2025 SWG Fall Writing Contest

Tell us your memories, family traditions, favorite gift, best (or worst) Christmas,
family goof-ups – fictional or creative nonfiction (true). Can be an allegory
or metaphorical. It just has to take place at Christmas time.

And The Winners Are…

• 1st Place – Rosie Riveter and The Santa Snafu – By Krystal Gregory
• 2nd Place – Candy Canes – By David Hampton
• 3rd Place – Skipping Christmas – By Nancy Shelton
• Honorable Mention – Stolen Christmas Account – By Mary Grones

Contest Rules…

• Must be a paid SWG Member to enter
• Must be a short story or poem centered around the Christmas Holiday
• It can be fiction or nonfiction (It can include a memorable Christmas, a family tradition, or be a story that you created).
• No more than 750 words total (not including the title)
• No AI
• Winners of the Summer Contest are not eligible to enter
• Be Sure and put your name on the email but not on the story
• Entries must be received no later than 11:59pm on October 31st
• Give your entry a title and email it as an attachment or in the message body to SWGContests@gmail.com
• Prizes: 1st Prize = $75 / 2nd Prize = $50 / 3rd Prize = $25 / Honorable Mention

Entries (In Alphabetical Order)

• A Christmas in Prague – By Trevor Berndt
• All I Want For Christmas – A Memory – By Mary Kay Hoops
• Am I Santa’s Niece – By Dixie Simpson
• Candy Canes – By David Hampton
• Foxhollows Gift – By Stacy Stapleton
• Gone But Not Forgotten – By Cathy Mastrantuono
• I’ll Be Home For Christmas – By Ryan McNiel
• Missed Memories – By James Shockley
• Paying It Forward – By Cassandra Jordan
• Pearl Of Great Price – By Sean Rutherford
• Rocky Mountain Christmas Eve – By Jennifer Seery
• Rosie Riveter and The Santa Snafu – By Krystal Gregory
• Rudy’s Great Gift – By John Brooks
• Skipping Christmas – By Nancy Shelton
• Stolen Christmas Account – By Mary Grones
• Thanks To Shane – By Marilyn K Smith
• The Christmas Caper – By K.S. Brixey
• The Family At Christmas – By Susan Robords
• The Joy Of A Child – By Donna Mork Reed
• The Warmth Of Christmas – By Joy Rutherford
• Toy Soldiers – By Chuck Robertson
• Trim-A-Hoof – By Barbara Anne Harris
• Woe Be The Man Who… – By Howard Henry