Contest Winners of 2014 Creative Writer's Notebook Short Story

To all who entered the 2014 Creative Writer’s Notebook Short Story Contest, here are the winners and honorable mentions. Thank you for entering and congratulations to all whose entries are named on this list. I will need you to send me the digital Word file of your short story as soon as possible along with your bio (updated if I already have one on file because of other contests).

If your story or other entries did not make the list this time, please keep trying. The 2015 Short Story Contest begins shortly and you have until Jan 31, 2016 to get your entries in. I will send out the guidelines later this month.

Again, thank you all for entering. The Judges’ comments and scores will be forthcoming.

Mary Lois

Mary Lois Sanders

Publisher/Managing Editor

Creative Writer’s Notebook

Court Jester Publications

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2014 CWN Short Story Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions

FIRST	The Bunker	DOYLE, Mike
SECOND	Grimm	PETRO, Jack
THIRD	The Melody Caper	WATKINS, Allen

HM	Left Out in the Cold	MAURER, David L.
HM	Last Chance	NEWHOUSE, Mark H.
HM	Suspicions	BARBOSA, Linda
HM	The Cook	WATKINS, Allen
HM	Ghosts In The Library	CRANDALL, Patricia
HM	There Are No Dahlias in Detroit	CHIZAK, Lawrence J.
HM	Catching the Critter Under the Bay Window	ROBINSON, Cathleen
HM	Maestro	MARTIN, Larry
HM	A Pinch of Spice	CRANDALL, Patricia
HM1	Yanks	WARNER, William J.
HM	What Happened on Serpentine Hill	ROBINSON, Cathleen
HM	Last in the Stick	WARNER, William J.
HM	Why Eat Alone	PAHZ, Jim
HM	The Virgin Heart	RUSSELL, Vanessa
HM	Bad Decisions	SMITH, Ray Allen
HM	The First Time	STARK, Jim
HM	Coming Home - 1968	RIDGE, Francis X., Jr.
HM	Duende Moments	PADIAN, James
HM	Dark Purpose	SNIVELY, David
HM	Alpaca Games	SNIVELY, David
HM	Itchy Wishy Twitchy	MALINGER, Christopher
HM	The Lovesong of Akina	JOHNSON, Millard
HM	A Matter of Time	FISLER, Barbara C.
HM	Jack and the Diamond Smugglers	GRAHAM, David B.
HM	Free to Be Me	CAPORALE, Claudia

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