2018-Winners
2018 Short Story Contest Winners
2018 - 1st Place Adult - 20 and Over - Sharon Overend
1st Prize Youth 2018 Gareth Arturo Marks
YOUTH CATEGORY – 19 and under
| PRIZE | AUTHOR | STORY |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST | Gareth Arturo Marks | The Library |
| 2nd | Emma Lim | Here Be Dragons |
| 3rd | Kristin Vleeming | Trapped |
Honourable Mentions
| Maia Stephan | Missing In Action |
| Maria Guo | Cracked |
| Penny Duran | for three stories on the short list |
ADULT CATEGORY – 20 and over
| PRIZE | AUTHOR | STORY |
|---|---|---|
| 1ST | Sharon Overend | Driveway Weeds |
| 2nd | Connie L. Cook | For The Love of Sweet Rose |
| 3rd | Denise Beaton | Birds On A Wire |
Honourable Mentions
| Helen Mary Orr | Sunshine On A Cloudy Day |
| Richard Arthur Hundey | Guilty |
| Chris Vetterli | Spiritus Culina |
| Alan Macleod | Two Pianos |
Congratulations to everyone who made the short list, especially in a contest with the extraordinarily high standards overall that we encountered this year. The spread between 1st prize and not making the winners list at all was only a few points. In a perfect world we would have had a 10-way tie for 1st place. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way.
Thank you all for participating in this contest. You are the only reason it happens, and I sincerely hope that all of you will submit again next year.
Looking forward to that.
Michael Fox
Literacy Committee
The Rotary Club of Stratford