2010 Mainstream/Literary Short Story Winners

Announcing the Mainstream/Literary Short Story winners of the 78th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition

Mainstream/Literary Short Story Winners

Winner:
Ryan DeSales
Ventura CA

Lubomir Mikisek
PlzenCzech Republic
Nicholas Alfonso Diaz
Houston TX
Karen DeGroot Carter
Lone TreeCO
Helena Carlo
FentonMO
Walter Giersbach
ManchesterNJ
Jeannie Hudson
ChieflandFL
Michael Alex Martin
Canoga ParkCA
Lubomir Mikisek
PlzenCzech Republic
Janet Syas Nitsick
SpringfieldNE
M. Esther Sherman
CrestlineCA
Dylan Hufford
SenoiaGA
Erin Flaaen
GlendaleAZ
Ron Potts
MiddleburyVT
Peter Fisk
PlacitasNM
Mark H. Masse
MuncieIN
M. Esther Sherman
CrestlineCA
William L. Dennis
Dade City FL
Daniel Maurice
JacksonMI
Victoria Opalewski
Menomonee FallsWI
Dee-von Martinez
Lake WalesFL
Alexander Noble
RenoNV
Ruth E. Jones
TampaFL
Bryanne Yearley
Simi ValleyCA
Stephanie Rubio
TracyCA
M. Joan Throne
AshburnVA
deborah Schubbe
WellsMN
Margaret Elysia Garcia
Crescent MillsCA
Alayna Palmer
KennettMO
Monika Becker
VeniceFL
Meghan Larmore
HendersonNV
Sahag Gureghian
North HollywoodCA
Meghan Larmore
HendersonNV
Karen Casey Fitzjerrell
San AntonioTX
Julie L. Moran
EncinitasCA
Anthony T. Lagler
ScioOR
T. C. Isbell
Port OrchardWA
Lacey Crowe
SudburyCanada
Mary Stevenson Smith
AbileneTX
Andrew Marks
PhoenixAZ
Donna L. Turello
Staten IslandNY
John Jeffire
Clinton TownshipMI
Joanne Jagoda
OaklandCA
Jimmy J. Pack Jr.
PhiladelphiaPA
Steven Evans
Granite CityIL
Paula Jean Mlinar
Haw RiverNC
Vic Villandre
Boynton BeachFL
Robert G. West
Moses LakeWA
Elizabeth Wild
PittsburghPA
Brenda Liebling-Goldberg
HoustonTX
Norma Carnera
El PasoTX
Kate James
Kettleby, OntarioCanada
Jim Monson
ProbertaCA
Adolf Floryanowich
Olathe KS
Albert J. Tiseo
Port CharlotteFL
Florita Bradford
HoustonTX
Nancy J. Bonefas
TucsonAZ
Laura Conkle
PittsburghPA
William A. Davis
Little RockAR
Tara Benz
MediaPA
Jan Hogan
Las VegasNV
Susan Palmer Burkholder
Boulder CityNV
Joseph Vitovec
AnacortesWA
Shelley A. Carpenter
MerrimacMA
tex shrader
San AntonioTX
V.E. Murr
PecatonicaIL
Tammy Prinsen
CarlislePA
John T. Biggs
Oklahoma CityOK
Rozzy Kachuck
DurhamNC
Erica Martin
LexingtonKY
William F. Agnone
MassillonOH
John T. Biggs
Oklahoma CityOK
Jack Petro
The VillagesFL
Kristine Hosch
OnalaskaWI
R.J. Vickers
BoulderCO
Judith Causey
Canyon LakeCA
Toni Cooper
WilmingtonDE
John P. Newell
Thousand OaksCA
Ann Henley Brown
New OrleansLA
Britni Smith
MaconMO
Jessica Lattea
Lake MiltonOH
Jessica Eaton
LitchfiledME
Marlo Berliner
BranchburgNJ
J. Novo
San RamonCA
Lois Leanrdi
PeekskillNY
Tonya Lampley
West ChesterOH
Richard H. Leist
Spring lakeMI
Katie Blanchette
BelmontNH
Joanna Gardner
Haddon HeightsNJ
Ruvym Gilman
BrooklynNY
Mari White
PrincetonIN
Anne Wells
EugeneOR
Anita Tarlton
WinnsboroSC
Jeanne R. Vaughn
DecherdTN
Billy (Bill) Waldron
Gig HarborWA
Sandy K. Warner
GoodyearAZ
Louis Giamelle
NewcastleOK
Tim J. Rocheford Jr.
ZimmermanMN
M. Garrett Bauman
NundaNY
Amy Kraft

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