The Gulf Coast Writers Association is announcing the nine winners of this year’s Gulf Coast Writers Association Writing Contest this week. The winning stories can be read on the GCWA website at the following link: “Competition.”
fiction
1st place — Richard Drummer, Bonita Springs, “Prey for me”
2nd place — Bradley Burt, Fort Myers, “My Whiffenpoof”
3rd place — Linda Saether, Cape Coral, “Woman in Adidas shirt”
Non-fiction
1st place — Patti Walsh, Fort Myers, “Between heat and insects”
2nd place — Sheryl Stillman, Fort Myers, “What I learned about grief after the death of my dog”
3rd place — April James, Fort Myers, “Into the rabbit hole”
poetry
1st place — Daniel Moreschi, Wales, Great Britain, “Maracaibo Melodies”
2nd place — Ed Sessa, Fort Myers, “The last decoy”
3rd Place — Amelie Flagler, Raleigh, NC, “Illogical ideas”
A celebration featuring winning authors reading their celebrated stories will be held on Saturday, September 21, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Lakes Regional Library, 15290 Bass Road in Fort Myers.
For more information about the GCWA, visit GulfWriters.org.
