Congratulations To Our 2019 Contest Winners!
The 2019 Knoxville Writers Guild Contests have been judged and prizes awarded. The Creative Nonfiction Contest did not receive enough entries to award a prize, so only three prizes will be awarded.
KWG would like to thank the local businesses providing prize money for the contests: Young Writers Prize by Testprep Experts, Short Fiction by Celtic Cat Publishing, and Poetry by Knoxville Walking Tours.
The 2019 winners are:
Short Fiction
First place: Calvin Beam, A Short History of Dwarves
Runner-up: Jessica P. Morgan, No Retreat
Poetry
First Place: Anna Laura Reeve, Children of Asylum Seekers
Runner-up: KB Ballentine, Blown Like Seed
Young Writers Prize
First Place: Loralai Stevenson, Harmony Faye
Runner-up: Ruth Heniese, She’s A Poem