2020 GCWA Writing Contest
Deadline for GCWA 2020 writing contest: January 31, 2020.
Writing Contest is open to GCWA members and the public — adults 18 and over, youth 11 to 17
GCWA 2019 Writing Contest winners are posted below!
Documentation for 2020 GCWA Writing Contest
Download your 2020 Entry Form here.
Writer’s contest announcement 2020
Writer’s contest guidelines 2020
2020 JudgingCriteria-Nonfiction
2020 JudgingCriteria-Children’s Stories
Formatting Tips for Writing Contest entries [doc]
Formatting Tips for Writing Contest entries [pdf]
If you have questions please email website@gulfwriters.org
All submissions must include full payment made by check (or PayPal verification) to GCWA.
DO NOT MAIL CASH. Check should be for your entries only and not for other monies owed to GCWA. You can also pay below with PayPal.
| Member & Student Contest Entries |
Non-Member Contest Entries |
2019 Winners!
Children’s Stories
1st place — Oliver Goes Exploring by Nancy Leake
2nd place — Pointless, The Misfit Star by Mariah Julio
3rd place — Three Cheers for Emilio by Elizabeth Weiss Volstadt
Fiction
1st place — Thirteen by F.J. Talley
2nd place — The Trophy by K.J. Boyd
3rd place — Sweet taste of Success by Pauline Hayton
Nonfiction:
1st place — Unvarnished Truth by Bob Nelson
2nd place — Kay’s Eternal Garden by Geri McArdle
3rd place — Jus’ a Bus Ride by Michael Boyd
Poetry:
1st place — Decent/Desent by Nick Sweet
2nd place — Child of the Sea by Megan Dalziel
3rd place — She Walks the Decks Alone by Lona Haskins
2018 Winners!
Children’s Stories
1st place — Lola BaJola and The Fly by Laura Marske
2nd place — The Curious Gray Mouse and The Christmas Tree by Martha Jeffers
3rd place — Pixel, the Filthy-Footed Feline by Mariah Julio
Fiction
1st place — Marked For Life by Sandy Dahlhofer
2nd place — Good Night, Have a Nice Sleep by Jan Nieman
3rd place — Pick Me by Wendy Halloren
Nonfiction:
1st place — Where the Action Is by David Aiken
2nd place — Swinging Back to Life by Geneva Kelly
3rd place — The Apartment by Rick Urban
Poetry:
1st place — Hurricane by Sharon Whitehill
2nd place — Caloosahatchee by Gary McLouth
3rd place — The River by Carmine Lombardo
2017 Winners!
Poetry
1st place — When We Came Home by Mary Beth Lundgren
2nd place — Sowing Seeds by Joan Heller Winokur
3rd place — Psyche’s Rhumba by Dan Reed England
Fiction
1st place — So This Guy Walks into a Bar by Judy Marksteiner
2nd place — City Lawyer by Bill Wilson
3rd place — To Name the Name of Your Father by Martin Nakell
Nonfiction:
1st place — China’s Big Balancing Act by Rose Giro
2nd place — Courage With a Small c by Patricia Sheehy
3rd place — The Riverview Melting Pot by Jan Nieman
Children’s Fiction:
1st place — A Day at the Circus by Martha Jeffers
2016 Winners!
Poetry
1st place — “Year End Giving” by Teresa B. Falsani
2nd place — “Acceptance” by Richard H. Fox
3rd place — “Silence” by Lori Izral
Fiction
1st place — “Disappointed” by Jan Nieman
2nd place — “Single Black Roses” by Richard Rimrodt
3rd place — “Crows” by Judy Loose
Honorable Mention — Terry Wright “A Time . . .”
Nonfiction:
1st place — “Life Lessons” by Patricia Sheehy
2nd place — “Teeth” by Judy Loose
3rd place — “Bathing an Elephant is a Big Job” by Gillian Birch
2015 Winners!
Fiction:
First Place – “Billy Hurts” by Jim Marcotte
Second Place – “The Shaman” by Frankie Patman Maguire
Third Place – “Boy with One Shoe” by Richard Rimrodt
Non-fiction:
First Place – “Smoke and Fire” by Eva Romanczak
Poetry:
First Place – “The Final Journey” by Barbara Rohde
Second Place –“It’s a Boy” by Dan Reed England
Third Place – “Thanksgiving” by Joyce Berrian Ferrari
Children’s:
First Place – “Tommy the Leaf” by Nancy Leake
The winners will be published in the Ft. Myers Magazine summer edition.
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