AND THE WINNERS WERE —

FIRST PLACE with $50 Amazon gift card –

Susie Adams with  A Home for Aunt Emma

SECOND PLACE with $25 Amazon gift card –

John Brooks with  A Gothic Scene

THIRD PLACE with $15 Amazon gift card –

Marilyn Smith with Captivity

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Below are the other stories for the February writing contest. The stories were based on the following:
Everything was going great. They found a house on an unknown road that looked like the perfect spot…until they opened the door.

The other entries were voted upon in order.

Cabin Getaway  (Gail Denham – Sun River, OR)

The Last Adventure Story – (Diane Siracusa – Hollister, MO)

Identifying Skinhead  (Wanda Parrott – Monterey, CA)

Scavenger Hunt (Hugh Flowers – Springfield)

Noble Calling (Jeanne Sevart – Springfield)

The Gateway  (John Cawlfield – Springfield)

The Troubled Soul in the Old House Down the Road (Chris Mitchell – Springfield)

Emery  (Mona Bates – Springfield)

Steal of a Deal (Candy Simonson – Strafford)

Friends to the End (Michael Humphrey – Springfield)

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APRIL MINI-CONTEST

THE NEXT MINI-CONTEST IS DUE APRIL 15.  Write an essay or creative nonfiction story in 1000 words or less about a prank or April Fools Day fun that happened to you or that you played on someone else. IT MUST BE  A TRUE STORY.  (It can also be written as a free form poem).

1st place – $50 / 2nd place – $25 / 3rd place – $15 in Amazon gift cards.

Send your story to springfieldwritersguild@gmail.com as an attachment or in the body of the email. No cost to enter.

You must be a Springfield Writers’ Guild member in order to participate. (Join here).