Enter the Current Contest
Winning Entries of the Rochester Writers’ 2016 Winter Writing Contest
Rochester Writers’ Margo LaGattuta Poetry Award
First Place
The Hand That Takes by K. Michelle Moran
Second Place
Patti Smith, Majestic Theater, Detroit by Michelle Morouse
Third Place
Good Morning by Robert Krantz
Honorable Mention
Casting Stones by K. Michelle Moran
Rochester Writers’ Holiday Memoir Award
First Place
Uncle Earl’s Gift by Diana Dinverno
Second Place
O Christmas Tree by Valerie Kruse
Third Place
Wrapped with Love by Betsy Hemming
Honorable Mention
The Skateboard by Ron Herron
Rochester Writers’ First Page of a Novel Award
First Place
Knight Fall by J.B. Thomas
Second Place
Sunflower by A.M. Bostwick
Third Place
Vanessa & Matthew by J.B. Thomas
Honorable Mention
Generation by Pam Zuber
Rochester Writers’ Flash Fiction Award
First Place
The Captured Doe by Helen Katherine Swearingen
Second Place
My Father’s Hands by Patrick Gibson
Third Place
Standing in a Circle by J.B. Thomas
Rochester Writers’ Rochester Media Best of Show Award
Knight Fall by J.B. Thomas
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