Ed Versluis Contest Winners

All right, everyone! The results of our 6+ hours of judging are in, and the winners are:

Fiction

1st place: “The Picture of Violet” by Hannah I. Darling

2nd place: “Mae and the Judge” by Richard Balzer   

3rd place: “A Notebook for Every Town” by Corynn Del Core

Published Honorable Mention:    “Missed Connection” by Jamey Strathman

Unpublished Honorable Mention:  “Air” by Karren Busch

Unpublished Honorable Mention: “Death stopped by for some coffee today” by Katherine Roy

Unpublished Honorable Mention: “The End" and "Nothing Yet”  by Jamey Strathman

Creative Nonfiction

1st place: “Edwards Air Force Base” by Lorene Farnsworth

2nd place: “The Blackberry Man” by Devon Williams

3rd place: “This is Earth’s Body” by Jerred North

Poetry

1st place:     “Dry Spell” by Trisha Castillo

2nd place: “Airplanes” by Zeke Hudson

3rd place: “Several Cries Over Winter in Carlsbad, New Mexico” by Tyler Lacy

Published Honorable Mention: “Entropy” by Zeke Hudson
Unpublished Honorable Mention: "Thoughts at the End of the Year" by Katherine Brafford

Keep in mind that the judging was done blind, without us knowing the authors of the pieces we were reading. Minimal alterations were done to the submissions before publishing them here.

Winners of the 7th Annual Ed Versluis Memorial Writing Contest received cash prizes (1st place - $100, 2nd place - $50) and surprise gifts (3rd place).

There were some extremely impressive, entertaining, and poignant pieces submitted to this contest. If you didn't submit a piece or submitted one that did not win, please send in pieces for next year's contests--and if you don't agree with the results, the solution is to join the club! Details are on the right under "What's Going On?"