Knoxville Writers' Guild Announces Contest Winners

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Feb. 17, 2015 - PRLog -- The Knoxville Writers’ Guild is excited to announce the winners of its annual writing contest. Out of the hundreds of entries received, more than 15 writers were selected for recognition in the 2014 Knoxville Writers’ Guild Contests. Winners for each category are listed below:

Leslie Garrett Award for Literary Fiction

First Place: "A Family Meeting" by Phyllis Gobbell

Second Place: "The Clam" by Kirsten Rudberg

Third Place: "Choked" by Cathy Kodra

SciFi/Fantasy

First Place: "Metaphor Man - Chapter 2" by David Booker

Crime/Mystery

First Place: "Elsie" by Bob Godwin

Romance

First Place: "A Place for Lovers" by Patricia Hope

Novel Excerpt

First Place: "Maranatha Road" by Heather Bell Adams

Second Place: "Hold String and Fly" by Heather Bell Adams

Third Place: "The Hungry Years" by Connie Green

Creative Nonfiction

First Place: "Weighing Up the Risks" by Pauline Mary Curley

Libba Moore Gray Award for Poetry

First Place: "Carbon Monoxide" by Embley Veronica Noechel

Second Place: "Three Poems: 'November 1862,' 'Three Men,' and 'An American Painting'" by John Mannone

Third Place: "Backwater Blues" by Faith Gomez

Young Writers' Poetry Prize

First Place: "Easy Does It," "Paper Doll" and "Space Traveler" by Jessica Moore
Second Place: "Entombed," "Makeshift" and "To Whom It May Concern" by Elizabeth Wilson

Young Writers' Fiction Prize

First Place: "Big Jim's Antiques" by Abby Douglas

One Act Play

First Place: "Still Waters" by Mark McGinley

KWG congratulates the winners and expresses its thanks to all who participated. For more information about future contests and events, visit www.knoxvillewritersguild.org.