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Writing Contest Issue 7 – Winner

August 31, 2015 2 Comments

XYLYL

And the Editors’ Choice Is…

“XYLYL” by Richard Edenfield

Richard is on a roll after winning last month, as well. Congratulations to Richard for winning 6 Months of Kindle Unlimited ($60)!

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Featured Stories

The following stories made the short list and have been put into our Featured Stories category. They are listed in no particular order.

  • “The Monster” by Matthew Burnette
  • “Seven Minutes” by Pattyanne McCarthy
  • “Rites of Passage” by Steven O Young Jr.
  • “For all of Us” by J Hardy Carroll
  • “A Picture’s Worth” by Rasha Tayaket
  • “Two-Headed Monster” by J.J. Jordan
  • “Thrown” by Mark Farley
  • “Vanity Claire” by Prospero Dae
  • “Miscalculation” by Shakuntala Banaji

Books have been a highly requested prize, so this month we are once again offering a 6 month subscription to Kindle Unlimited.

Good luck!

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  1. Schuyler Abrams says

    August 31, 2015 at 1:30 pm

    “XYLYL” was such a great story. It completely blew me away.

    Reply
  2. Richard Edenfield says

    September 1, 2015 at 1:20 pm

    Thank you. Your comments are very kind. I am all about making people explode on the spot when they read my writing. If there is anything left of the reader, after they are done reading what I wrote, then I am very disappointed.

    Reply

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