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
Rochester Writers 