2021 Contest Winners

Winning Entries of the Rochester Writers’ 2021 Writing Contest

Rochester Writers’ Margo LaGattuta Poetry Award

First Place

Hearing You, My Ancestors, for the Very First Time by Nan Jackson

Second Place

Absconding From Nova Scotia by Candace Lee

Third Place

A Conversation Long Ago by Maria Taormina

Honorable Mention

The Last Line of Light by Christopher Bobryk

Rochester Writers’ Learning Something New Memoir Award

First Place

A Honda XR100 and a Rope by Teresa Moy

Second Place

The Easy Run by Grace Grogan

Third Place

The Idea of Learning to Paint by Theresa Nielsen

Rochester Writers’ First Page of a Novel Award

First Place

Black Bayonet by Lee A. Brown

Second Place

Diana Shaw by Mary Beth Dawson

Third Place

William Bell: A Tale of Three Sallys by Betsy Hayhow Hemming

Honorable Mention

Closing Time by James Jay Thomas

Rochester Writers’ Flash Fiction Award

First Place

The Necklace by Grace Grogan

Rochester Writers’ Rochester Media Best of Show Award

Hearing You, My Ancestors, for the Very First Time by Nan Jackson

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