MCWC Contest Winners

2024

Jamieson Bunn, Novel, First Place; Alejandra Navarro, Novel, Second Place; Paul Weissburg, Novel, Third Place; Alyson Sagala, Short Fiction, First Place; Zane Fischer, Short Fiction, Second Place, Amie Balthazor, Short Fiction, Third Place; Terry Connelly, MG/YA, First Place; Carrie Lynn Hawthorne, Memoir, First Place; Lisa Palmer, Memoir, Second Place; Leah Korican, Memoir, Third Place; Candace Coulombe, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Lauren Hruska, Speculative Fiction, Second Place; Lauren Oertel, Poetry, First Place; Frej Barty, Poetry, Second Place; Alia Ayer, Poetry, Third Place; Anniqua Rana, Nonfiction, First Place; Sharon McCorkle, Nonfiction, Second Place.

 

Pete Peterson, Novel, First Place; Amy Berkowitz, Novel, Second Place; Isabel Auerbach, Novel, Third Place; Russell Silver, Novel, Honorable Mention; Phannarai Inkun, Short Fiction, First Place; Meghana Mysore, Short Fiction, Second Place, K.X. Song, Short Fiction, Third Place; Agatha Hinman, Short Fiction, Honorable Mention; Doug Henderson, MG/YA, First Place; Melanie Jones, MG/YA, Second Place; Edie Lau, MG/YA, Third Place; Anniqua Rana, Memoir, First Place; Monica Olsen-Stein, Memoir, Second Place; Laura Guidry, Memoir, Third Place, Jade Sanchez-Ventura, Memoir, Honorable Mention; Tian Yi, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Tom Adams, Speculative Fiction, Second Place; Ron Morita, Speculative Fiction, Third Place; antmen pimentel mendoza, Poetry, First Place; Lauren Oertel, Poetry, Second Place; Alia Ayer, Poetry, Third Place, Shelby May, Poetry, Honorable Mention; Kira Witkin, Nonfiction, First Place.

2023

 

2022

Jordan Alam, Novel, First Place; Sarah Wang, Novel, Second Place; Liz Danek, Short Fiction, First Place; Ron Morita, Short Fiction, Second Place; Robin Michel, Short Fiction, Third Place; Ari Moskowitz, Short Fiction, Honorable Mention; Logan Silva, MG/YA, First Place; Julie Zigoris, MG/YA, Second Place; Lili Zwart, MG/YA, Third Place; Jasmine Sawers, Memoir, First Place; Natalie Rose Gove, Memoir, Second Place; Emily Weber, Memoir, Third Place; Ebony Haight, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Kong Vang, Speculative Fiction, Second Place; Tom Gammarino, Speculative Fiction, Third Place; JC Ross, Mystery, First Place; Kathryn Hargett-Hsu, Poetry, First Place; Norma Smith, Poetry, Second Place; Lauren Oertel, Poetry, Third Place.

 

2021

Monya Baker, Novel, First Place; Alicia London, Novel, Second Place; Cindy Teruya, Novel, Third Place; Laura Schmitt, Short Fiction, First Place; Sofia Garner, Short Fiction, First Place; Christina Berke, Short Fiction, Third Place; Lisa Ryan, MG/YA, First Place; Wendy Lu, MG/YA, Second Place; Sidney Regelbrugge, MG/YA, Third Place; Melissa Hung, Memoir, First Place; Brenda Yeager, Memoir, Second Place, Emily Weber, Memoir, Third Place; Sharon Lin, Poetry, First Place; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick-Vrenios, Poetry, Second Place; Griffin Deary, Poetry, Third Place; April Yee, Creative Nonfiction, First Place; Amy Patterson, Creative Nonfiction, Second Place; Molly Montgomery, Creative Nonfiction, Third Place; Ron Morita, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Si Yon Kim, Speculative Fiction, Second Place.

 

2020

Laurie Skiba, Novel, First Place; Kat Lewis, Novel, Second Place; Monya Baker, Novel, Third Place; K-Ming Chang, Short Fiction, First Place; Julie Sullivan, Short Fiction, Second Place; Julie Zigoris, MG/YA, First Place; Amanda Conran, MG/YA, Second Place; Jamie Ericson, MG/YA, Third Place; Olivia Won, Memoir, First Place; Vera Sandronsky, Memoir, Second Place; Elaina Erola, Memoir, Third Place; Gerardo Pacheco Matus, Poetry, First Place; Janferie Stone, Poetry, Second Place; Beulah Vega, Poetry, Third Place; Kailyn McCord, Nonfiction, First Place; Trudie Scott, Nonfiction, Second Place; Bea Chang, Nonfiction, Third Place; Morgan Cummings, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Marshall Carr Jr., Speculative Fiction, Second Place; Karen Voorhees, Speculative Fiction, Third Place; Vanessa Chan, Historical Fiction, First Place; Lisa Manterfield, Historical Fiction, Second Place; Teri Crane, Historical Fiction, Third Place.

2019

Julie Ushio, Novel, First Place; Michelle Osterfeld Li, Novel, Second Place; Katy Van Sant, Novel, Third Place; Terry Connelly, Short Fiction, First Place; Gail Ansel, Short Fiction, Second Place; Janferie Stone, Short Fiction, Third Place; Alicia London, MG/YA, First Place; Julie Zigoris, MG/YA, Second Place; Tracy Hill, MG/YA, Third Place; Christina Belcher, Memoir, First Place; Trudie Scott, Memoir, Second Place; Lindsey Anthony-Bacchione, Memoir, Third Place; Hunter Gagnon, Poetry, First Place; Liz A. Johnson, Poetry, Second Place; Gail Ford, Poetry, Third Place; Cecile Earle, Nonfiction, First Place; Marilyn Skinner Lanier, Nonfiction, Second Place; Chris Ernest Hall, Speculative Fiction, First Place; Marion Deeds, Speculative Fiction, Second Place; Margaret Speaker Yuan, Speculative Fiction, Third Place.

2018

Douglas Sovern, Short Fiction, First Place; Lars Sigurdssen, Short Fiction, Second Place; Jan Flynn, Short Fiction, Third Place; Julia Halprin Jackson, Novel, First Place; Anniqua Rana, Novel, Second Place, Gail Ansel, Novel, Third Place; Laurie Skiba, MG/YA, First Place; Julie Sullivan, MG/YA, Second Place; Mel Mckinney, MG/YA, Third Place; Dawn-Michelle Baude, Memoir, First Place; Beth Finke, Memoir, Second Place; Leslie Batson, Nonfiction, First Place; Chris Ernest Hall, Screenwriting, First Place.

Marion Deeds, Short Fiction, First Place; Rosi Hollinbeck, Short Fiction, Second Place; Donna Banta, Short Fiction, Third Place; Roy Dufrain, Novel, First Place; Jeanette Quick, Novel, Second Place; Mary Beth O’Connor, Novel, Third Place; Margaret Speaker Yuan, MG/YA, First Place; Deborah A. Russel, MG/YA, Second Place; Chris Ernest Hall, MG/YA, Third Place; Susan McCombs, MG/YA, Honorable Mention; Christy Scollin, Memoir/Nonfiction, First Place; Lisa K. Palmer, Memoir/Nonfiction, Second Place; Karen S. Voorhees, Memoir/Nonfiction, Third Place; Sandy Scull, Poetry, First Place; Robyn T. Murphy, Poetry, Second Place; Robin Michel, Poetry, Third Place; Helena Kim, Poetry, Honorable Mention. 

2017