Writers of the Future 4th Quarter Standings for 2020, Volume 37
Of all the writing contests out there, this one launches careers!
And the winners are:
First Place – John M. Campbell from Colorado Second Place – Emma Washburn from North Carolina Third Place – Ryan Cole from Virginia
Finalists:
Douglas Cohen from New York Christopher Henckel from New Zealand Elaine Midco from Florida Brittany Rainsdon from Idaho Galen Westlake from Canada
Semi-Finalists:
Dustin Adams from New York Michael Kingswood from California Vincent Morgan from Canada Robert Porteous from Australia M. Elizabeth Ticknor from Michigan Amelia Wallis from Utah Alex Washoe from Washington Ramez Yoakeim from Georgia
Silver Honorable Mentions:
Linda Maye Adams from Virginia Jason Akinaka from Hawaii JC Archer from Wyoming Tina Back from California Robert Bagnall from United Kingdom Alexander Barrett from Arizona Christopher Baxter from Utah Emily Bell from Washington J.W. Benjamin from Hawaii Spider Blake from Utah Rob Bleckly from Australia Michael W. Boggs from Philippines Bret Booher from Indiana Sierra Branham from Utah Allison Brice from District of Columbia Ted Bushman from New York Blake Casselman from Utah Alicia Cay from Colorado Stephanie Chan from California Dennis Chen from California Joshua Clark from Colorado Ryan Clement from Canada John Coming from Ohio David Coombs from Canada Noah Copley from West Virginia Col Cort from Australia Yelena Crane from Pennsylvania Crystal Crawford from Florida Cory Daignault from Minnesota Jon Dailey from Arizona Marco De la Roche from New York Justin Dill from Canada James Dodds from Washington Steve DuBois from Kansas Tony Dunnell from Peru Em Dupre from Florida Frank Dutkiewicz from Michigan Bill Eckel from Oklahoma J.W. Ellenhall from California Tim Emery from United Kingdom Carmen Wells Fendt from Wisconsin Samuel Finn from Washington Richard Freeborn from Alabama Carl Gable from Georgia Andrei Gaceff from Romania Jared Garrett from Utah Ian Gonzales from Washington William Grace from Colorado Austin Gragg from Missouri Jude-Marie Green from California Maryann Haaser from Michigan Phillip Hall from Virginia Alex Harford from United Kingdom Amy Herring from Alabama Brian D. Hinson from New Mexico Ben Holden from United Kingdom Andrew Holmes from California Gregory R. Hyde from Colorado Ronald Kaiser from New Hampshire Daniel Kamin from Illinois Dave Kavanaugh from Netherlands D A Kelly from Nevada A.J. Klaich from Utah S.E. Kramer from District of Columbia Jake Kyer from Colorado Clark Lewis from New York Molly Likovich from Maryland Noah Linwood from New Jersey Tonya Lippert from Oregon Candice R. Lisle from Missouri Eric Littlefield from Colorado Django Mathijsen & Anaid Haen from Netherlands Corbin Maxwell from California David McGillveray from United Kingdom Dan Melnick from Indiana Ann Miller from Colorado Devin Miller from North Carolina E.L. Montague from Texas Blake Moon from New Mexico Luke Nolby from Minnesota Al Onia from Canada Kate Pavelle from Pennsylvania C.A. Pendergraft from Kentucky Zach Poulter from Utah Beth Powers from Indiana Keith Proctor from Virginia Shane Raben from Nebraska Mark Rhodes from South Carolina Frank Riley from California Elisabeth Ring from Utah Denise Robbins from District of Columbia Michelle Rose from Oregon Basil Schlegel from Germany Marcus Schmidt from California Emery Schulz from California Joel Scoberg Evans from United Kingdom Cheyenne Shaffer from New York I. Stanhope from Tennessee Niz Thomas from New Jersey Adam Smedley from Alabama Jefferson Snow from Utah Sebastian Stark from Arizona Corey Stedwell from Arizona Mason Stevens from Kentucky EJ Tedrow from Virginia Mark Tomlinson from Illinois Rebecca E. Treasure from Texas James A. Tweedie from Washington Dan Thurot from Utah Amber Velez from Arizona Daniel Walsh from United Kingdom Jesse Weiner from Colorado Dane Whitaker from California Walter L. Williamson from New Mexico Waraji-sama from Japan M. Weald from Colorado Cliff Winnig from California Sean Young from Nevada
Honorable Mentions:
Josh Acocella from Illinois Storm Adams from Arkansas Lance Adams from Texas Nicholas P. Adams from Utah K.C. Aegis from California Joshua Aelick from North Carolina A.M. Aikman from Florida Stacey Akins from Tennessee Victory Alexandra from Alabama J.W. Allen from Texas Van Alrik from Idaho Jeffrey Anderson from Utah Yabo Anderson from Minnesota JD Anthony from Oregon Anish Aradhey from Virginia Jacob Armitage from New York Paris Armitage & Rosemary Cole from Massachusetts Tasmiah Aronee from New Zealand F.D. Arther from West Virginia Jay Ashkinos from Oregon Julia V. Ashley from Mississippi Mark August from Maryland Mila Aung-Thwin from Canada Franco Aversa from New York Abby Baier from Massachusetts Jen Bair from Army Post Office Tom Barbados from Japan C.A. Barrett from Kentucky Alyssa Barron from California JP Behrens from Connecticut Lura R. Bennett from Oregon E.M. Bird from Virginia Scott Birrenkott from Wisconsin Charlene Blackwell from Canada James Blakey from Pennsylvania Randall Blandin from Virginia Alexander Blum from New York B.A. Boose from Washington Matt Bosio from Florida Emily Bowden from District of Columbia Natahn Bowen from United Kingdom Seth Bradford from Virginia Fern Brady from Texas Steven R. Brandt from Louisiana Alex Brasure from Colorado Z.T. Bright from Utah Jonathan Bronico from Massachusetts Iain Bruce from United Kingdom Lauren Buck from West Virginia James Buda from Iowa Zoe Bullock from United Kingdom Daniel R. Burkhard from Utah Jennifer Bushroe from Arizona Michael Capozzi from New Jersey J. Perry Carr from Texas Leslie Carter from Maryland Philo Carter from Utah Justin Cartwright from Texas Katelyn Cassens from Minnesota Timothy Cassidy-Curtis from California Jason Chaplin from New Hampshire Jordan Chase-Young from Australia Daniel Chawner from New Jersey Lazarus Chernik from Washington Theta Chun from California Christopher Chwang from California Joe Coates from Australia Tyler Cochran from Missouri J.D. Cole from Arizona Russ Colson from Minnesota Amber Michelle Cook from Oregon T. Cook from Utah Scott Coon from California D.B. Corsi from North Carolina D.C. Costello from Minnesota C. Thomas Cox from Maryland Elsa Wilson-Cruz from Alaska Marco Cultrera from Canada AJ Cunder from New Jersey J Cunningham from Maryland Dom Michaels from Oregon Dean N. D’Amico from New Hampshire Kate Dane from Minnesota P.C. Darkcliff from Spain Jorden Darrett from Texas Apu Das from India Emily Dauvin from Canada L.H. Davis from Florida Amanda Dawson from Canada Christina De La Rocha from Germany Jennifer Della’Zanna from Maryland Benjamin DeHaan from Japan Iain Delaney from Canada Nestor Delfino from Canada Anthony Deskins from Indiana Juan Joel Diaz from California Michael Anthony Dioguardi from New York Victoria Dixon from Kansas Gavin Di’White from United Kingdom Nathan Dodge from Texas M.A. Dosser from Pennsylvania John Drake from Ireland Taylor Dye from North Carolina Patrick Eades from Australia Jenna Eatough from Utah Emily Edwards from Georgia Gabrielle Elling from Pennsylvania C.T. Epley from Maine Richard Errington from Connecticut Jason Evans from Illinois Kat Farrow from Utah Caitlin Finley from Texas Mairead FitzGerald from Ireland Neil Wesley Flinchbaugh from Texas Meagan Faye Foley from Florida CL Fors from California Oliver Fox from Alabama Jason D. Francois from United Kingdom Scott Franzen from Minnesota Brianna Frentzko from Florida Ron S. Friedman from Canada Becca Lee Gardner from Utah Melva Gifford from Utah Russell Giles from Utah Cat Girczyc from Canada John Gisch from Florida Michelle F. Goddard from Canada Aster Glass from California Justin Greer from Pennsylvania Peter Griffin from United Kingdom Thomas J. Griffin from Tennessee Jentina Grey from California Colin Hacker from Colorado Brian Hailes from Utah Alexis Halama from Tennessee Kevin Hallett from Texas DW Harvey from California NV Haskell from Kentucky Nancy Hayes from Idaho James A. Hearn from Texas Tia Heneggy from Michigan A.R. Henle from Ohio Michelle Henrie from Utah Carlton Herzog from New Jersey Benjamin Hewett from Texas Ian Hill from Oklahoma Alicia Hilton from Illinois Rebekah Holladay from California Neal Holtschulte from New Mexico Drake Hughes from North Carolina Larry Hunt from Arizona Mitchell Inkley from Utah Caroline Ives from California Jared Allen Jackson from Utah Pamela Jeffs from Australia R.V. Johnson from Utah Bob Johnston from United Kingdom Lena Jones from California Toni Jones from Florida Kent Jones from Minnesota H.D. Journey from Texas Myra Karine from Utah Krystal Kasal from Missouri Seth W. Kennedy from California Katie Kent from United Kingdom Brian Kerg from Virginia Iulia Keeley from Florida Brandon Ketchum from Pennsylvania Kareem Khoury from Georgia Aaron Kilgore from Michigan Anike Kirsten from South Africa HRT Knight from South Africa Mary Kreger from Michigan Jason Lairamore from Oklahoma Nathan W. Landrum from Kentucky Carter Lappin from California Adrian Law from New Mexico Angela Kayd from Massachusetts Richard Layton from United Kingdom Sue Lee from Canada R.J.K. Lee from Japan Dave Lemel from Wisconsin Adam Lemma from Pennsylvania Annaliese Lemmon from Washington Christopher F. Lewis from Utah Bonner Litchfield from North Carolina Taissia Lomako from New York Colton Long from District of Columbia Nicole Lungerhausen from North Carolina Sean Mabry from California Anna Madden from Texas Oliver Madison from Arizona Mark Manifesto from California Mark Marchenko from United Kingdom Perin Marolia from India Charley Marsh from Minnesota Mariev Erie Matriarch from New York Kaleigh McCann from Australia Robert J. McCarter from Arizona Marcas McClellan from Hawaii Patrick McCully from Texas M.P. McEndree from Minnesota Sky McKinnon from Washington Agathon McGeachy from Oregon Joshua McKnight from California Christopher McManamon from California Connor Mellegers from Canada Lauryn Mercredi from Canada Annette Meserve from Colorado Ramtin Mesgari from South Africa Brennan Michaels from South Carolina Audrey Mihalik from Ohio Bo Miranda from Liechtenstein Demorie Kelly Montrose from Barbados Jenna Mora from Colorado Francesco Moramarco from United Kingdom Lore Morgen from Georgia Josh Morrey from Utah Chris Morrison from North Carolina Avery Nakata from Hawaii Adam Narimatsu from Maryland T.R. Naus from Virginia V.E.W. Navarra from Georgia J. Autumn Needles from Washington Jan Nerenberg from Oregon Christy Nicholas from New York Scott Nicholson from California Jeremy O’Brine from Washington David O’Keefe from New York Orishanti from United Kingdom John Olsen from Utah Sarah Ortega from Texas Simone Otter from Netherlands J. Tyler Pace from Georgia Simon Pan from Canada Michael Panter from Sweden Cherise Papa from Utah Benjamin Pask from Australia Michael Pasotti from Indiana B.A. Paul from Indiana Elena Pavlova from Bulgaria Emma Leigh Marie Perkins from Oklahoma Laura Peters from Pennsylvania Andrew Piazza from Pennsylvania M.E. Pickett from Massachusetts Kimberly Pienkawa from New Jersey J.C. Pillard from Colorado Ziga Povse from Slovenia Rajeev Prasad from California Allison W.A. Price from Arkansas Susan Qrose from Canada Patrick Quinn from Massachusetts Samantha Ramirez from Texas Sylvia Rasch from Tennessee Yoann Re from United Kingdom Andrew Reichard from Michigan Glenn Reschke from California Resolute from New York Sonya Rhen from Washington Reuben Rivers from New York Sierra Robinson from California Diane Robinson from Canada Michael Robles from California Andrell Rodriguez from Illinois Nathaniel Rogers from Utah Jeff Ronan from New York Luana Rose from Arizona Maria Rosen from New York Brian Rowe from Ohio Andy Rugg from Australia Jason Russell from Alaska John Eric Schleicher from Montana Ryan Schmitz from Missouri Jeremy Schnee from Oregon Hannah Schofield from United Kingdom Ian Schutzman from California H.B. Scott from Arkansas Willow Seymour from Nevada Jeffery Shoemaker from Pennsylvania Hank Shore from South Carolina Joseph Sidari from Massachusetts Sandra Siegienski from Oregon Brian Skinner from United Kingdom Zeljko Skropanic from California Nathan Slemp from Michigan Tiffany Smith from Texas Benjamin Smith from Pennsylvania Blake Soder from Iowa Timofey Solovyev from Russian Federation Crystal Stadnyk from Canada Michelle Staloff from Florida Brian Stefanko from Washington Carolyn Ivy Stein from Tennessee Laura Stewart from Florida Eldridge Stimmel from Oklahoma Mike Jack Stoumbos from Washington Jarom Strong from Utah Jennifer Stuart from South Carolina Kit Summers from Michigan Liviu Surugiu from Romania Lennart Svensson from Sweden Stephannie Tallent from California Thomas Tapper from Sweden Mark Taverna from Texas E.M. Taylor from New Mexico Sylvia Telfer from United Kingdom G.J. Terral from Texas Matthew Tevebaugh from Montana Nick Thomas from Ohio Kelly Thomas from California Charles Thompson from South Carolina Christina Tong from Florida Seth Trovao from California Roderick D. Turner from Canada Leah Turner from Kansas Stepanie Turner from Canada Erik Van Mechelen from Minnesota Devin Vandriel from Arizona David Van Droid from Tennessee Rene Vecka from Colorado Emily Wagner from Texas Shannon Walch from Germany Jade Wallace from Canada Nestor Walters from California Merethe Walther from Georgia Elijah Ward from Utah Susan Watkins from Oregon Burton Weinstein from California Nicole Wells from Oklahoma Olga Werby from California Kevin West from Germany Avery Whelan from Estonia L. Cyrus Whelchel from Texas Hetty White from Georgia Clayton Wiegel from Texas Robert Wilkins from California Brad Williamson from South Korea Ligia de Wit from Mexico Kirk Wolcott from Virginia Brandy Woldstad from Idaho Chanon Wongsatayanont from Thailand Philinna Wood from Dubai William R.D. Wood from Virginia Shelley-Anne Wooderson from California Thomas Woodward from Minnesota A.P. Worland from Australia Jonathan Worlde from West Virginia Sam Yoo from Massachusetts Sarah Yvonne from Nevada Adi Zeharia from Canada Elias Van Zimmer from Germany
https://writersofthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Quarterly-Writer-Winner-Q4_2020_1000x667.jpg6671000Joni Labaquihttps://writersofthefuture.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Writers-of-the-Future-logo_1667x1250.pngJoni Labaqui2020-11-17 11:45:432021-08-03 10:44:29Writers of the Future 4th Quarter Winners Announced for Volume 37
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Alexander Barrett says:
Looks like it was crazy huge numbers of high quality entrants.
I just want to say when I got the e-mail on 4 NOV 20 I was so excited to have received a Silver Honorable Mention that some people were a little weirded out that I wasn’t angsting over some election or something that was happening.
Congratulations to you Alexander. You are correct that it was a huge field and that you are a silver HM is quite a testament to the quality of your writing.
Same here. I was also informed by email that I was an honorable mention, but since I don’t see my name on here, I suppose I’m not after all. My story was “10422 Ninotchka“
Hi John. I exchanged a number of emails with Joni about this. I was informed a few months back that I had received and email telling me that I was an honorable mention in this quarter. But my name wasn’t on the list. Joni said I was right and that it would be corrected. I suspect that she is too busy to deal with it, so I’m bringing it to your attention. The story was titled: “The Gecko Effect.” Thanks
Thank you Burton. Due to a little glitch, I haven’t seen these comments to handle. So was this resolved?? If not, please email me directly at [email protected].
Looks like it was crazy huge numbers of high quality entrants.
I just want to say when I got the e-mail on 4 NOV 20 I was so excited to have received a Silver Honorable Mention that some people were a little weirded out that I wasn’t angsting over some election or something that was happening.
Congratulations to you Alexander. You are correct that it was a huge field and that you are a silver HM is quite a testament to the quality of your writing.
I was informed via email I was an “Honorable Mention” yet I don’t see my name here. The story was for “The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived.”
OK Glenn. I will check on this tomorrow when everyone is back in the office and get it corrected!!
Best, John Goodwin
Me, too! I can’t see my name (Ourania Pontikogianni) or my pen name (Philinna Wood). I got an Honorable Mention for The Well That Could Tell.
OK, I have forwarded your info to the Contest Director who will email you. Thanks for the alert.
Gleen. Did the Contest Administrator reach you?
Same here. I was also informed by email that I was an honorable mention, but since I don’t see my name on here, I suppose I’m not after all.
My story was “10422 Ninotchka“
OK, I have forwarded your info to the Contest Director who will email you. Thanks for the alert.
John, can you forward my information too? I got an email stating I was an honorable mention, but my name is not here. Thank you!
Hi Jennifer, Thank you for letting me know. I have forwarded to the Contest administrator so it can be fixed! best, John
I just realized that my name is also not listed. I received an email stating I got an Honorable Mention for my story “Gravebane.”
I have forwarded this to the Contest Administrator to handle. Thank you for the alert.
I just realized that my name is also not on the list, yet I received an email saying I got an Honorable Mention. My story was named “Gravebane.”
I just noticed that my name was also not listed. I received an email informing me of an honorable mention for my story “Gravebane.”
Hi John. I exchanged a number of emails with Joni about this. I was informed a few months back that I had received and email telling me that I was an honorable mention in this quarter. But my name wasn’t on the list. Joni said I was right and that it would be corrected. I suspect that she is too busy to deal with it, so I’m bringing it to your attention. The story was titled: “The Gecko Effect.” Thanks
Thank you Burton. Due to a little glitch, I haven’t seen these comments to handle. So was this resolved?? If not, please email me directly at [email protected].
Thank you John. Joni was finally able to address my honorable mention and got a certificate to me.
That’s great and you are welcome. Well done to you for your HM, Burton!!!