Writers of the Future 3rd Quarter Standings for 2020, Volume 37
Of all the writing contests out there, this one launches careers!
And the winners are:
First Place – Trent Walters from Missouri Second Place – Luke Wildman from Indiana Third Place – Erik Lynd from Washington
Finalists:
C.A. Barrett from Kentucky Mark Braidwood from Canada Kent Jones from Minnesota Marcas McClellan from Hawaii J.L. Royce from Wisconsin
Semi-Finalists:
J.W. Benjamin from Hawaii Emily Dauvin from Canada Carl Duzett from Utah Sean Mabry from California Brittany Rainsdon from Idaho Mike Jack Stoumbos from Washington KT Wagner from Canada Brandy Woldstad from Wisconsin
Silver Honorable Mentions:
Joseph Ahn from District of Columbia Robert Bagnall from United Kingdom Amitai Ben-Abba from California Kara Bernard from Georgia Mark Bilsborough from United Kingdom Mackenzie Bitz from Texas Matt Bosio from Florida Michael Boyle from New York Seth Bradford from Virginia Maria Burns from Virginia K.G. Carpenter from Alabama Jordan Chase-Young from Australia Alessandra Clarke from Colorado Michael Coleman from Utah Riley Cross from New Jersey Christina De La Rocha from Germany James Dodds from Washington R.T. Donlon from New Hampshire Tiffany Fritz from Arizona Faraz Gafoor from Florida Peter Glen from Australia Pam Hage from Netherlands Jared Hammer from California Devin Hanson from California Nicole Haskell from Kentucky Cody Hegel from California Christopher Henckel from New Zealand Matt Holder from Missouri Fiona Howland-Rose from Australia Ronald Humble from Tennessee Emily Jensen from Utah Angela Kayd from Massachusetts Karen L. Kobylarz from Illinois Nathan Landrum from Kentucky MQ Larue from Maryland Adam Lemma from Pennsylvania Anna Madden from Texas Nick Marone from Australia Stephan Mathys from Missouri Corbin Maxwell from California Sandra Mazzo from New Jersey Russell McConnell from Texas Lauryn Mercredi from Canada Devin Miller from North Carolina G.H. Morgan from South Carolina J.C. Pillard from Colorado Alicia Pohl from Canada Kathleen Powell from Missouri Joseph C. Romano from Pennsylvania Ian Schutzman from California Sandra Siegienski from Oregon Ethan Skarstedt from Utah Niz Thomas from New Jersey M. Elizabeth Ticknor from Michigan Rebecca E. Treasure from Texas Samantha Weiss from Massachusetts Robert Luke Wilkins from California A.P. Worland from Australia Ramez Yoakeim from Georgia
Honorable Mentions:
Tom Abbott from Utah Nicholas P. Adams from Utah Ashlea Adams from Florida Joshua Aelick from North Carolina Shoshana Akabas from New York Van Alrik from Idaho Ella Ananeva from California Yabo Anderson from Minnesota JD Anthony from Oregon Colleen Apostle from Virginia Franklin Ard from Alabama Jay Ashkinos from Oregon Grayson Atwell from Oregon Hannah Azok from Ohio Katerina Bacher from California Mark Bailen from Arizona Jennifer Bair from Army Post Office Christopher Baxter from Utah SummerDale Beckstrand from Utah J.W. Benford from California Lura Bennett from Oregon Roger Berwick from United Kingdom Nicole Birley from United Kingdom Alexandria Blaelock from Australia P.D. Blake from United Kingdom James Blakey from Pennsylvania Rob Bleckly from Australia Melissa Bobe from New York Devon Bohm from Connecticut Catherine Bounds from Indiana Jacob Brezinski from Pennsylvania Z.T. Bright from Utah Jonathan Bronico from Massachusetts Bailey Burck from New Mexico Jennifer Bushroe from Arizona Jack Calverley from United Kingdom Michael Capozzi from New Jersey Ron Carnell from Michigan Alli Carpenter from Colorado Philo V. Carter III from Utah Katie Cassens from Minnesota Alicia Cay from Colorado Pin Yi Chen from Massachusetts Dennis Chen from California Brandon Cheng from Massachusetts Lazarus Chernik from Washington Alvin Chua from California Henry Chung from California David J. Cochrane from Louisiana Lee Collins from Alabama Wenmimareba Klobah Collins from Puerto Rico John Coming from Ohio D.B. Corsi from North Carolina Crystal Crawford from Florida Brian Crenshaw from California Chloe Crull from California Marco Cultrera from Canada Cory Daignault from Minnesota Dean N. D’Amico from New Hampshire Kate Dane from Minnesota M.J. Dareling from New York L.H. Davis from Florida Susannah Dawn from Oregon Adrian Deasley from United Kingdom Michael DeCarolis from Florida EJ Delaney from Australia Steve Denney from Australia John Derderian from California Michael Dioguardi from New York Victoria Dixon from Kansas M.A. Dosser from Pennsylvania Kelsey Drake from Germany Jenna Eatough from Utah Keith Edwards from Texas Jules Eng from California Jason Evans from Illinois Stevie Evers from Alabama Faith Farris from Oklahoma Constance Fay from Colorado Alanna Felton from Florida Carmen Wells Fendt from Wisconsin Caitlin Finley from Texas Cassiopeia Fletcher from Nebraska Neil Wesley Flinchbaugh from Texas J. Flowers-Olnowich from North Carolina Carleigh Foutch from Oklahoma Oliver Fox from Tennessee Richard Fox from Nevada Richard Freeborn from Alabama Jason D. Francois from United Kingdom John A. Frochio from Pennsylvania Henry Gasko from Australia RJ Gardham from United Kingdom Paige Gardner from North Carolina Becca Lee Gardner from Utah Katharina Gerlach from Germany Michelle F. Goddard from Canada Travis Goldenthal from New Jersey Ian Gonzales from Washington Mark Gordon from Florida Thomas Griffin from Tennessee Amit Gupta from Connecticut Jentina Guy from California Kwoineh Haba from Georgia Shelby Haggard from Maine Phillip Hall from Virginia Alex Harford from United Kingdom E R Harris from California DW Harvey from California Pat Hauldren from Texas Dan Helms from Virginia Michelle Henrie from Utah Alicia Hilton from Illinois Brian Hinson from New Mexico Evan Hoffmann from California Neal Holtschulte from New Mexico Ken Hoover from New Mexico Chip Houser from Missouri Drake Hughes from North Carolina Jeffrey Hunt from North Carolina Patricia A. Jackson from Pennsylvania Joel Donato Ching Jacob from Philippines Karen Johnson from Australia Bob Johnston from United Kingdom Krystal Kasal from Missouri Matthew Keefer from Massachusetts Marsha Kessler from Minnesota B. Koch from Illinois Jourdan Lamse from Michigan Lisa Lane from Oregon Sussu Leclerc from United Kingdom Natasha Lee from California R.J.K Lee from Japan Y. Len from Arizona Willadean Leo from Canada Robert Leonard from Virginia Joey Liang from Illinois Brandon M. Lindsay from Japan Candice R. Lisle from Utah Kess M. Little from Washington Dawn Lloyd from Washington Steven Lombardi from New York Mitchell Luthi from South Africa Celine Malgen from Switzerland Honor Martin from West Virginia Drew Martyn from United Kingdom WW Mauck from Illinois Nicholas Mayfield from Illinois Beth McCabe from Washington Robert J. McCarter from Arizona M.P. McEndree from Minnesota Agathon McGeachy from Oregon Joshua McKnight from California Claire McNerney from California Cassie Meyer from Kansas Bruce Meyer from Washington A. Jennings Meyer from United Kingdom Dom Michaels from Oregon Paula Molina Acosta from Maryland Caleb Monroe from California Blake Moon from New Mexico Michael J Moore from United Kingdom Audrey Moran from Washington Robert Morella from Georgia Vincent Morgan from Canada Daniel Morgan from United Kingdom J.N. Mortell from Massachusetts Aaron Moskalik from Michigan John Arthur Neal from Colorado Rey Nichols from North Carolina John Noel from Illinois David North-Martino from Massachusetts John O’Hare from United Kingdom Taya Okerlund from Utah Jim Okogu from United Kingdom Kanyinsola Olorunnisola from Nigeria John Olsen from Utah Jennifer Ostromecki from New York J. Tyler Pace from Georgia Olivia Padilla from New Mexico Ethan Palmersheim from Texas Emily Palmisano-Holliday from New Hampshire Simon Pan from Canada Kate Pavelle from Pennsylvania Shelby Perlis from California Caroline Poirier from Michigan John Post from Arkansas Natalie J E Potts from Australia Zach Poulter from Utah Beth Powers from Indiana Rajeev Prasad from California Zay Preacher from Florida Tom Prentice from Ireland Nyssa Rae from Canada Yoann Re from United Kingdom Trish Renee from Michigan Taemumu Richardson from New Zealand Diane Robinson from Canada Rob Robson from United Kingdom Caleb Thomas Rostedt from Australia Brian Rowe from Ohio Mahmoud Salameh from New Jersey Edward Sammons from Florida Brandon Sanford from Oregon Tenzin Sangpo from Oregon Keila Sato from California Basil Schlegel from Germany John Eric Schleicher from Montana Barbara Schreibke from California Cody Schroeder from Missouri Adeline J. Schultz from Illinois Michael Sherrin from Massachusetts Joellen Shumway from Utah Joseph Sidari from Massachusetts Michael Simon from Canada Nathan Slemp from Michigan Benjamin Smith from Pennsylvania Katlina Sommerberg from California Alexandra Starovoitov from Connecticut Carolyn Stein from Tennessee Roni Rae Stinger from Washington Luke Strom from California Jarom Scott Strong from Utah Yejin Suh from New Jersey Audrey Sun from New Jersey Thomas Tapper from Sweden E.M. Taylor from New Mexico M.R. Tevebaugh from Colorado Dan Thurot from Utah Christina Tong from Florida Katherine Toran from Maryland Matias Travieso-Diaz from Virginia SC Turner from Canada Roderick D. Turner from Canada Nickolas Urpi from Virginia Zachary J. Vacek from Texas David Van Droid from Tennessee Leslie Vedder from Colorado Janani Viswanathan from Canada Shannon Walch from Germany Derek Ivan Webster from Connecticut Morgan Welch from United Kingdom Galen Westlake from Canada Jeanne Wherley from Ohio Jacob John White from Pennsylvania Forrest Will from California Erin Williams from Vermont Elsa Wilson-Cruz from Alaska Caroline Winge from Brazil Thomas Woodward from Minnesota Hayley Woolf from New Zealand Mike Wyant, Jr. from New York Marissa Yoo from New Jersey Sam Yoo from Massachusetts Neil Young from California
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Congratulations to everyone! We know the big winners are really good… so we should read them. For anyone who is planning to enter the contest for the first time (like me), I think we should also read a couple stories from the ‘Honorables.’ Would that be possible?
Would be happy to share my 4th Quarter Honorable Mention–was surprised as I have only started to submit short stories, although I have worked for some time on several.
Please email me [email protected] and mention the contest in your subject line so that I can remember where you came from.
Congratulations everyone!
Congratulations to everyone! We know the big winners are really good… so we should read them. For anyone who is planning to enter the contest for the first time (like me), I think we should also read a couple stories from the ‘Honorables.’ Would that be possible?
Hi Urell,
Would be happy to share my 4th Quarter Honorable Mention–was surprised as I have only started to submit short stories, although I have worked for some time on several.
Please email me [email protected] and mention the contest in your subject line so that I can remember where you came from.
Best wishes – Erik
Honored to be among the finalists. Best wishes to all participants as they pursue their writing adventures!