Congratulations to our
Spring/Summer 2025 winners & finalists!

Winners receive a free critique & line edit of their opening chapter. Finalists receive their choice of a $20 coupon toward a first chapter critique & line edit OR a $50 coupon toward a full manuscript critique.

FICTION

WINNER

The Night Room by Nico Baptiste

FINALISTS

The Girl With the Mighty Golden Pen by Jennifer Welker

Darling by Michelle Nichols

Stay Out of the Kitchen by Caroline Juszczak

Blood Tea and Bone Meal by Margaret Byrne

MEMOIR

WINNER

Hunger and Other Ghosts by Kelly Dawson

FINALISTS

No Map by Spencer Latham

All the Things by Meghan Malone