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Writing Competition Results

2016 Writing Competition Results

Congratulations to all who entered the DWW 2016 Writing Competition!

The results are:

Children’s Literature
1st place           Mary Merlo                            “M.T., The Mechanical Pencil”
2nd place         Kirsten Leestma                    “There’s a Monster in Loch Ness”
3rd place          Mary Merlo                            “Jose Almost Flies Away”

Creative Non-Fiction
1st place          Christian Belz                          “Apply Pressure”
2nd place        Melissa Grunow                      “Kissing Ginger”

Adult Fiction
1st place          Diana Dinverno                       “How to Fall”
2nd place        Christian Belz                           “A Smoldering Blow”
3rd place         Nadia Ibrashi                           “Adam Cara”

The MacGuffin Poetry Prize
1st place         Alexander Morgan                   “The Mathematician’s Daughter”
2nd place       Diana Dinverno                        “The World Spins”
3rd place        Diana Dinverno                        “Letting Go”

Awards were presented at the  DWW Conference on May 21, 2016.

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