Contests and Special Events
A special thanks to all of our contest judges, especially JoAnn Balingit who stepped into the role of poetry judge at the very last minute!
Novel and Short Works Contests
MWA Writing Contests 2012
Novel Contest: Great Beginnings
Congratulations to the 2012 winners of the Maryland Writers Association contests in the following categories:
Historical
- Gold: "The Wager" by Cassandra Pennington
- Silver: "War of 1812-Impressed" by Leslie Cooney
- Bronze: "Venus and Venlazquez" by Barbara Mujica
Mainstream Literary
- Gold: "Welcome to Bethesda" by Derek Lee
- Silver: "The Empress of India" by Iain S. Baird
- Bronze: "Silenced Voices" by Teresa Scalzo
Sci-Fi
- Gold: "Pilot Program" by Sarah Pinsker
- Silver: "Juggler's Blade" by Robert Niccolini
- Bronze: "Ice King" by Peter Wetzel
Young Adult
- Gold: "River Magic" by Jim Brown
- Silver: "Nina and the Bodaway" by Vonnie Winslow Crist
- Bronze: "I'm Not Weird, Just Quiet" by Jeffrey Wiegand
Short Works Contest winners
Fiction
- Gold: "Killbox" by Jack King
- Silver: "When Vivian Greer Came to Sing" by Jessica Gregg
- Bronze: "Imagining Iraq" by Barbara Mujica
Nonfiction
- Gold: "Walking with My Father" by Alix Moore
- Silver: "Trout Fishing in Idaho" by Henry S. Parker
- Bronze: "Beauty Secret" by Murray Edwards
Poetry
- Gold: "Forty Years Later: What I Know" (P41) by Lalita Blob
- Silver: "Study Hall" (P7) by Janice Lynch Schuster
- Bronze: "Easter, 1952" (P59) by Susan Moger
For more information about the MWA Novel Contest, contact the Novel Contest Coordinator.
For more information about the MWA Short Works Contest, contact the Short Works Contest Coordinator.
Previous Year Contest results...
The MWA Novel Contest:
The MWA Short Works Contest:
2011 Short Works Contest Winners
2010 Short Works Contest Winners
2009 Short Works Contest Winners
2008 Short Works Contest Winners