Winning Entries of the Rochester Writers’ 2022/2023 Writing Contest
“HOLIDAY BREVITY”
Rochester Writers’ Margo LaGattuta Poetry Award
First Place
The Holiday Season by Liz Timmerman
Second Place
New Year’s Block Party by J.H. Danville
Third Place
The Christmas Tree by Grace Grogan
Rochester Writers’ Flash Fiction Award
First Place
Christmas Break by Jan Martinez
Second Place
The Natives by E.J. Nowicki
Third Place
Festive Flourishes by Cynthia Anne Hurt
Rochester Writers’ Essay Award
First Place
A Carnivore Christmas by Brian Drumm
Second Place
A Winter January Night Run by Brian Sluga
Third Place
Opportunity by Sue Dudgeon
Rochester Writers’ Rochester Media Best of Show Award
Christmas Break by Jan Martinez
Rochester Writers 