Enter the Current Contest
Winning Entries of the Rochester Writers’ 2015 Summer Writing Contest
Rochester Writers’ Margo LaGattuta Poetry Award
First Place
If Detroit were a Woman by K. Michelle Moran
Second Place
Writer Girl by Robert Krantz
Third Place
Absolution by Vicki Wilke
Honorable Mention
Three and a Half by Vicki Wilke
Rochester Writers’ First Person First Award
First Place
A Lily Among Thorns by Maria Costantini
Second Place
The Century Man by Linda Peckham
Third Place
Rise and Shine by Yasmin Moore
Honorable Mention
First Time in Tights by Sam Wells
Rochester Writers’ First Page of a Novel Award
First Place
Crow by Robert Krantz
Second Place
The Dirt She Found by Beth Uznis Johnson
Third Place
Liberty’s Wake by Kathy Sauer
Rochester Writers’ Flash Fiction Award
First Place
Turn Right Now by Sam Wells
Second Place
Clair De Lune by Valerie Kruse
Third Place
Ole Friends and New by Patrick Gibson
Honorable Mention
A Shopper’s World by Valerie Kruse
Rochester Writers’ Rochester Media Best of Show Award
Crow by Robert Krantz
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