. It’s on the WritersoftheFuture.com home page.
i would like to thank GP for the chance to submit – it was a lot of fun!
You are welcome!