by christawojo@gmail.com | May 4, 2022 | Contest Winners, Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Contest
Last month, we announced our Writers Mastermind Short Story Contest winners. In this series, we interview each of them to discover the soul behind their story. Today we talk to Tomas Marcantonio, who won third place with his story, Feathers. He taught English in South...
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...
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....
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...
by christawojo@gmail.com | Mar 24, 2022 | Dear Writer, Uncategorized, Writing Contest
The Elements by Yong Takahashi When does life begin? Does it start in the air as the breeze carries a lover’s call? Does it start in earth as warm bodies roll around in the soft grass? Does it start with fire as a look ignites new possibilities? Does it start in water...
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