MWA 2011 Novel Contest Winners

MWA is pleased to announce the prize winners for the 2011 Novel Contest: Great Beginnings.

New York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas (Prayers for Sale, New Mercies, The Chili Queen, and Tall Grass) ranked the finalists and wrote a critique for each one. Checks and certificates will be awarded at a writers' cocktail party after the 2011 Maryland Writers Conference.

See more about Sandra Dallas on her website www.sandradallas.com.

You can also read about our 2011 Novel Contest Judges.

Romance / Historical

(category dropped because of too few entries)

Mainstream / Literary

First Prize

The Last Monument
Valentine Craig; $200 and free attendance at the Conference

Second Prize

Sit Alone in Silence
Priscilla Blair Strapp; $125

Third Prize

The Well
J.C. Elkin; $100

Mystery / Suspense / Thriller / Action / Adventure

First Prize

Do You Do Murders?
Edith Goldman; $200 and free attendance at the Conference

Second Prize

Vector 2012
Henry S. Parker; $125

Third Prize

Prayer Offerings
John J. White; $100