Announcing the Mainstream Fiction winners of the 76th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
Mainstream/Literary Short Story Winners Winners
Jeff McCormick
Lakeland FL
- Kathryn MacDonald
Bainbridge Island WA
- James Gish, Jr.
Arcanum OH
- Alexa I. Stefanou
State College PA
- Scarlett Annadeus Baker
Austin TX
- Robert George
Denver CO
- Evan Pickering
Amityville NY
- Kenneth W. Plumb
Lenexa KS
- R. E. Wood
Patchogue NY
- Michael Mort
Arlington VA
- Alice Louise Wagoner
Roswell NM
- R. E. Wood
Patchogue NY
- Peg Elliott Mayo
Blodgett OR
- Marcia Corbino
Sarasota FL
- Candy Davis
Cottage Grove OR
- Madison Taylor-Hayden
Wausau WI
- Fred Joshu
Saint Charles MO
- Richard Gibney
Sutton Co Dublin
- Beryl MacDonald
Salem OR
- Sarah Frances Hardy
Oxford MS
- Sabine French
Raleigh NC
- Jo Lauer
Santa Rosa CA
- Erika Napoletano
Las Vegas NV
- Hasmik Arakelyan
San Francisco CA
- Thomas M. Hill
Tucson AZ
- Angelo Talluto
Manchester NJ
- Robin S Crawford
Mentor-on-the-Lake OH
- Jessica Paul
Richmond VA
- Alicia Stankay
Ambridge PA
- Melanie Griffin
North Augusta SC
- Jay DeVane
Greensboro NC
- Chrissy K. McVay
Little Switzerland NC
- Chrissy K. McVay
Little Switzerland NC
- Aaron B. Donner
Bay Shore NY
- Anne Welsh
Kilauea HI
- Nikki Andrews
Wilton NH
- Dean Stewart
Sylmar CA
- Ralph G. (Jerry) Stevenson
Pueblo CO
- Zola Stultz
Portal AZ
- Catherine P. Snider
Portland OR
- Carol Wobig
Milwaukee WI
- Elena Iglesias
Miami FL
- Patsy Evans Pittman
Vienna WV
- E. R. Dillon
Ponchatoula LA
- Joanne M. Moore
Raleigh NC
- Blaise Buchowski
Seattle WA
- Lauren Carson
East Falmouth MA
- Mark Cowlin
Denver CO
- Jennifer Byrne
Glassboro NJ
- Patsy Evans Pittman
Vienna WV
- Lillian E. Hans
Aurora CO
- Donna L. Paullin
Oakland CA
- Tori Bond
Perkasie PA
- Sharon L. Howard
Charlottesville VA
- Marcel Bally
Shirley NY
- Irena Travo
Simpsonville SC
- Donna Mitchell
Lake Oswego OR
- Glen A. Ross
Bellevue NE
- Sioban Gallagher
Midlothian VA
- John Irwin
Rohnert Park CA
- Charles Schaeffer
Bethesda MD
- Cecelia (Cecile) Calmes
Woodland CA
- Kathryn MacDonald
Bainbridge Island WA
- Sioban Gallagher
Midlothian VA
- George Partridge
Osoyoos BC
- Lauren B. Grossman
Tucson AZ
- Daniela Gibson
San Francisco CA
- Kerry Petrichek
Finleyville PA
- Christine Kephart
Toms River NJ
- Bonnie Burnatowski
Pennellville NY
- Bob Knapp
Baltimore MD
- Charlie Elliott
Lafayette LA
- Trent England
Brighton MA
- Elsie Schmied Knoke
Oak Ridge TN
- Cecily Hamlin Wells
Hendersonville NC
- James H. Henry
Longview TX
- Patrick Sean Lee
Mission Viejo CA
- Lisa F. Vargas
Dunn NC
- Gloria Hutchinson
Glenburn ME
- Liz Sawyer
Marysville CA
- Thomas Fullmer
Salt Lake City UT
- Suzanne M. Garrity
Princeton MA
- Richard Kigel
Staten Island NY
- Dorian Tilbury
Brooklyn NY
- Angela Kriger
Fife WA
- Barbara D. Hall
Wayne NJ
- Mindy Sitton-Halleck
Bothell WA
- Margaret E. Holeman
HOPE AK
- Alysia Lyons
Falls Church VA
- Jennifer Hermann
Arcadia CA
- Jeffrey C. Bowser
Grove City PA
- Jodi Buchan
Bemidji MN
- Connie F. Crowe-Miller
Kihei HI
- Andrew Zembles
Corona Del Mar CA
- Virginia Kupferman
Albuquerque NM
- Cheryl Renée Grossman
Toronto ON
- Lori McFerran
Alburtis PA
- Evelyn Goodrick
Charleston IL
- Barbara D. Hall
Wayne NJ
- Ted Shrader
San Antonio TX
Click on the category name below to see the top 100 winners in each area:
Grand Prize Winner
Children's Fiction
Feature Article
Genre Short Story
Inspirational
Mainstream Fiction
Nonrhyming Poetry
Memoir/Personal Essay
Rhyming Poetry
Stageplay
Screenplay
