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Why We Write – Barbara Weitzner

Why We Write – Barbara Weitzner

by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 14, 2022 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized

Barbara Weitzner is the grand prize winner of the Writers Mastermind 2021/2022 Short Story Contest with Away from the World and All the Horrific Things That Happen In It. Poignant and heartfelt, it explores the reflections of a remorseful man as he lives out the rest...
You’re invited! Read Your Story Mash-Up Writer Challenge 2022

You’re invited! Read Your Story Mash-Up Writer Challenge 2022

by christawojo@gmail.com | Apr 6, 2022 | Dear Writer, Member News

It’s time for the second annual Writers’ Mastermind Read Your Story Mash-Up Challenge! What is it? Each attending writer will read up to 5 minutes of their work on video. It can be a published work or an excerpt of a work-in-progress. Flash fiction, short...
Away From the World and the Horrific Things That Happen In It by Barb Weitzner – Short Story Contest 1st Place Winner

Away From the World and the Horrific Things That Happen In It by Barb Weitzner – Short Story Contest 1st Place Winner

by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 27, 2022 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Contest

Away From the World and the Horrific Things That Happen In It by Barb Weitzner As time and life passes, my fellow neighbors and I, most of us well into our eighties, gather every morning to claim our familiar positions at a table under an umbrella on the veranda, at...
If No One Speaks by Sam Szanto – Short Story Contest 2nd Place Winner

If No One Speaks by Sam Szanto – Short Story Contest 2nd Place Winner

by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 26, 2022 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Contest

If No One Speaks by Sam Szanto When they threw my kitten into the furnace, I thought: how in God’s name can I survive this? But what else can I do? Sometimes I think of slitting my wrists, but picture Masha’s face when she hears she will never see her mother again....
Feathers by Tomas Marcantonio – Short Story Contest 3rd Place Winner

Feathers by Tomas Marcantonio – Short Story Contest 3rd Place Winner

by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 25, 2022 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Contest

Feathers by Tomas Marcantonio There were three who came to the outpost to hunt. The first was a young woman of eighteen. She was timid and bird-like, with a pale skin and eyes that betrayed a lack of sleep. The second was a man of twenty-eight. He was thin and had a...
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