Contest Winners
Prompt and Perfect Contest Winner: “The Intercession” by Debra Celovsky
She awakened slowly, turning wearily to see early light framing the edges of the window blinds. Her eyes were red and swollen. She had lain […]
Inspire
Contest Winners
Fast & Furious Contest Flash Fiction Runner-Up: Wind in the Firs by E.V. Sparrow
Beneath the twilight sky, the wind howled deep within the rugged and unexplored forest. It clawed at the ancient fir trees until they bent at […]
Contest Winners
Fast & Furious Contest Devotional Runner-Up: Who Am I? by Don Towle
“Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?” Exodus 3:11 Moses, a Hebrew, raised in Pharaoh’s household […]
Contest Winners
Fast & Furious Contest Flash Fiction Winner: Lily’s Gift by Lori De Jong
“Tilda, she’s so beautiful, don’t you think?” Tilda Atherton looked at the tiny infant girl in her sister’s arms. “Yes, Lily, but you remember what […]
Contest Winners
Fast & Furious Contest Devotional Winner: Something New by Zanne Marie Dyer
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Nonfiction 3rd Place: Never Far From Home by Mabel Ninan
Never Far from Home I opened my eyes and fought back the dread as I watched my husband pack his laptop. It was a typical […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Fiction Equal 3rd Place: A Thief’s Honor by Jasmine Schmidt
You’ll never amount to anything. You’ll drag us all down with your foolish ways. It’s your fault your mother’s tired. It’s your fault your brother […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Fiction Equal 3rd Place: Mute Witness by S.E. Clancy
Chapter 1 I first meet the man in the well over a cup of coffee, twenty years after he died. “Jake, you want anything from […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Nonfiction Runner-Up: Temper the Wind by Brenda Wilbee
Where are the trees? I shift into first, then bump slowly across the cattle guard into Meteor Ranch. I tap the brakes and stare in […]
Contest Winners
Great Openings Contest Fiction Runner-Up: No Dawn by Dian Avila
Callouses on my fingers and feet snagged the rough bark of my perch. It was difficult to recognize Eku’s olive green skin among the leaves […]