2020 AWC Writing Contest Winners.

Congratulations to all the winners and to those who entered our annual writing contest! We are grateful to our judges, who served in volunteer capacity during a pandemic time without any financial renumeration. May 2021 bring us closer as a community, and may we begin by celebrating some Alabama winners!

2020 AWC Writing Contest Winners

1st Chapter of a Novel

First Prize: “Millie’s Razor” by Dave Hammond

Second Prize: “O’Banion’s Bluff” by Whitney Adrienne Snow

Third Prize: “A Small Town Guide to Re-Inventing Yourself” by Christopher Jay Jones

Flash Fiction

First Prize: “A View from the Precipice"” by Dave Hammond

Second Prize: “The Most Precious Item” by Vic Kerry

Third Prize: “Reruns” by Larry Wilson

Memoir

First Prize: “A Rusty Piece of Tin” by Daniel Leonard

Second Prize: “The Fall of a Septuagenarian Cyclist” by Jeff Grill

Formal Poetry

First Prize: “How Love Wins” by Jeanette Willert

Second Prize: “Livin’ with Peace” by Jeral Williams

Third Prize: “What Are You Doing Here (Gigan)” by Leonard Temme

Short Story

First Prize: “Moon River” by Doug Gray

Second Prize: “Collect” by Christopher Jay Jones

Third Prize: “The Missing Piece” by Lauren Foreggar

Free Form Poetry

First Prize: “Isabel Dances the Lace” by Gurupert Khalsa

Second Prize: “Transposing Ann Carson” by Catherine Hall Kiser

Third Prize: “Nursery Dreams” by Kathleen Duthu