Leslie Garrett Award For Literary Fiction
In memory of the late Knoxville author, Leslie Garrett.
Fee: There is no fee for entering this contest.
Guidelines:
Entry consists of one short story totaling no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced.
Only one entry per contestant.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
Milk House Water: Rita Welty Bourke
Second
A Fine Party: Phyllis Gobbell
Creative Nonfiction
A piece written on a given topic. Creative nonfiction is the truth as you know it; the telling of a true story using the tools of fiction. However, names of people and places can be changed.
Guidelines:
Entry consists of one typed, double-spaced nonfiction essay of no more than 3,000 words.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
True Love, One Story in the Life of an Innkeeper: Stephanie Levy
Second
Where There’s Smoke: Eli Mitchell
Third
Playing by Ear: Phyllis Gobbell
Crime/Mystery
Guidelines:
Entry consists of one short story in the crime/mystery genre totaling no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
The Painted Beast: David E. Booker
Second
Wheels of Justice: Robert W. Godwin
Third
World of their Own: Mark Freeman
Fiction – SciFi/Fantasy
Guidelines:
Entry consists of one short story or standalone novel excerpt in the SciFi/Fantasy genre totaling no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced.
All forms of Sci-Fi/Fantasy are acceptable, including the following: Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Young Adult, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Splatterpunk, Alternative History, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, High Fantasy, etc., or a combination thereof.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
Wendy Jo Rogers: Remi Bids Farewell
Second
Flight of the Victory: Zachariah Foster
Third
The Gersemian Relic: Jeff L. Horner
Novel Excerpt
Send us something that makes us want to read more.
Guidelines:
Entry consists of typed, double-spaced novel excerpt or novella totaling no more than 10,000 words.
Please, include the word count on the cover sheet.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
Where You Ought to Be: Jane Sasser
One Act Play
Guidelines:
15-50 minutes in length
The script should follow common playwriting guidelines and formatting.
Produced but not published plays accepted.
Winners
Winner
Sold: Mark McGinley
Poetry
Guidelines:
Entry consists of three typed poems of no more than totaling 100 lines or fewer. If more than one poem is entered, poems will be judged as a collection.
No restrictions as to style or content, or spacing.
See General Guidelines.
Winners
Winner
California Light, September Light, In Memory of a Poetry Professor: Jane Sasser
Second
Why I Don’t Use a Leaf Blower: Eli Mitchell
Third
Things I’ve Learned from My Dog, Richard Benedict’s Clock, Lassie, Come Clean: Cathy Kodra
Young Writers’ Fiction
Open to all high school students, grades 7 through 12, of the Greater Knoxville area of East Tennessee.
Guidelines:
Entry consists of one short story totaling no more than 3,000 words, double-spaced.
Open to all high school students in the Greater Knoxville Area of East Tennessee, grades 9-12. No identifying information on poems themselves.
If you are a teacher or school submitting entries on behalf of your students, please add the following in the email body (in addition to information required by the Genera Guidelines):
School:
Name
Address
Phone Number
Please contact KWG President Donna Kappa if your school or club needs any additional information for bookkeeping or payment purposes.
Winners
Winner
Melancholy Discord: Isabel Gellert
Second
Follow Your Hands: Vanessa Slay
Third
Deciding Justice: Alyssa J. Stewart
Young Writers’ Poetry
Open to all high school students, grades 7 through 12, of the Greater Knoxville area of East Tennessee.
Guidelines:
Entry consists of three typed poems of no more than totaling 100 lines or fewer. If more than one poem is entered, poems will be judged as a collection.
No restrictions as to style or content, or spacing.
Open to all high school students in the Greater Knoxville Area of East Tennessee, Grades 9-12. No identifying information on poems themselves.
If you are a teacher or school submitting entries on behalf of your students, please add the following in the email body (in addition to information required by the Genera Guidelines):
School:
Name
Address
Phone Number
Please contact KWG President Donna Kappa if your school or club needs any additional information for bookkeeping or payment purposes.
Winners
Winner
Math Class, Natural Science, Ode to Odes: Noah Gurley
Second
A Letter of Remembering: Christian Cain
Third
No, The Estranged, What is ‘profound’?: Eric Nutter