2022 Annual Writing Competition Finalists Announced!
Awards will be presented at the Annual Meeting on October 8, 2022
| Category | Title of Entry | Name |
| C4-Free Verse | In Memory of My Milton Teacher, John | Alan Bern |
| C4-Free Verse | Skipping Stones | Arlene Hoyt-Schulze |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | Overture | Paul Knight/Chris Allen |
| B5 Elevator Pitch | Harmonic Chronicles | Chris Allen |
| C1 Limerick | Words | Chris Allen |
| B1 – Opening Chap – Pub | The Chimera Club | Chuck Greaves |
| E1 – Travel | Of Titans and Sprites and Forest Delights | Connie Orozco-Morgan |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | Bullets in the Water | Conor McAnally |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | Artichoke Hearts and Chicken-Fried Shark | Craig Higgins |
| C2 Haiku | Snow Dust | Dodici Azpadu |
| B5 Elevator Pitch | Santiago’s Prayer | Ed Johnson |
| C2 Haiku | Tears | Ed Lehner |
| D3 Mountains/Volcanos | Grantston | Ed Lehner |
| B1 – Opening Chap – Pub | One Will:Three Wives | Edith Tarbescu |
| A1 – Interior Art | Wildly Shining | Elizabeth Layton |
| E2-Memoir | Bubble Gum | Evelyn Neil |
| D2 Voyages | Hitch Hiker | Evelyn Neil |
| D1- Flying | One Way Flight to Shakin | James Tritten |
| A1 – Interior Art | Flyers | Jeffrey Otis |
| D1- Flying | The Lure of Flying | Jeffrey Otis |
| B1 – Opening Chap – Pub | The Poison of War – Chapter One | Jennifer Leeper |
| E2 Memoir | Ghost on the Lawn | Jennifer Trotter |
| D2 Voyages | Across the Atlantic | Jette Tritten |
| A1 – Interior Art | Sandia Mountains | Jette Tritten |
| B1 – Opening Chap – Pub | The Stranger | Jodi Lea Stewart |
| B2-Opening Chapter – Unpub | Midnight at the Bus Station | Jodi Lea Stewart |
| E2-Memoir | Once Upon a Midnight | Joe Cappello |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | Shame on Ralphie | Joe Cappello |
| B2-Opening Chapter-Unpub | Paradigm Shift | Jonathan Seyfried |
| D1- Flying | The Gosling | Judith Castleberry |
| C4-Free Verse | Ode to a Dead Poet | Kathleen Holmes |
| D4-Celestial Bodies | The Music Box | Kathleen Holmes |
| A2 – Cover Art | Many Hats | Kathy Schuit |
| D3 Mountains/Volcanos | Creative procrastination | Leonie Rosenstiel |
| D4-Celestial Bodies | Orion | Ma Angelica Chiutena |
| D3 Mountains/Volcanos | Mountain Meditation | Mary Burns |
| C4-Free Verse | Different Christmas Tree | Matt Nyman |
| D2 Voyages | An Unexpected Voyage | Patricia Walkow |
| E2 Memoir | Ursa Major | Paula Nixon |
| C2 Haiku | Lockdown Privilege | Rebeca Dakota |
| C2 Haiku | Waiting underground | Rebeca Dakota |
| A1 – Interior Art | Hemblett Cabin | Rebecca Larivee |
| A1 – Interior Art | Looking for Company | ROBERT CUDNEY |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | The Diplomat | Roger Floyd |
| B3 – Book Review | Santa Fe & the Atomic Bomb | Roger Floyd |
| D4-Celestial Bodies | The Star Falls | Roger Floyd |
| C1 Limerick | Teen Diagnosis | Roscoe Champion |
| C1 Limerick | Old Pro Politico | Roscoe Champion |
| E2 Memoir | Forever | Ruth Marshall |
| E1 – Travel | Transylvania | Terence Cady |
| B2 Opening Chapter Unpub | Defiance, West of the River | Vicki Felmlee |
| E1 – Travel | Night Photography in Joshua Tree National Park | Vicky Ramakka |
| C4-Free Verse | Produce, Far Aisle | Victoria Holmsten |
| B1 – Opening Chap – Pub | When the Mockingbird Won’t Sing | Victoria Murata |
| C4-Free Verse | Facing Cancer at the Foot of Ladron Mountain | Wendy Brown |
| C2 Haiku | Ancient Wisteria | Wendy Brown |
| B5 Elevator Pitch | The Price of the Sky | William Fisher |
Awards
With the exception of the Art/Photography categories, prizes will be awarded as follows in each category for which there are at least 5 entries:
- 1st Place: $50 & Certificate
- 2nd Place: $25 & Certificate
- 3rd Place: $15 & Certificate
- Honorable Mentions: Certificates
All B&W interior art accepted for the book will receive a $25 award. Full Cover front page artwork will receive $50.
For questions, please send an email to contest@swwriters.com.
