Dear Mr. Vineyard,
I returned to New York last night and found my check for $150. I feel like framing it instead of cashing it, but I guess I'll be realistic. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the anthology when it's ready.
Best regards,
Lynda
I returned to New York last night and found my check for $150. I feel like framing it instead of cashing it, but I guess I'll be realistic. Thanks again, and I look forward to seeing the anthology when it's ready. Best regards, Lynda
Dear Mr. Vineyard,
Thank you so much! My name is Elli Westmoreland. I have been writing poetry for only about two years now, having previously written mainly fiction and short stories. I am attending college in the fall to pursue creative writing.
Thanks,
Elli Westmoreland
Lynda Myles - $150.00 Winner
Featured Author of 1st Book!
Featured Poet of 1st Book
Elli Westmoreland - $150.00 Winner!
WINNERS!
Stories:
A Lucky Man
&
She Was
Somebody's
Baby Too
Poem:
Shatter
Also Published In 1st Book. . .
FICTION:
Susan Coppola - What's In a Name?
Jason Kaplan - The Maven
Chris Medaglia - What If
Matthew Ryan - Sacrifice
Annelie Widholm - Requiem
Jason Kaplan - The Maven
Chris Medaglia - What If
Matthew Ryan - Sacrifice
Annelie Widholm - Requiem
POETRY:
Sarah M. Clinton - Cadaver
Jessie May Murray - Self-Inflicted
Lisa Roberson - I Didn't Know
Jessie May Murray - Self-Inflicted
Lisa Roberson - I Didn't Know
Featured Author of 2nd Book!
"I am a storyteller. My children tell me I’m better at it in person than on paper, but writing has been an addiction for me for over fifty years. . . . My heritage is reflected in the [Quaquay] story, although I am only a quarter blood.
The Odawa People, their history and their struggles, have touched my heart deeply. It is my hope this story, as well as the others in the 'Quaquay Series' honors them as I intended."
The Odawa People, their history and their struggles, have touched my heart deeply. It is my hope this story, as well as the others in the 'Quaquay Series' honors them as I intended."
animatqua - $150.00 Winner!
Story:
Quaquay's Birthday
Featured Poet of 2nd Book!
Sally O'Quinn - $50.00 Winner!
Poem:
Uncharted Life
Sally O'Quinn has been writing poetry and short stories since elementary school and attended college on a Creative Writing scholarship (back in the 1970's!). However, work and raising a daughter put writing on hold for decades, and it was only this year that she returned to her first love and began submitting work online. Since June she has had a poem and a short story published at Muscadine Lines-A Southern Journal and another short story included in an anthology of winning entries from Hazel Street's "Image-In" contest. Sally is a stagehand and lives with her husband Kelly and two dogs in Haines City, Florida. She would like to dedicate "Uncharted Life" to the memory of her friend John Luhn, who lost his battle with cancer in August of this year.
Finalists published in 2nd book . . .
FICTION:
Gene Alvin - Anasazi Moon
Sanjay Chopra - A Fate Worse Than...
Joe Kilgore - The Last Word
Matthew McNulty - Hush Money
Marjorie Petesch - Life In Jilin
Kelli Stuart - Summertime
D. S. Tierney - Between Breaths
&
The End
POETRY:
Phillip Greene - The Currency of Our Love
Bethany Fisher - The Snake Song
Bonnie K. Florea - Hidden Rose
John Pilon - The Phoenix Express
William Poppen - Hissing Heart
Charlie White - Idolized Suicide
Katherine York - Splendor Upon the Grass
Dear Mr. Vineyard,
Thank you very much for the high recognition you have given my stories! It is very important to me and I will always remember it as an encouraging sign for my first step into the vast creative world of your country.
I was charmed by your idea of publishing collections dedicated to creative writing in the very beginning. I am sure that The Creative Writer will continue gaining strength and further establish itself as a discoverer of new, original ideas and unusual looks at the human soul.
Many warm regards to the J.D.Vine Publications team and all your readers from distant Bulgaria!
Nina
Featured Author of 3rd Book!
Nina Nenova - $150.00 Winner!
Featured Poet of 2nd Book!
Robert Buck - $50.00 Winner!
When asked for a quote to put next to his photo on this page, Robert Buck responded like the true poet he is:
"Hold your head up
and look them square,
God will take care."
Finalists being published in 3rd book . . .
FICTION:
Shawn Krest - The Cricket:
A Journal of Escape
Christian Scheid DUI – Driving
& Michael Gabriel - Under the
Influence
Marcia Sinclair - The Misadventures
of Oscar and Annie:
Training Day
Cathlene Smith - Sophie
& The Wedding
Phylis Warady - God Bless Marilyn
POETRY:
Loukia Janavaras - White
Janet McCann - Chemistry 101
April Moyer - Star
Stories:
The First Night's Day
Seduction
&
Born Rich
Poem:
Musketeers of Oswego
