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WRITER'S SHOWCASE
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• 2020 - 2021 Stories

  July

  Winners Circle
  Ellie S. Thomas
  August

  TravelStory
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Once Upon A Mountain
  

  Jerry Crenshaw
  Physics Test

  TravelStory
  Ronny Flatau
  The Christian Lebanese
  

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Forgiveness As A Crucial Element

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Addiction

  June

  Gordon Crenshaw
  Duck Hunting, A Dream Relived

  Biographical
  Carrie-Jade Williams
  The Men I Met Along The Way

  Biographical
  Teddy Makarow
  Remembering Randall Jarrell

  Biographical
  Linda A. Dougherty
  Don't Drink The Koolaid

  Biographical
  Denise E. Fore
  Unearthed

  Biographical
  Diana Ha
  Monopoly: Against the Deck

  Biographical
  Diana Ha
  I Built My Life On Sugar

  Biographical
  Precious Owuamalam
  A Friend, A Woe

  Biographical
  Terence Talagon
  My Childhood with Jorge Robeje

  Biographical
  Cathy B. Bridges
  She Calls Me Ninny

  Biographical
  Sharon Morris
  A Gal with a Goal

  Biographical
  Rolanda T. Pyle
  Who's That Lady?

  Biographical
  Ceci Hughes
  Wolfsheim's Watch

  Biographical
  Irene Joseph
  Me, Dad and Seven Shoes

  AnimalStory
  Charlene Duline
  Mouse

  Biographical
  Mary Rose Kreger
  Stories of Innocence and Experience

  Biographical
  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  Mummy, Me, Memories

  Biographical
  Charlene Duline
  When Do We Eat?

  Biographical
  Charlene Duline
  A Dangerous Welcome

  Biographical
  Diana Arriaga
  Shape Does Not Define Me

  Biographical
  Suzanne Caithamer
  Bohemian Fruit Dumplings

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The John

  Biographical
  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  She Was Only Eighteen, Only Eighteen

  Biographical
  Kim Smyth
  The Crying Couch

  AnimalStory
  Thomas Turman
  Cookie - 1954

  Biographical
  Samuel Nnadi
  How I Wake Up In The Back Seat, Asking God When?

  Biographical
  Hannah Huber
  Chipped Beef on Toast

  Biographical
  KC Chan Haw
  Gone Past She Remains

  Mary Murphy
  Little Story of the Makah Papoose

  Karen H. Currin
  Still Here

  Biographical
  Terry Mulcahy
  Snowballs With Syrup

  Biographical
  Cathy Bridges
  Twenty-five Mother's Days Without Her

  Biographical
  Laura Labno
  Ghost Meeting

  Biographical
  Eva Bell
  Trudy Hunzikar - Mother Courage

  TravelStory
  Martha Patterson
  Waylaid - Postcard From New York City
  

  TravelStory
  Stephanie Whitson
  Best Laid Plans
  

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  A Side of Bacon

  TravelStory
  Lillith Foxx
  Hiking the Juan de Fuca Trail on Vancouver Island

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Kismet Interrupted

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Three Don't Dance

  May

  TravelStory
  Hal Howland
  Moving Again

  TravelStory
  Hal Howland
  The Worst Flight Ever

  Biographical
  Hal Howland
  Old Vienna

  Biographical
  Hal Howland
  Remembering Frank Adams

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Caller

  James L. Cowles
  The Visit

  Biographical
  Barbara Brockway
  Reflections of a Daddyless Daughter

  TravelStory
  Marnie Devereux
  In Event of Emergency, Grab Your Seat

  Biographical
  Marnie Devereux
  The American Embassy

  Biographical
  Marnie Devereux
  Upside Down Apple Pie

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  Stuffed Cabbage and Knishes

  AnimalStory
  Lori Brizius
  The Journey of 27 Roosters

  Patricia Snell
  It Wasn't Funny At The Time

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  A Memory of Fox Hill and Grandview

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  What If . . .

  Biographical
  Linda Jonasson
  Women and Children First: Paying for the Crimes of Nazi Germany

  TravelStory
  Bill Ranauro
  The Magic and Majesty of the Middle Ages: Notre-Dame de Paris

  KC Chan Haw
  The Secret of My Memories

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Why Do We Watch Scary Movies?

  Biographical
  Betsy Shepardson
  Mothers Day Cards

  Biographical
  Genevieve Jaser
  My Comfort in Discomfort: The Effects of Embracing Vulnerability

  Mary Murphy
  Six Little Stories

  Biographical
  Mark O. J. Esping
  Max Performs for the Last Time...

  Lori Hilton Brizius
  Destinations

  Judy Colella
  Thoughts During the Pandemic

  Biographical
  Michelle Paul Imagawa
  International Baby Gang

  Biographical
  Angela Wright
  Three Hundred Miles

  Biographical
  Joyberl Abwao
  Extremes of Experience

  AnimalStory
  Frank Lukupwa
  Black Army

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Union Rap

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Past The Use By Date?

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  The Big C and Me - Part Two

  April

  Judy Colella
  Thoughts During the Pandemic

  Sheila Sandapen
  The Gift

  Kathleen Miller
  Heads Up

  Iris Leona Marie Cross
  That Perpetual Plaid Dress

  Ian Rogers
  My Favorite Drinking Place

  TravelStory
  Bethany Buckles
  Frigid Fun In Fairbanks

  Biographical
  Teddy Makarow
  Reflections on a Fallen Hero

  Natasha Rogers
  Revisionary Mythmaking in Amelia Lanier’s “Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women”

  Natasha Rogers
  The Open Wound

  Sheridan West
  Tinders of Kindness

  KC Chan Haw
  She Has Been Crying

  TravelStory
  Josh Black
  Zion National Park - A Day Trip to an Alien World

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Story of Mr. Chen

  Sarah Pierson
  The Truth of Drowning

  Frank Lukupwa
  The Test of Love

  Winston Pagador
  Battlefield

  Cathy B. Bridges
  Taking Care of Daddy

  Christin Nice-Webb
  What Feet Remember

  Maureen Moynihan
  The Timing

  Maureen Moynihan
  The Unlucky Leprechaun

  Biographical
  Maureen Moynihan
  The Catcher in the Rye

  Gregg Heid
  The Incomplete Story

  Eva Bell
  The Days That Are No More

  TravelStory
  Jaime Conlan
  Hang Gliding, Wild Horses, and Solitary Confinement in the Outer Banks
  

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  For The Love Of Baseball

  Winners Circle
  June Calender
  Perfect Winter Day

  James Pykonen
  Disconnected Nervousness

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  Progress Toward Maturity

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  A Donor

  Brianna Solis
  Baby

  Patricia Kirby
  It's Just Bent

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Intensive Care

  TravelStory
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  The Doll Lady of Wisconsin

  Biographical
  Michaela Brady
  Breeda

  Nancy Graham Holm
  Ama in Ghana

  Schadrac Junior Ondongo Bongo
  The Challenges and How to Overcome Them

  TravelStory
  Barbara Wentzell Jaquith
  I'll Have What She's Having

  Kelly Alblinger
  Lessons From A Saint

  Diya Sabharwal
  Hairetical: A History of Hair in my Sikh Family

  Biographical
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  What's In A Name?

  Biographical
  Joelle Ballonzoli
  Bastille Day

  Biographical
  Nancye F. Rivera
  Just Call Me Milagro

  Dixie Jade
  The One That Got Away: A True Love Story

  Facerlyn Wheeler
  The Helping Field

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  Gun in a Straw Stack

  Kathy G. Lynch
  How To Go From Identity Crisis To Identity Creation

  Biographical
  Eric Sykes
  A Musician's Journey

  Biographical
  Serinah Kingsley
  Things Will Always Get Better

  Ila Das
  A Walk A Day Keeps The Doctor Away

  Ila Das
  B+ve

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Safe Harbour: The Story of Janek Bartczak and his Brave Heart

  Biographical
  Lew Goddard
  This Ol' Town

  James Pykonen
  The 67 Debacle

  Donika Xhumari
  Who Burnt Borova?

  Biographical
  Robert Dustman
  Life in the Rearview Mirror

  Biographical
  Brenda North
  Your Missing Daughter

  Garry Goodfellow
  An Echo Of Things To Come

  Biographical
  Lona Matshingana
  Summertime

  TravelStory
  Alan Kim
  Pohnpei, The Hotspot of Micronesia

  March

  Winners Circle
  Judith Nakken
  Pandemic Diary

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Stalag 38319--Covid-19 Avoidance Unit

  Kim Smyth
  Tent City Blues

  Biographical
  Pavithra Silva
  Churlish Fate

  Kim Smyth
  Unforgiven

  Bezalel Oholiab
  Corona Virus / Covid-19

  Craig Kunte
  The Scribbles of a Hopeless Romantic

  Biographical
  Ellen Fannon
  Only God Has The Power To Heal

  Douglas Comacho
  We Cannot Be Happy

  Tom Davison
  My First Day of Teaching - In a State Prison

  Tom Davison
  Not Again!

  Ranklin Dennis
  My Love Affair With Horse Racing At Caymayas Park

  TravelStory
  Martha Patterson
  Ode to a Grecian Journey

  Biographical
  Shana Bestock
  Storytelling: A Journey

  TravelStory
  Shana Bestock
  Lost and Found

  Biographical
  Andrea Geones
  Lessons in Ice Cream

  Biographical
  Marie Barski
  The Big One

  Biographical
  Anisha Dutta
  Destined Silence

  Biographical
  Nastassja Ocasio
  Disconnect Reconnected

  Yahaya Muhammad Khalil
  Nice Narrow Escape

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Bank's Cat

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Drink-Drank-Drunk...

  Biographical
  Stefania Ventone
  All The Blames

  Biographical
  Katarina Wong
  Between the Lines--Messages from my Family in Cuba

  Biographical
  Deuanna Tolbert
  Our AAU Life

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Love in a Covid Climate

  TravelStory
  Wes Choc
  South America on the Up and Up

  Biographical
  Fredrick Hudgin
  Coming Home

  Biographical
  George Opara
  My First Semester as an Undergraduate

  Biographical
  S. Nadja Zajdman
  Bene Merito: The Story of Ewa Janina Wocjick

  Grace Ryan
  The Triumvirate: The Women Who Changed Education Forever

  Jennifer Moglia Lucil
  Captains of the Mother Ship

  Biographical
  Suzanna Price
  My Brain, Interrupted

  Bello Abdullahi We
  Mad Men Historical Moments

  Biographical
  Jaachinma BOC Chukwneke
  My Life - A Slippery Slope

  TravelStory
  Steven Stilwell
  You Can't Save Everyone

  Biographical
  Nancy Julien Kopp
  The Secret

  Kathryn Payne-Olson
  Homeless

  Biographical
  Robert Richter
  Welcome to Detroit

  Biographical
  Robert Richter
  King of Pimps

  Steven Neill
  Beware the Birds of Prey

  Steven Neill
  Sultana: Funeral Pyre on the Water

  TravelStory
  Kim Smyth
  My First Cruise

  Biographical
  David Berger
  Sort of a Short Guy

  Biographical
  Roger Martin
  Shame

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  The Block

  Bonnie Crandall
  Patches

  February

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  Barracuda Buddy

  AnimalStory
  Bonnie Crandall
  The Bird Can't Find The Sky

  AnimalStory
  Alex Jasinski
  Peregrine's Manor

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  What I Did On My Summer Vacation

  AnimalStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Lion Around

  AnimalStory
  Andrea Batstone
  Encounter With A Silverback

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Thank You Washington U

  Winners Circle
  Lisa Rehfuss
  A Buffalo, Wolf, Grizzly and Black Bear

  AnimalStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Oh, For the Love of Turtles

  AnimalStory
  Cody Short
  Paul and Clara

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  A Reply to Pilate

  AnimalStory
  James L. Cowles
  Mr. Fox

  Winners Circle
  Kay Harper
  Joy Comes in the Morning

  Winners Circle
  Kay Harper
  Keeping Track of My Back

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  The Story of how we met Icy and Niklaus

  Biographical
  Nancy Julien Kopp
  Driving With Dad

  AnimalStory
  Fran Vlahos Rohm
  A Real Buzz-Kill

  Biographical
  Doctor Anon
  Intern '70

  AnimalStory
  Paul Marian Fleetwood
  Possums On A Half Shell

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Alma Spreckels Got Her Sugar Daddy

  AnimalStory
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  My Most Frightening Encounter

  Winners Circle
  Bill Cox
  North to the Shetland Isles

  Winners Circle
  Charleine Sell
  Swish Swish

  January

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Thoughts on a Holiday

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  A Kodak Moment or Two

  Winners Circle
  Nancy Massand
  Not Your Mother's Pumpkin Patch

  Leslie Soule
  The Pardeeville Store

  Biographical
  John Cortesi
  On Reading

  Winners Circle
  K. S. Anthony
  Engaged

  Biographical
  Desiree Kendrick
  Heirlooms

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  Junks and a Barquentine

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Jump Rope

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Life After Trauma

  Susan Fisher
  Shuri Castle

  Luxhmee Jaypaul
  Dogs and Cats Love Story 2019

  December

  AnimalStory
  John Sayles
  Outback Animal Conflict

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Gold Fever: Looking For The Lost Dutchman

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Bric Dodd

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  A Scorpion's Tale

  Biographical
  Kelly Maida
  Spiritual Awakening

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Street Hustler

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Sticker Weed Incident

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  To Oz? Yes, To Oz!

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Runt of the Litter

  Winners Circle
  Karen Treanor
  A Day at the Game Park

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  More Than Wrapping Paper and Colored Bows

  Winners Circle
  Anne Organista
  Humbled

  Winners Circle
  Karen Treanor
  The Great Bat Hunt

  Biographical
  Lazarus Trubman
  Unexpected Sunday Tourist

  Biographical
  Lazarus Trubman
  The Healing Air of Freedom

  AnimalStory
  Elizabeth Lloyd
  The Mighty Mouse

  TravelStory
  Lazarus Trubman
  Baikal

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  The 1200 Days of Sister John Martin

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  The Big C and Me - Part One

  Biographical
  John Cortesi
  My Family's Immigrant Experience

  TravelStory
  Elizabeth Lloyd
  West Coast Karma

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Dying To Be Cool

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  The Guides

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Food Fight

  November

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Angela's Children

  Biographical
  Sarah Byron
  The Man On The Train

  Winners Circle
  Judith Nakken
  The Times, They Are A-Changin'

  Carol Arvo
  Hangin'

  Elizabeth Lloyd
  Magic Broom

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Lady Who Wears Dead Foxes

  Kelly Maida
  If You Ever Feel Like Giving Up--Keep Going

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  Topanga Canyon Fire

  October

  Winners Circle
  Kay Harper
  Apology to a Blog

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  A Story for My Father

  Biographical
  Elizabeth Lloyd
  Summer of David

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Hunger

  Kelly Maida
  Advice To My Daughters

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Andy Bageson

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  My First Theatre Experience

  Winners Circle
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  The Saga of Pretty Boy Floyd

  Biographical
  Helene Munson
  The Kaiser's Brooch

  September

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Colorado Memoir

  2019 Stories

  August

  Biographical
  Ketina Muringaniza
  What A Wonderful Save

  TravelStory
  Solange Moreira
  A Trip To Heaven

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Cowboys

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Walking the New Jersey Wilderness

  Diane Robinson
  Epiphany

  TravelStory
  Diane Robinson
  Malta...

  Lane Dooling
  One Hot Summer Day...

  TravelStory
  Amy DeMatt
  How To Reboot

  TravelStory
  Monica Wenzel
  Mishi, My Flying Cat

  Joshua Olara
  Isabella, The One I Knew

  TravelStory
  Caitlyn Ng Man Chuen
  A Turist's Guide To Yesan

  TravelStory
  Liz Star
  The Woman of Apollo

  Biographical
  John Sayles
  The Looking Glass

  Biographical
  John Sayles
  A 1962 Journey of the Cold War

  TravelStory
  Dee Canfield
  Adventure in Nepal

  TravelStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Turkish Delight

  TravelStory
  Douglas Holub
  Air Adventure

  TravelStory
  Elana Renata
  Getting Ones Goat

  TravelStory
  Joseph Pravda
  Serenity and Scandal in Scandinavia

  Wilson Iyorah
  Should We Be Grateful?

  TravelStory
  Daniel Stantus
  Shakespeare and the Zulu

  TravelStory
  Daniel Stantus
  A Cultural Awakening in Swaziland

  Winners Circle
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  The Foot of Time

  Biographical
  Charleine Sell
  Yesterday in Swaziland

  TravelStory
  Edward S. Argauer
  Mary Amidst the Mountains

  Tom C. Erb
  Time To Man Up

  Tom C. Erb
  Classical Deja Vu

  Biographical
  Tom C. Erb
  Bozo and Me

  Kelly Maida
  My Run In With A Soul Mate/Twin Flame

  TravelStory
  John Smistad
  Culture Shocked (West Coast Bias)

  Biographical
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  Goodbye

  Karen H. Curran
  The Father I Discovered Late In Life

  Emily Rodgers
  United States Investment in Turkmenistani Developments

  Celeste Leon
  Lessons From My Father

  TravelStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Paris Postcards

  Desiree Kendrick
  Things My Mother Failed To Tell Me - About Heaven

  Yuliia Vereta
  Disability Is Not An Inability

  Biographical
  Yuliia Vereta
  Unexpected Guest

  Yuliia Vereta
  The Best Writing Tip I've Ever Received

  Yvette Myers
  Jesus Please, Give Him A Hug From Me

  July

  James B. Nicola
  Spark of Memory

  TravelStory
  Helene Munson
  Safranesia's Pants

  Patricia M. Snell
  Baby Boom, Beatles, and Beyond

  TravelStory
  Wendy Lee Klenetsky
  I Have A List And A Map...What Can Go Wrong?

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Busted

  TravelStory
  Ozge Gurbuz
  Londoner At Heart

  Kelly Maida
  Forgiveness

  Winners Circle
  Kay Harper
  The Long Way Home

  Emily Hart
  The Purloined Painting

  Winners Circle
  Doug Sherr
  The Spaced Program

  Biographical
  D'Lisa DarLuz
  My Choice Not to Choose Then

  Edward Hamilton
  Just a Little Change

  David Lewis Pogson
  The Brigadier

  June

  Winners Circle
  Kathryn Lynch
  Negro Mens' Beach

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  The 50 Cent Bible

  TravelStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  A Letter To The French Docteur Who Monitored My Pulse

  May

  TravelStory
  Guy Tombs
  Arrival in Lagos, Nigeria

  Biographical
  Margie Hofman
  My Aunty

  Winners Circle
  Bill Cox
  Small Lives

  Winners Circle
  Don Shook
  Bill Price

  Biographical
  Amanda Pedersen
  Reborn to Die Again

  Laura Labno
  I Dream About The Other World

  Zinnia Nichols Loller
  Should The Government Be Involved In Equal Pay For Women?

  TravelStory
  Xiaochen Su
  Slight Panic on the Midwest-Bound Express Train

  Biographical
  Mary Alice Betley
  Grey Lady

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Spirits In The Night

  Biographical
  Laura Labno
  Just Another Night Shift

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Snake Hunting in South Carolina

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  April

  Biographical
  Don Shook
  Raft of Summer

  AnimalStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Gomez the Jungle Dog

  AnimalStory
  Leslie Soule
  The Bears of California

  Winners Circle
  Kay Harper
  Celebrating Daddy

  AnimalStory
  Sujoy Bhattacherjee
  Phantom Speaking

  AnimalStory
  Koji A. Dae
  Black Canyon Mountain Lion

  Carol Rotta
  The Easter Bunnies

  Biographical
  Luqman Morrison
  Stranger in the Club

  Biographical
  Barry Carver
  Notre Dame Cathedral Is Afire Today

  Biographical
  Ru Otto
  Born In Defiance

  Winners Circle
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  My Maisie

  Biographical
  Anna G. Joujan
  Home

  Paula Drake
  Rags To Royalty

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  I Remember You...

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Irving Stone's Steadfast Partner

  Winners Circle
  Carl Winderl
  Be Careful What You Pray For

  Biographical
  Carol Arvo
  Try It Again

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Memoir

  TravelStory
  Andrea Batstone
  The March to Cassis

  Winners Circle
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  True Tales from the Wild Heart Critterarium

  March

  Richard Orth
  Historic Farming with Horses in Berks County

  Winners Circle
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The New Fire

  Biographical
  Patricia M. Snell
  Unasked Questions

  William Wayne Weems
  Waving to President Kennedy

  Winners Circle
  Lisa Rehfuss
  Chicken Caper

  Winners Circle
  Elaine Greensmith Jordan
  The Slant of Light

  William Wayne Weems
  Last One Standing?

  Winners Circle
  Valerie Byron
  House Of My Dreams

  Winners Circle
  Valerie Byron
  My Mother's Story

  Winners Circle
  Valerie Byron
  No Choice

  Biographical
  Howard Martin Osborne
  Far To Go

  February

  TravelStory
  Charleine Sell
  Two Years in Kadugli

  TravelStory
  Charleine Sell
  Everglades Adventure

  Biographical
  James L. Cowles
  Daddy

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Book of Spells and Magical Enhancements

  Winners Circle
  June Calender
  High in the Himalayas

  Winners Circle
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  Cutting the Umbilical Cord

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  One Day In Winter

  James L. Cowles
  A Special Day In 1949

  TravelStory
  Dale Fehringer
  Playing Cricket In India

  Biographical
  Patricia M. Snell
  Country Dad, City Daughter

  TravelStory
  Evan L. Balkan
  What I Didn't Do In Costa Rica

  TravelStory
  Evan L. Balkan
  Q

  Winners Circle
  Evan L. Balkan
  You Can't Go Home Again, Again

  Biographical
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Not Just Another Dead Junkie

  Richard Orth
  Pennsylvania's Elusive Sunbursts

  Richard Orth
  The Pennsylvania Dutch Easter Spirit

  January

  Biographical
  Judith Galleros
  A Miraculous Day

  Biographical
  P. S. Gifford
  Tales of the Road - Life of an Uber Driver

  Biographical
  Brenda Wussum
  On My Guard

  AnimalStory
  Don Shook
  The Quail, .410 and Coyote Ben

  AnimalStory
  Don Shook
  Five Pounder

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  Sisters: Looking Back

  December

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  A Southern Memory

  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Spreading Holiday Joy - Now, and Throughout The Year

  Biographical
  Karen Treanor
  "Ici on parle siSwati"

  Sachin Verma
  Trade War or Territorial War

  Sachin Verma
  Major Defence Scam In India

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  The Diary of Anne Sophia Palk

  Biographical
  Doug Sherr
  Another Little Christmas Tale

  November

  Biographical
  Doug Sherr
  Snow God

  Biographical
  Kirby Wright
  Sweet Sixteen

  Biographical
  Tylyn K. Johnson
  Night Sky: A Memoir

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  My Mother's Story: My Mother's Legacy

  Carol Arvo
  The Lazarus Effect

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  AWOL

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Haircut

  October

  Biographical
  Reese Conners
  Ballet Class

  Luxhmee Jaypaul
  A Successful Woman

  Biographical
  Doug Sherr
  Transitions - Chapter 1

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  Pickle Girl

  Biographical
  Charleine Sell
  The Speech Contest

  September

  Anne Organista
  Not Just Another History Lesson

  2018 Stories

  August

  Mercy Godwin
  The Teacher

  TravelStory
  Otlametse Letsholo
  A Sudden Loathe For South Africa

  Biographical
  Sujoy Bhattacharya
  Storm Came To An End

  Biographical
  Arpa Datta
  Is It Unrequited Affection?

  AnimalStory
  Nurunnahar Chisty
  Love Brings The Starling Back

  TravelStory
  Robert Walton
  Meryeana Evi

  AnimalStory
  Ru Otto
  The Edible Bird Farm

  Biographical
  Melody Dawn
  Love: The Real Story

  TravelStory
  Lane Dooling
  Destination: Girl Scout Junior Jamboree

  Biographical
  Lane Dooling
  The Fabric of Family

  Sarah Kamal
  The Transformation Towards The End

  Biographical
  Ann Achurch
  A 'Chosen' Career

  Biographical
  Amy Lentz
  I Am Not A Wuss

  TravelStory
  Kristin Cragg
  A Royal Roadtrip

  TravelStory
  DeVonna R. Allison
  Of Sukkahs and Muezzins

  TravelStory
  Nsikakabasi Akpan
  My Trip To Shere Hills

  TravelStory
  Nayda Easley
  The Family Vacation

  Biographical
  Susan Cormier
  Wrist

  Biographical
  Pavi Pavitha
  I Am Deserved

  Biographical
  Marvelous Ndigwe
  My Hidden Passion...

  Biographical
  Maria Sanchez Martinez
  Lands of Corn

  Biographical
  Bryant Ross
  Kind Hearted Woman

  TravelStory
  Aube Rey Lescure
  Signs of the Road

  Alex Jasinski
  Concrete Ancients

  Biographical
  Sujitha J.
  Will To Live

  TravelStory
  Janet Campbell
  Sea Change

  AnimalStory
  Sayantan Basu
  Predator

  TravelStory
  Val Vassay
  Life in the Gulf

  Biographical
  John Sayles
  A Painful Introduction to Real Life

  TravelStory
  Lizzie Ferenczy
  Ciudad de Sueños

  Biographical
  Alva Isaksson
  Kerstin and the Alzheimer's

  Omnia Adel Sayed
  Discover Me?!

  Biographical
  Yanheng Chen
  Pets Vs. Me

  Biographical
  Fabio Scherer
  Attends Santa Maria

  Biographical
  Santushti Ranjan
  Co-incidence

  TravelStory
  Ridley Walsh
  Horses

  Biographical
  Stephanie Guzman
  A Mother's Love

  Biographical
  Susan Grant
  Young Criminals

  AnimalStory
  Michelle Staloff
  Close Encounters of the Squirrel Kind

  TravelStory
  Dorcas Iliya Itse
  Clarion Call

  Biographical
  Samantha Scrivens
  Accidental Vagabond

  Biographical
  Heather J. Kirk
  Breathing Deeply

  Biographical
  Eileen W. Fisher
  The Fifth Grade Girlfriend

  Biographical
  Anisha Dutta
  Song of Love

  TravelStory
  Koji A. Dae
  Fables and Fertility: Pobiti Kamani

  Chika Obi
  A Global View on the Concept of Immigration

  Biographical
  Evelyn Hootman
  Imperfection

  Diane Martin
  Notes from Old Nevsky Prospect

  Biographical
  Diane Martin
  Frank McCloud

  Chika Obi
  The Place We Now Live

  Biographical
  Diane Martin
  Resting Place of Anton Sviridenko

  Doug Sherr
  The Dog, The Desert, and Me

  AnimalStory
  Glad McGough
  Pets of the Humanoid Kind

  Biographical
  Maryam Iftikhar
  An Episode for Myself

  TravelStory
  Desiree Kendrick
  Making History--Ciao Italia

  TravelStory
  Doug Sherr
  Jungle Time

  Biographical
  Doug Sherr
  South Meadow

  Biographical
  Minh Vu
  Dirty Nails

  Biographical
  Don Shook
  Attitudes

  Biographical
  Minh Vu
  Dim

  TravelStory
  Don Carter
  Life on the Road without any Brakes

  Biographical
  Don Carter
  Into the Stormtroopers

  TravelStory
  Kathleen Bustamante
  Love, Religion, and Douglas Firs

  TravelStory
  Mackenzy Phillips
  Silent Night in Vermont

  Biographical
  Lauren Stein
  Unusual Luck

  AnimalStory
  Mackenzy Phillips
  Walk on the Wild Side

  Biographical
  Mikaela Law
  Doubtful Heart

  Biographical
  Valerie Marcley
  Citizen God

  Sarah Howard
  The Ghosts of Yesteryear

  Biographical
  Sarah Howard
  The Picture in the Pink Purse

  Biographical
  Sapphire Cianfriglia
  Beyond the Binary

  TravelStory
  Tamzin Whelan
  Walking The Cat

  TravelStory
  Douglas Courtney
  The Cat, The Car, and The Cousins

  TravelStory
  Husna Kassim
  Remembering Al-Andalus

  Biographical
  Caitlyn Martin
  The Sun Will Come Out

  Elyse Kallen
  The Seeds of My Family Tree

  Biographical
  Judith D. Galleros
  Bruno

  Pierce Logan
  Mikhail

  Amisha Bansal
  Black and White

  Biographical
  Baltazar H. Sabado, Jr.
  All I want is to settle and live happily and prosperously in my country, but why can’t I?

  TravelStory
  Deon Matzen
  River of Turquoise

  Kavitha Yarlagadda
  Fluorosis the Mystery Disease

  Svetlana Zernes
  Mars: Dreams, Predictions, and Reality

  TravelStory
  Amie McGraham
  Your Roots Are Showing

  TravelStory
  Sara Etgen-Baker
  A Delicate Balance

  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Stranger in the Box

  Biographical
  Shelley Marichal
  Grandma's Stories

  Biographical
  Karina Kamran
  An Evening of Unfortunate Events

  Biographical
  Cheryl Ferguson Benini
  The Phone Call

  Sara Etgen-Baker
  The Familiar Stranger

  TravelStory
  Ndaba Sibanda
  Roaring Into Bulawayo's Royal Treat

  AnimalStory
  Judith Nakken
  The Eagle Lesson

  AnimalStory
  Bill Cox
  The Hill

  Biographical
  Paul Dominic
  Ceremony Of Work

  Biographical
  Paul Dominic
  Goodbyes, Anticipated and Unanticipated

  Biographical
  Joe DiMiceli
  The Hatchet Man Cometh

  AnimalStory
  Elana Renata
  Maggie

  Chris Smith
  Peace

  Biographical
  Carolina Williams
  On Coping

  Biographical
  Sharon Hodson
  The Best Word

  AnimalStory
  Rachael Bates
  The Snowdon Panther

  TravelStory
  Erin Darby Gesell
  The Illusion of Inspiration

  TravelStory
  Winston C. Pagador
  Travel with my Father

  Biographical
  Josephine Jones
  Gay Young Couple In Alice Springs

  TravelStory
  Josephine Jones
  In The Steps Of Ernest Hemingway

  AnimalStory
  Josephine Jones
  Too Close To A Rhinoceros

  Biographical
  Rod Martinez
  The Defector

  Biographical
  Katie Danis
  Create it Away

  Biographical
  Margaret Valenta
  Push

  Dina Toyoda
  Leaving

  Biographical
  Krystal Song
  I Write This For You

  David Faucheux
  Of Rainy Days, Library School, Guide Dogs, and Police Cars

  Biographical
  R. G. Kaimal
  A Long Look Back

  Biographical
  Carrie Scarborough Kinnard
  Words That Soak Into Your Soul

  Don Hoover
  Butch

  Biographical
  Jasmine Hill
  Round the Way: Inheritance

  AnimalStory
  Celi Azulek
  The House Guest

  TravelStory
  Robert Walton
  The Bus to Urgup

  AnimalStory
  Robert Walton
  A Bear for Lunch

  July

  Biographical
  Paul Fleckney
  Twenty Years

  Biographical
  Sean Dunne
  Sylvia and Other Stories
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  TravelStory
  Xiaochen Su
  The Value of Patience and Good Judgment

  Biographical
  Terri W. Jackson
  Chocolate-Covered Nut

  TravelStory
  Melissa Ann Sweat
  Redemption and Dollywood

  Biographical
  Leah Gage
  The Zin of Fishing

  Van Nyankieya Nchogu
  Leadership

  Van Nyankieya Nchogu
  Cannibalism

  Van Nyankieya Nchogu
  Latin...

  Biographical
  Carter Vance
  Never Get Back To Normal

  Biographical
  Sandra Hawes
  Facing Gascony

  Biographical
  Sravani Singampalli
  Our Mindsets

  T. H. Bolware
  Patriotic Day

  Biographical
  Luisa Kay Reyes
  Kidnapped!

  TravelStory
  Luisa Kay Reyes
  The Pyramid of the Sun

  TravelStory
  Anne Organista
  Finding Healing in Prague

  TravelStory
  Charles Berkoff
  The Case of the Missing Spectacles

  Musarrat Zaidi
  Kashmir Problem

  AnimalStory
  Charles Berkoff
  The Catcher Goes Awry

  Biographical
  Leonard Dawson
  History's Eyewitness

  Anny Muss
  Not Angry Just

  Biographical
  Paul Waddington
  The Sofa Bed, the Van, and the Bread Knife

  Ogechukwu Anierobi
  Philosopyh and Science

  Biographical
  Nancy Loera
  Choices Made

  Biographical
  Xavier Stenzel
  Fred

  Biographical
  Claire Schwabenland
  Paper Swan

  Biographical
  Swetha Arun
  Episodes of my Life

  TravelStory
  Rocky Leplin
  The Day My Dog Jumped Off The Train

  TravelStory
  Albert Vetere Lannon
  Me and Ishkabibble and the Wild Places

  AnimalStory
  Pratama Putra Wijaya
  Mira Waiku

  TravelStory
  J. T. Macek
  Home Is Where My Dogs Are

  Judith Nakken
  Catalina

  Nancy Loera
  The Day the World (Almost) Ended

  Lynette Benton
  War and Peace in the Dentist's Office

  Biographical
  Kuti Olutomilayo
  Life Lessons

  AnimalStory
  Taylor Petty
  Why All The Jellyfish Are Dead

  James Salt
  Catharsis

  TravelStory
  Tony Devlin
  A Special Pilgrimage

  B. K. Stubblefield
  A Puppy on Steroids

  Biographical
  Danielle Chioma Irechukwu
  One Life, Cherish It

  Musarrat Zaidi
  Environment Is Important

  Anker Fanoe
  First Come The Bananas

  Biographical
  James Costigan
  The Leaving Playlist

  Sebenele Shongwe
  Pills Don't Cure No Depression, Honey

  Biographical
  Paul Waddington
  My Unfolding Beatles Epiphany

  Biographical
  Siddiqa Magar
  Terrace

  Musarrat Zaidi
  Child Abuse is a Curse

  June

  Crystal Reynolds
  Cricket's Chateau

  TravelStory
  Gayathri Santhosh
  Crossing an Ocean of Dreams

  Biographical
  Mai Quach
  The Heart of a Small Mom

  TravelStory
  Sarah Ann Hall
  The Road Less Travelled

  Biographical
  Nuthara Karunarathua
  Our School Inter-House Drama Competition

  Biographical
  Abby Ross
  The Poop Diaries

  TravelStory
  Paul Waddington
  The True Story of Me and Rambo Head of the Sphynx

  Biographical
  Paula Drake
  Dumb Idea

  Biographical
  Lorrie Wolfe
  I Believe In Santa

  Biographical
  Lorrie Wolfe
  The Christmas Box

  Musarrat Zaidi
  Healthy Living Is The Longer Living

  Biographical
  Angali Dangwal
  Lost Voice

  AnimalStory
  Karen Whitney Maturure
  Bailey and I

  TravelStory
  Howard Englander
  Mukachevo on $5,000 a Day

  Biographical
  Florie Barry
  Passion Ignites Our Purpose

  Biographical
  Sachin Verma
  The Laziness

  Biographical
  Sachin Verma
  My Foolishness is the Fear of Death

  Judith Nakken
  Political Correctness...

  AnimalStory
  Jesus Deytiquez
  The Sparrows' Nest

  Emmet Kelly
  How Roger Penmark Got His Muse Back

  Biographical
  Sachin Verma
  Two Brothers

  Biographical
  Eesha Zainab
  The Road to a Safer Future

  Kristen Kay Mohammed
  Take Me To The Ocean

  Biographical
  Tom C. Erb
  In My Life

  Biographical
  Tom C. Erb
  1960 World Series With Papa

  Tom C. Erb
  Secret Agent Boy

  Tom C. Erb
  My Summer at the Southside Speedway

  May

  AnimalStory
  Lisa Rehfuss
  The Ostrich and the Rhino

  TravelStory
  Paula Drake
  On Tour

  Annette F. Goggins
  Am I Racist?

  Anisha Dutta
  Human Trafficking

  TravelStory
  Alice Boerner
  My Big Fat Greek Adventure

  Biographical
  Alicia Abner
  Darkness

  AnimalStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Beyond the Reef

  Avanti Chajed
  Jarling's Custard Cup

  Margie Hofman
  Back from Berlin

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  Hominy Grits

  Biographical
  Eunice Andoh
  The Bitter-Sweet About War

  AnimalStory
  Frank Mann
  Gator Tails, Trails, and Tales

  Kavitha Yarlagadda
  Impact of Climate Change

  Biographical
  Allison Wilson Lee
  My Life in Cheese

  Biographical
  Nikita Jain
  Dazed Dewdrop

  Gbenga Ezekiel Oladosu
  A New Dawn

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Keene Eyes

  Jean Metuschelah
  How To Express Yourself In Any Situation

  TravelStory
  Chellidurai
  What A Day?

  Biographical
  Chelladurai
  The Ice Breaker

  Iyke Michael Elson
  The Heart Beat

  Aidan McCorkle
  Aspects of The Hero

  Biographical
  J. Betz
  Why?<

  TravelStory
  Gbenga Ezekiel Oladosu
  The Freedom

  April

  Biographical
  Judith D. Galleros
  Ruperta

  Biographical
  Rachel Stierle
  Birdwatching: A Family Activity

  Biographical
  Rachel Stierle
  Knitting Is for the Soul

  Rodney Harrier
  Tending Your Spiritual Garden

  Rodney Harrier
  A Light of Hope

  Rodney Harrier
  Answers to Some of Life's Most Challenging Questions

  TravelStory
  Spenser Shaak
  An Unlikely Friend

  AnimalStory
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Whaling Sound

  Biographical
  Kathryn Lynch
  The Wailing Sound

  Naheem Watson
  Liberty and Justice

  Biographical
  Deanna Salser
  No Love

  AnimalStory
  Kathryn Lynch
  Sentry

  Donald R. Gallehr
  Online, Offhuman

  Griselda Sukmoro
  The Value of Writing

  Akbor Aziz Susom
  Essay on Bangladesh

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Hamam

  Abid Shahriyar
  Peace

  Biographical
  M. Spencer
  The Story of Us

  Biographical
  John Smistad
  Recovery of the Ring

  Nathnael Haile
  The Importance of the Combahee River Collective

  Biographical
  Martin Bressi
  Roy the Barber

  AnimalStory
  Bonnie Boerema
  Alligator Attack

  AnimalStory
  James L. Cowles
  Mr. Fox

  AnimalStory
  Kavitha Yarlagadda
  How Tapirs and Toucans Are Saving Us From Climate Change

  Biographical
  Linda Elliott-George
  Letting Go and Saying No

  Biographical
  Judy Parker
  The Day I Thought I Would Die (But Didn't)

  AnimalStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  Zambian Critters

  TravelStory
  Robert Flournoy
  Ambush--Gender Modified

  Robert Flournoy
  A Family's Gift

  Biographical
  Jo Somerset
  Lesson From Lorraine and Sue

  AnimalStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  Where Lions Sleep

  Biographical
  Christopher DeCou
  Choir Mom

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Auld Tom

  Biographical
  Jilly Allison
  Aunt Mary

  Biographical
  Trey Branom Dylan
  The Endless Path

  TravelStory
  Jesus Deytiquez
  Spiritual and Nightly Escapades in Our Country's Second Summer Capital

  March

  Biographical
  Melanie Pimentel Toth
  September 29, 2009

  Blue Dunwoody
  Pearl Harbor Attack

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Emigration to the USA of One of the Biggest Biplanes in the World

  Biographical
  Kristen Kay Mohammed
  I Want To Be A Scientist

  Biographical
  Amb Berryman
  A No Name Story

  AnimalStory
  Katherine Vallera
  Fiji Resort's Animal Rescue Initiative

  Biographical
  Kate Howard
  The Wrong Shoes

  Katherine Vallera
  Surviving Irma: "We are Caribbean People, We Are Strong"

  Katherine Vallera
  The Emotional Support Debate Is Tougher Than You Think

  Biographical
  Sarah Faith Nwosu
  Prepare To Let Me Go

  Katherine Vallera
  Puerto Rico Isolated in Wake of Hurricane Maria

  Biographical
  Katherine Vallera
  #MeToo in the Travel Industry

  TravelStory
  Brittany Rohm
  Hitchhiking in Middle Earth

  Biographical
  Shelby Dyer
  Nosebleed

  Biographical
  Michaela Nelson
  Autobiography of Michaela Nelson

  Prateek Jain
  I Am Cigarette

  TravelStory
  Patricia Pedross
  When the Old Life Ends a New Life Must Begin

  Biographical
  Aubrey Grace
  A Letter to my Rapist

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Self Doubt

  Biographical
  Shiny Kesavan
  Sarojini - A Window to the World of the Unseen People

  Penelope Laurence
  Serenity Now

  Biographical
  Ofelia Torres
  Happiness

  Biographical
  Akber Ayub
  Woman by the Wayside

  February

  Margie Hofman
  Ghostly Figures

  TravelStory
  Shivaji Moitra
  The Nostalgia of Durga Puja Festival of Chakradharpur

  Terri Rimmer
  Adventures in Pet Sitting

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Things Are Never As They Seem

  Biographical
  Karen Osborn
  The Train

  Dale Fehringer
  Learning to Appreciate the Sport of Curling

  TravelStory
  Lorenza Seldner
  I Can't Believe I Almost Didn't Go To Oaxaca

  AnimalStory
  Lauren Buss
  Befriending the Lizard Man

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Franco and Billy

  Elias Gebru
  The Persuit of Unity in a Time of Destruction

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Little Red Schoolhouse

  Biographical
  Diwa Shaw
  Cloaks of Uncertainty

  Allison McClurg
  Rising Above Negative Circumstances

  James Cowles
  Jolie

  Biographical
  Rosi Hollinbeck
  Together Again for the First Time

  Matthew Conte
  16 Lake Avenue, Ocean Park, NJ

  Bob Dunlap
  Cows of a Lesser Hue

  Caroline Jensen
  Ladies of the Skies

  Biographical
  Aditi Srivastava
  Alone at New Year

  Biographical
  Reagan Brownell
  Como Se Llama, Bonita

  Biographical
  Steven C. Levi
  Z. J. Loussac

  January

  Biographical
  Richard Wall
  Sometime In October

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Movie Buff

  Bonnie Boerema
  Antique World

  December

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Angel and Thunder

  Barry Carver
  Loo-See

  TravelStory
  Dale Fehringer
  London through the Eyes of a Cabbie

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  They Will Always Be His Kids

  AnimalStory
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Wallaby Wars

  Leslie Soule
  Glen's Bakery and Restaurant

  November

  Biographical
  David Winnie
  A Teddy Bear Named Timmy

  Biographical
  Linda Davis Biggs
  Angels Among Us

  Biographical
  Norma Tekell
  Grandmother

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  Silence Is Not Always Golden

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Single Mom

  Robert Flournoy
  Country Cafe

  Biographical
  Norma Tekell
  Reflections on Snow

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Tony Bennett
  Part of San Francisco

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Mabel

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Autumn Leaves

  Biographical
  Robin Y. Myers
  Remember to Breathe

  October

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Long Goodby

  Clay Chesney
  Gifts

  Leslie Soule
  Saturday with Frederick Ransom Gray

  Biographical
  Carol Rotta
  The Unforgettable Christmas

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Scottish Terriers

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Garden

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Beauty Shop

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Veda

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Hurricane Irma

  2017 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Biographical
  Lane Dooling
  May We Just Have One More Talk...

  Biographical
  William Larsen
  Sanctuary

  Margaret Valenta
  The Despicable iPhone and Me

  Biographical
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  One Pound!

  Bonnie Boerema
  Protector

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Ted

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Marilee

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Marilee

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Joseph Strauss
  The Mighty Task is Done

  Robert Flournoy
  Memorial Day Memory

  Robert Flournoy
  Just a Nurse

  Robert Flournoy
  Our Forgotten Veterans

  TravelStory
  Karen Treanor
  The Last (And First) Time I Saw Paris

  TravelStory
  Evan Balkan
  A Beautiful and Haunted Tune

  TravelStory
  Nancy Massand
  Why I'll Never Go Back To Albuquerque

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Black Days

  Biographical
  Joni Bour
  To Be Free

  TravelStory
  Joni Bour
  Part Of Him Was Lost

  TravelStory
  Anna Joujan
  Other Roads

  TravelStory
  Eileen Sateriale
  Can You Have a Good Time in a Country that Speaks a Different Language?

  Biographical
  Phillip Byron Jones
  Shine Service

  July

  Joni Bour
  The Man and the Moon

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Ravin' Mad

  Biographical
  Judith Nakken
  Milly Dearest

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Well Bred Bread

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  The Day We Went On Strike

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Coma

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  Honorable Man

  June

  TravelStory
  Leslie Soule
  To Oregon, By Blood

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Trans-Siberia Railroad

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Jerry Garcia: I Play for My Life

  Steve Alexander
  Raising Kids

  Karen Radford Treanor
  A Lucky Day

  William Wayne Weems
  Burn Baby Burn?

  Biographical
  Bonnie Boerema
  The Story of My Life

  David Winnie
  The Shame of the Tugboat Edison

  Biographical
  Leslie Soule
  Grandmother's Roses

  Biographical
  Leslie Soule
  Odd Intruder

  Biographical
  Barry Carver
  Pocket

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Taking Out Citizenship In Neverland

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Between

  Margie Hofman
  The Liberation of France

  February

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  How I Became A Writer Of True Stories

  January

  John McLaren McBrydes
  Sis Frances' Secret

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Halloween 1939 in Clay County Arkansas

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  David vs. Goliath

  December

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  How 15 Cents Saved Me From a Life of Crime

  Biographical
  Barry Carver
  Dad

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Betty

  November

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Bea

  October

  Biographical
  Martha Yarborough DiPalma
  Money and Popsy in New Orleans

  September

  Biographical
  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Petey Bob's Train Ride

  Biographical
  Gayle Thawley
  What Lies Ahead

  2016 Stories
  

  August

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  A Turkey Hunt

  Gene Fletcher
  The Judge

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Our Garden Goes To Pot

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Pestered By Parrots

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Chachapoya Culture

  Gene Fletcher
  Airport Charlie

  Biographical
  Lisa Rehfuss
  Creep

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Christmas 1942 - Petey Bob's Unusual Gift

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Petey Bob Starts To School and Falls In Love

  Steven Hunley
  Pico

  Biographical
  Paul Fleetwood
  Petey Bob's Old Car

  William Wayne Weems
  Auto Show Memories

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  Acne

  Andrew Kuyzk
  The Day I Met God and Other Short Essays

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Mom's Diaries

  Biographical
  Karen Treanor
  Five Men and a Little Laser

  TravelStory
  Anna G. Joujan
  My Heart & My Hands

  Biographical
  Patricia M. Snell
  Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  July

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  Not in Vain

  TravelStory
  Kay Harper
  Providence

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Teachers

  TravelStory
  Cassondra Windwalker
  Scree Fields

  Biographical
  James Sclater
  Heavy the Head that Wears the Homemade Crown

  TravelStory
  Dale Fehringer and Patty McCrary
  Cuba: Cycling in a Land that Time Forgot

  TravelStory
  June Calender
  Walking in the Dali Lama's Garden

  June Calender
  What's Left?

  Biographical
  Kirby Wright
  The Only Man in the World

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Yellow Sea Incident

  June

  Biographical
  Kathy Wolfe
  My Grandmother Millie

  May

  Biographical
  Emmet Kelley
  Uncle Larry

  Joni Bour
  Duct Taped Boots and Cigarette Butts

  April

  Biographical
  Yonatan Bar Rashi
  Lost Rum

  March

  TravelStory
  Brendan O'Brien
  Atop This Rock

  William Wayne Weems
  Peggy's Intervention

  Biographical
  Donna Heinsbroek
  The Queen of Savannah Bridge

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Some Bunny Loves Me

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  Let Me Call You Sweetheart

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Uncanny Tension of Research

  February

  Travel Story
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Never Too Old

  Judith Nakken
  Your Government at Work

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  Have You Seen My False Teeth?

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  How I Became a Dilettante

  William Wayne Weems
  Orchestra Pit Memories

  January

  Biographical
  Nicole Van Zyl
  The Incredible Story of Uncle Bob

  TravelStory
  Judith Nakken
  Day Trip to Bryant

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Drones for People

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  Romance Tale

  James Sclater
  Hosing Down Lootie Seton

  Biographical
  Emily Hart
  The Quiet Baby

  December

  Judith Nakken
  The Twenty-Five Dollar Miracle

  June Huwa Whiting
  Succotash Summer

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Uncle Edd, Captain, USAAF

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Up, Up Over The Alps

  November

  Biographical
  Onie Grosshans
  ”Gorge Bratt”

  Donal Buchanan
  Confessions of a Computer Junkie

  Travel Story
  Akber Ayub
  Pondicherry – A French Connection

  Travel Story
  Akber Ayub
  Ode to a River

  Biographical
  Andrew Kuzyk
  I Am Unbroken

  Kirby Wright
  Pounders Beach, 1968

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Deer Hunting Tales

  October

  Travel Story
  Charles Hartley
  Norwegian Nightmare

  September

  Nicole Van Zyl
  Tragedy At Linyanti

  Nicole Van Zyl
  A Christmas Wish

  2015 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Travel Story
  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Trip of a Lifetime

  Travel Story
  Lane E. Dooling
  A Treasure by the Sea

  Travel Story
  Birgit Starmanns
  Celebrating Life on the Hawaiian Islands

  Shivaji K. Moitra
  Divine Connections

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  A Hog Claim

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  Cowman

  Biographical
  Gene Fletcher
  Will

  Onie Grosshans
  It's Time To Make Plans

  Travel Story
  Judith Nakken
  Home Again

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Alice Marble: The Queen of Swat

  HC Hsu
  Home Viewings

  Travel Story
  June Calender
  Trekking in Nepal

  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Elephant Child Arrives

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Go See Cal

  Dale Fehringer
  Naresh Dreams of Paris

  Angela Marie Reynolds
  Two Essays and a Memorial

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  It Wouldn't Be Christmas Without Them

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Season of Cats, Embroidery, and Blackberry Jam

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  The Million Dollar Bride

  James Bassett
  Roger

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  Play the Ball, Don't Let It Play You

  Travel Story
  Kristin K. Fouquet
  Août in Paris, a travelogue

  July

  Biographical
  Pearl Watley Mitchell
  Every Mother Has a Story

  Nancy Massand
  Diversity

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Odds and Ends

  Biographical
  Barbara Turner
  A Flood Survival Story

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Clara Turns 100

  Steve Alexander
  Two Stories

  June

  Biographical
  Gabriella Cisneros
  Phases

  Karen Radford Treanor
  Notes from a Leftie

  May

  Patricia M. Snell
  You Know You've Been A Substitute Teacher Too Long When...

  Dale Fehringer
  Stephen King and the Writer's Toolbox

  April

  Biographical
  Carol Kloskowski
  The New David

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Climbing Little Round Top with Paul

  Karen Radford Treanor
  The Iceman Doesn't Stop Here Anymore

  Biographical
  Patricia Snell
  64 Years, 8 Months, and 15 Days

  March

  Biographical
  Oldie Goldie (pen)
  A Mother's Tears

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Will Rogers Entertained With Words

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  1 of 2 Groups

  Brendan O'Brien
  Clarity

  Travel Story
  Brendan O'Brien
  Seeking a Lion's Historian

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  We've All Had Our Lauras...

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Michael Lacey Says Good-Bye

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  A Half-Empty Mayonnaise Jar

  February

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Good People

  Lisa Rehfuss
  Ghost Trilogy

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Seen From The Road

  Biographical
  Robert Flournoy
  Helen

  Biographical
  Karen Radford Treanor
  Dispatches from the Trenches

  October

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  An Ending and a Beginning

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  Then, Too...

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Blue-eyed Soul

  2014 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Travel Story
  Birgit Starmanns
  Planes, Trains, Automobiles - And Chaos

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Ebony and Ivory

  Biographical
  Carl Winderl
  The Girl on the Cover of Seventeen

  Travel Story
  Onie Grosshans
  Selling Cabo San Lucas

  Travel Story
  Celeste Leon
  Finding Home

  Biographical
  Robert D. Booth
  The Human Ladder

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Teachers

  Biographical
  Kay Harper
  Danger Man

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  Testify

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Sam and the Bear

  Travel Story
  Frank Mann
  Jungle Cruise From Hell

  Biographical
  Mamta Dalal
  Bawa

  Biographical
  Melissa Cronin
  Code 309.81

  Biographical
  Sara Berelsman
  I'm Still Here

  Biographical
  James Sclater
  You Want Me To Do What?

  Travel Story
  Matt Blackner
  Evacuation

  Jaka Wescott
  My Father the Vulture

  July

  Kristin K. Fouquet
  Rebuilding A Personal Library

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Well, Major, What Do You Know?

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Controlling An English Disaster

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  A Mysterious Disappearance

  Travel Story
  June Calender
  To See The Queen

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Life As A Non-Combatant

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  Shadowing Dashiell Hammett

  June

  Nancy Loera
  Grandpa's Time Machine

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  If I Were 22 Again

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  Dad's Brief Stage Career

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  TALLY HO-THE BOXes

  May

  Lane Elizabeth Dooling
  The Fabric of Family

  Travel Story
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Enjoying Asia

  Travel Story
  Evan L. Balkan
  On the Trail of the Tyrant

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  The Wonderment of Young Children

  April

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  A Very Special Favor

  Geary Smith
  Positives and Negatives

  Dick Miller
  So You Want To Lead A Band

  March

  Sara Berelsman
  We Do Not Choose...

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Elmer's Tune

  Dick Miller
  We Won!

  February

  Dick Miller
  The Accidental Tuba Player

  Dick Miller
  Just Call Me Mr. Kotter

  January

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  The Subway

  Dick Miller
  Flo

  William Wayne Weems
  A Salute From The Black Aces

  Sara Berelsman
  Faith

  Janelle Knippen
  Nine Months

  December

  Dick Miller
  Stage Fright

  October

  Dick Miller
  Stumpy: Dealing With Amputation

  Biographical
  Dale Fehringer
  The Loves of Miss Lil

  September

  Dick Miller
  Millionaire for a Minute

  2013 Stories
  

  Note: This year our stories are cataloged by our new contest year of September 1 to August 31

  August

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Caffe With Nona

  Biographical
  Janann Giles
  Mother's Diary

  Jake Teeters
  Chattaroy Yellow Jackets

  Biographical
  Shivaji K. Moitra
  The Trick of Fate

  Biographical
  Carol Kloskowski
  Don't Give Me The Sporting Life

  Nancy Massand
  This is a Public Bus

  Travel Story
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Happy Birthday to Me

  Travel Story
  Eileen Sateriale
  A Bostonian Stumbles into the London Marathon

  July

  Biographical
  Isabel Bearman Bucher
  Zia Suzy's Fine Wine

  Travel Story
  Dick Miller
  My First Road Trip

  Dick Miller
  Death with Dignity

  Biographical
  Dick Miller
  Physics is Phun

  Dick Miller
  Miller's Maxims of Project Management

  William Wayne Weems
  The Stone Steps

  June

  Biographical
  L. Rehfuss
  He's Coming For Me

  May

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Dueling Banjos

  April

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  A Typewriter Needed Cleaning

  Travel Story
  Ellie S. Thomas
  AMTRAKING East to West

  March

  Travel Story
  Patricia M. Snell
  Traveling in Canada and to the Moon

  Biographical
  Richard Franklin Bishop
  My Friend Duane

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  A New House on Newhouse Avenue

  February

  Joe Williams Loller
  The Story of my Life

  June Huwa Whiting
  Requiem for Tyler Clementi

  Paul Marion Fleetwood
  The Preacher

  January

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  Notes on the Nippur Expeditions of the University of Pennsylvania

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  On the Importance of Not Deserting Your Post, or Why I Did Not Become An Actor

  December

  Biographical
  Ellie S. Thomas
  It Was Better Than We Knew

  Travel Story
  Supriya Ambwani
  A Boat in Keoladeo

  Lane Dooling
  Love Cubed

  November

  William Wayne Weems
  A Life of Crime

  William Wayne Weems
  Tribute To Ron

  October

  Ellie S. Thomas
  Lily of the Mohawks

  September

  Brittany Arnold
  Lost and Found

  Anna Kiefer
  Life on Overdrive

  Margie Hofman
  Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

  Richard Franklin Bishop
  The Night That The Franklin Died

  Richard Bishop
  Haying

  Ellie S. Thomas
  And So I Left Home

  Richard Loller
  June 13, 1979