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SLWG Short Story Contest Results:

The Guild's distinguished St. Louis Writers Guild Annual Short Story Contest is one of the oldest in the United States and in 1935 awarded first prize to Tennessee Williams for his story "Stella for Star." It is open for submissions on October 1 of every year and accepts submissions from writers everywhere.

 

A BIG Round of Applause for the Winners of the
2009 ST. LOUIS WRITERS GUILD ANNUAL SHORT STORY CONTEST!

First Place:  Jaclyn Devey for "Confessions of a Coffee-aholic Vampire" (St. Louis, MO)

Second Place: Matt Sorrell for "The Process" (St. Louis, MO)

Third Place: Andi Gregory Pearson for "The Good Day" (Golden, CO)

 

Honorable Mentions (listed alphabetically):

Shirley Eaves - "His Colors" (Glen Carbon, IL)
Jay Harden
- "Sleeping with One Wicked Woman"
Lynn Veach Sadler - "The Book that Came in Hardcover and Hardcore" (Sanford, NC)