First, we want to thank everyone who entered our second annual contest! Second, we want to thank our submitters for their patience! We almost doubled the number of entries we had last year, and we couldn’t be more thrilled! There were so many great entries…so much so that we selected TWO winners! That’s right, we will be awarding the grand prize of $100 and ebook publication to two writers! Publication dates will be August 13, 2019, and September 3, 2019! Stay tuned! Huge thank you to our contest coordinator, Arielle Haughee at Orange Blossom Publishing.
And now the winners of The Writer’s Atelier Second Annual Contest. Drum roll, please!
First Place: Interruptions by Paul Cohen
Paul B. Cohen read English at Leeds University in the UK and holds graduate degrees from Vanderbilt University and the University of Southern California where he studied for a master’s in creative writing. He lived in Los Angeles for ten years before returning to his native Britain. Formerly a freelance theatre and film reviewer, his plays have been seen in various cities in the United States. His short stories have appeared in a number of journals in the UK, the US, and Australia. His tale Lecha Dodi was a first place winner in Moment magazine’s Short Fiction Awards, judged by novelist Alice Hoffman. His novel Tales of Freedom appeared in February 2019. Find out more about Paul via his website: paulbcohen.com.
First Place: Intersections by Rick Krizman
Rick Krizman writes music, stories, and poems and holds an MFA in Writing from Pacific University. His work has appeared in The Wising Up Press, Sediment, Flash Fiction Magazine, Star 82 Review, Medusa’s Laugh Press, Driftwood, Switchback, 45th Parallel, The Big Smoke, and elsewhere. He also hosts and produces the ACME Writing Academy podcast, a weekly writerly gabfest. Rick is the father of two grown daughters and lives with his wife and other animals in Santa Monica, CA.
Finalist: Life with Angie by DC Diamondopolous
DC Diamondopolous is an award-winning short story and flash fiction writer with over 150 stories published internationally in print and online magazines, literary journals, and anthologies. DC’s stories have appeared in: So It Goes: The Literary Journal of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, Lunch Ticket, Raven Chronicles, Silver Pen, Front Porch Review, and many others. DC was nominated for Best of the Net Anthology. She lives on the California central coast with her wife and animals. Find out more about DC via her website: dcdiamondopolous.com.
Be on the lookout for the eBook releases, as well as the details of our next annual contest! If you’re a WA Patron, you will receive a copy of both eBooks, otherwise, eBooks will be available on Amazon!
