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WRITER'S SHOWCASE
NONFICTION
Note: Our nonfiction stories are cataloged by that year's last contest closing date of August 31

  • Award Winners

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  • September

  • Stephen M. Hanan
    Late Summer's Day Nightmare

  • Christopher T. Schmidt
    Twenty-Four Hours

  • Travel Story
    Christopher T. Schmidt
    Please Don't Spit in My Salad

  • Travel Story
    E. M. Schmoll
    Holiday In Hell

  • Dee Sanders
    Dad's Best Friend

  • Jessica Langlois
    Destination Homelessness

  • Travel Story
    Janine Peterson
    Singapore in Book Form

  • Misheel Chuluun
    Mongolian Memories

  • Paula Gramlich
    Reading Between The Lines

  • Travel Story
    Debra Balamos
    My Amore

  • Rachelle Arlin Credo
    Tala

  • Jenny Lentz
    Tests of Separation

  • Travel Story
    Meredith Hodges-Boos
    Japanese Grits

  • Travel Story
    Michael Crifasi
    The Nevada Highway

  • Kate Robinson
    Natural Soul

  • Travel Story
    Anita Marie Colbert
    A Trip Of Hope

  • Travel Story
    Graham Currin
    No One Survives A Cape Buffalo Attack

  • Travel Story
    Marian Robertson
    An Airplane Ride Without Clothes

  • Travel Story
    Marian Robertson
    Ten Days To St. Petersburg

  • Travel Story
    Laurie Levinger
    Teaching English In Guatemala

  • Lynford Turner
    Keeping Your Station

  • Lynford D. Turner
    Lost in the High Sierras

  • Anita Marie Colbert
    A Trip of Hope

  • Travel Story
    P. S. Gifford
    Travelogue

  • Travel Story
    Melissa Mayntz
    America the Inner Beauty

  • Suzanne Law
    Best Friend and the Boos

  • Elaine Greensmith Jordan
    California, 1942

  • Erum Ahmed
    Just Abundance

  • Travel Story
    Mamta Murthy
    A Tale of Two Cities--Hardwar and Rishikesh

  • Travel Story
    Cody Grant
    Safari Slices

  • Angela Christoforos
    Four Years and Four Bunnies

  • Sue Chehrenegar
    Photographer Speaks Using Picture

  • Alice L. Luckhart
    I'm Just Not Ready Yet

  • Travel Story
    Lise Charlebois
    Corsican Nights

  • Travel Story
    Alice L. Luckhart
    As Adults In Vegas

  • Jonathan Marcantoni
    Two Essays

  • Eva Bell
    Emotional Abuse

  • Travel Story
    Eva Bell
    Song of the Mountains

  • Travel Story
    Carole Wyatt
    Welcome To Mayberry

  • Travel Story
    Dina Bern
    Memories of the Final Days of the Cold War

  • Richard L. Provencher
    In Mothers We Trust

  • Cody Grant
    The Trip

  • Pita Okute
    We Dream, So We Are

  • Travel Story
    Danielle Mutarelli
    The Smell of Shoestrings

  • Dale E. Sperling
    My Most Embarrassing Moment

  • August

  • Isabel Bearman Bucher
    40,000 Miles

  • Judith Nakken
    (Don't Forget To) Add The Love

  • Travel Story
    Esther Jones
    River Raft Jungle Adventure

  • Judith Nakken
    Siah, R. I. P.

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Rat Chronicles

  • Teresa P. Thompson
    Breathe

  • Teresa P. Thompson
    Dollar Store Angel

  • Travel Story
    Alan McMonagle
    A Silverback Called Mac

  • Travel Story
    John Bottelsen
    Our Visit to Tuscany

  • Desire Aquirre
    The Last Hellacious Ride

  • Wally Hoffman
    The Flying Fortress

  • Julie Thomas-Zucker
    The Hidden Secrets

  • July

  • Scot Gall
    Chechnya--The Other Side of the Story

  • P. S. Gifford
    A Father's Gift

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Gatehouse Bet

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Curious Account of the Castle Gregory Banshee

  • Travel Story
    Mary McIntosh
    What If...?

  • Christopher J. Stephens
    Fourteen Essays

  • June

  • Roger Dean Kiser
    The Cat Man

  • Travel Story
    Carol Arvo
    Just Sit Down

  • Lynford Turner
    Let's Retire To Beautiful Missouri!

  • David Glassie
    Mr. Bunny's Funeral

  • David Glassie
    Super Valu, Super Memories

  • Carol Greenberg
    Benny, If You Read This, Write

  • Travel Story
    Kristin Fouquet
    Zoë Takes Manhatten

  • May

  • Kristin Fouquet
    Artist Unknown

  • Travel Story
    Judi Brown
    Baja Kayaking

  • Wally Hoffman
    Tribute To "VE" Day

  • Pamela Papp
    My Brother

  • April

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Great Shoe Caper

  • P. S. Gifford
    A Wonderful Succession of Coincidences

  • March

  • Jacquelin Cango
    How A Good Dessert Party Went Bad

  • February

  • James Bassett
    Roger

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Yorkshire Honeymoon

  • P. S. Gifford
    Four Short Stories

  • Kirby Wright
    The Return of Harold Wilkinson

  • Travel Story
    Maurine Dodge
    Amsterdam du Paris au Velo

  • Pearl Watley Mitchell
    Teaching Your Skeletons to Dance

  • Travel Story
    Pearl Watley Mitchell
    Jamaica, Land of Beauty and Poverty

  • January

  • Jennifer Mueller
    Harambee

  • Hilary Flanery
    Protestant Pumpkins

  • Pearl Watley Mitchell
    A Life Changing Game

  • Travel Story
    Pearl Watley Mitchell
    Never Swap Seats...

  • Maurine Dodge
    An Iguana's Tale

  • J. Alan Burdick
    Drafted

  • P. S. Gifford
    My Best Friend, Eddie

  • P. S. Gifford
    Sid's Birthday

  • P. S. Gifford
    The Tree Of Hope

  • December

  • William W. Weems
    Vera

  • Lois Armstrong
    Summer

  • November

  • P. S. Gifford
    Reflections In The Morning Light

  • P. S. Gifford
    That Special Day

  • October

  • Isabel Bearman Bucher
    Fa, La, La, La, La

  • 2004 Stories

    Note: Our stories are catalogued by our contest year of October 1 to September 30

  • Award Winners

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  • William W. Weems
    Bedframe Memories

  • Travel Story
    Cindy-Lou Dale
    In A Small Corner Of Africa

  • Gary L. Benton
    The Learning Of Nature

  • Therold Prudent
    A Labor Of Love

  • W. Thomas Smith, Jr.
    Halloween Dreams

  • Karen Treanor
    What Did You Do In The War, Granny?

  • Travel Story
    Christopher T. Schmidt
    Traveling Our Way

  • Christopher T. Schmidt
    Retale

  • Travel Story
    Tim Dempsey
    Texas Eagle

  • Jerry Layton
    The Aliens Are Here

  • Travel Story
    Christopher T. Schmidt
    A Neighborhood Without Fences

  • Agnishikha Choudhuri
    A Final Reckoning

  • Stacey-Anne Bistak
    The Cat That Always Came Back

  • Christina McDonough
    An Unwilling Polar Bear

  • Ehichoya Ekozilen
    A Positive Adjournment

  • Nannette Mickle
    Nana

  • Travel Story
    Sonya E. Simpson
    Perspectives On Cruising In Alaska

  • John Sheirer
    Night Of The Shining

  • Travel Story
    Akber Ayub
    BR Hills
    Romp In The Wild

  • Travel Story
    Tracy Koret
    Diplomacy As A Second Language

  • Travel Story
    Pamela Hamilton
    Living The Journey One Step At A Time

  • Angela Webb Torre
    Angela's Story

  • Amy Webb Pierce
    A Branch Of Hope

  • Mary C. Legg
    Salvaging The Fort

  • Paul Cowan
    A PC Tale

  • Travel Story
    Karen Ferrick-Roman
    Freedom Smells Like A Peach

  • Travel Story
    Heather J. Kirk
    Broken Shells In Paradise

  • HeatherJ. Kirk
    My Own Migraine Article

  • Travel Story
    Saundra Sage
    A Heartfelt Journey

  • Travel Story
    Cristal Thomas
    Atonement In Ghana

  • Travel Story
    Samantha Shapiro
    Meet At The "Crossroads"

  • Travel Story
    Mike Hazelwood
    The Great Smokey Mountains

  • Travel Story
    Andrea Batstone
    A Day In Paris

  • Michael Crifasi
    In The Nineties

  • Travel Story
    J. Alan Burdick
    James In Turkey

  • Travel Story
    Michael Levy
    Five Days In Vegas

  • Amy Munnell
    Going Up?

  • Travel Story
    Lilit Hakobyan
    The Past And The Future

  • Travel Story
    Carole Wyatt
    Italy

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  • Clay Chesney
    Dan

  • Nayanna Chakrbarty
    Trapped In The Moment

  • Lilia P. Westmore
    Writing Down The Words

  • Susan Bowmer
    Grandpa Ray

    Caroline Kramer
    An Ode To Tea

  • Travel Story
    Gail Gwinup
    A Peculiar Predator

  • Travel Story
    Lori Guretzki
    Istanbul, Turkey
    Where Two Continents Meet

  • Cindy-Lou Dale
    Where Angels Fear To Tread

  • Travel Story
    Joyce Laird
    San Felipe Sunrise

  • Travel Story
    Cindy-Lou Dale
    Angola
    The Land Of Endless War

  • Travel Story
    Danielle Mutarelli
    Leaving London

  • Travel Story
    Becky Coffield
    Second Thoughts

  • Becky Coffield
    A Shaman In The Neighborhood

  • Frank Mann, Jr.
    Diary Of A Hurricane

  • Kurt Douglas Sass
    Daniel Frey
    Using His Mental Illness To Help Others

  • Christopher Thomas Schmidt
    Stop And See The Roses

  • Travel Story
    Christopher Thomas Schmidt
    Weathering Sin City

  • Travel Story
    M. Sandra Babcock
    The Wolves Of Yellowstone

  • Cynthia M. Pratt
    Velvet Claws

  • Travel Story
    Sheila Sowder
    Italian Lessons

  • Martha Jette
    Surviving Hardship Through Faith

  • Carlyn McAllister
    Speaking To The Heart

  • Travel Story
    Doug Thornton
    Romance In Rome

  • Travel Story
    Carol Kloskowski
    The Big Trip

  • Travel Story
    Eva Bell
    Dalarna
    Valley Of Toys

  • Eva Bell
    Of Divine Bondage?

  • Travel Story
    Jacquelin Cangro
    In A Brooklyn State Of Mind

  • Travel Story
    Benita Bishop
    The Grand Canyon

  • Travel Story
    Bill Armstrong
    Impromptu Tortugas

  • Christopher T. Schmidt
    What's The Problem?

  • Linda Hoagland
    The Ladder

  • Travel Story
    Linda Hoagland
    The Shopping Trip

  • Barbara Herrick
    The Courthouse Bathroom

  • Joseph Sottile
    Shel Silverstein, My Hero

  • Gabe Lipson
    Shattered Glass In Crystal

  • Travel Story
    Nayanna Chakrbarty
    Get Lost

  • New Travel Story
    Donna Russett
    Mekong Memories

  • New Story
    Teresa P. Thompson
    Mesmerized By Faith

  • New Story
    Teresa P. Thompson
    Around The Kitchen Table

  • New Story
    Teresa P. Thompson
    Imagine

  • New Story
    Niki Taylor
    Winter In The Redneck Riviera

  • New Story
    Sara Tahir
    The Snows Of My Everest

  • New Travel Story
    Eric Thorsby
    A Goat Farm Past Penang

  • New Story
    A. J. Demare
    Everyday Miracles

  • New Story
    Christopher J. Stephens
    The Next Best Thing

  • New Travel Story
    Jean Sumrall
    Rainbow Bridge

  • New Story
    Marie Hickey
    What's Wrong With The World?

  • New Travel Story
    Eric D. Lehman
    A Place Above The Clouds

  • New Story
    Teresa P. Thompson
    In Loving Memory Of Pauline Robinson

  • New Travel Story
    Márcio Belam
    Paris For South Americans

  • Travel Story
    Ian Scott
    Cerveza In Catalonia

  • Claire Menck
    •
    2003 Urbana Oyster Festival
     
     
  • David M. Levy
    •
    The Volunteer
     
     
  • Therold Prudent
    •
    Writing A Good Manuscript And Getting Published
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Mary McIntosh
    Pieces Of Fine China
     
  • Gracie Bargo Harmon
    •
    Stories By Gracie Bargo Harmon
     
     
  • Savannah Lynn
    •
    Love, Hate, And President Of Fifth Grade
     
     
  • Lyndia T. Day
    •
    Picnic
     
     
  • J. Alan Burdick
    •
    James In India
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Thomas Reissmann
    Physical Hell
     
  • Jacquie McTaggart
    The Penguin Walk
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Shurna Robbins
    From The Land Of The Snows
     
  • Alice LaCoy
    Spilt Milk And Broken Dolls
     
     
  • Eddie Ray Harmon
    Stories
     
     
  • New Travel Story

    • Mary McIntosh
    The Living Goddess
     
  • New Story

    • Stacey Blanchet
    The Journey To Myself
     
     
  • New Story

    • Tracy Williams
    I Made A Shirt
     
     
  • New Story

    • Christopher J. Stephens
    What We Leave Behind
     
     
  • New Story

    • Christopher J. Stephens
    Learning To Love High School Reunions
     
     
  • New Story

    • Jesse Mattson
    10 Minute Paper
     
     
  • New Travel Story

    • Jamie Hensley
    Americana a la Frantaise
     
  • Sue Chehrenegar
    •
    Before The Emergence Of The Axis Of Evil
     
     
  • Maggie Swift
    •
    Giving Back
     
     
  • Margie Hofman
    •
    Trip To Arnhem: 59th Anniversary
     
     
  • Cayla Morgan
    •
    Your Cousins Are Coming!
     
     
  • Paula Gramlich
    •
    Dressing The Dead
     
     
  • Charles Berkoff
    •
    Lo Bent Sinew
     
     
  • Paula Gramlich
    •
    Mud Wrestling
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Karen Treanor
    I Lost My Heart (and my Minolta SLR) On The Avenida De Republica
     
     
  • Karen Treanor
    Stalked By Spiders
     
     
  • Heather McCartney
    A Fat Girl's Self-Awareness
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Celia Jones
    Longing For Paris Trains, Cramped Showers, And Sore Feet
     
     
  • Hilary Finchum-Sung
    Mammaw's Visit
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Gloria Schramm
    New Year's In Wein (Vienna)
     
     
  • William Wayne Weems
    Big Sister
     
     
  • Joni Bour
    Sacrifices In The Rain
     
     
  • Michael David West
    The Bear
     
     
  • P. Joseph Shumaker, Jr.
    Terrorism-What To Do?
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Charles Berkoff
    17 Days Before The Mast
     
     
  • William Wayne Weems

    • Effeness
     
     

  • 2003 Stories
     
     

  • 2003 Award Winner

    • Judith Nakken
    American Patch
     
     
  • 2003 Award Winner

    • Paula Gramlich
    Love, James
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Isabel Bearman Bucher
    The White Line
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Greg Galanos
    John
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Shivaji K. Moitra
    Anamika
     
     
  • 2003 Award Winner

    • Travel Story
    Alana Semuels
    The Hands That Grab In Tangier
     
  • 2003 Award Winner

    • Travel Story
    Justice DeVille
    Go Greyhound
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Travel Story
    Kristin K. Fouquet
    The Last Trip
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Travel Story
    Karen Treanor
    Time Travel
     
     
  • 2003 Finalist

    • Travel Story
    Andrea Batstone
    Turkish Bath: Turkish Delight
     
     
  • New Story

    • William Wayne Weems
    Effeness
     
     
  • Wally Hoffman
    Wally Goes To War
     
     
  • Karen Cacciolfi Shiver
    Santa's Secret
     
     
  • Ngaio Carlisle
    The Petticoat
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Greg Galanos
    First 24
     
  • Travel Story
    Robert J. Santholzer
    On Hallowed Ground
     
  • Travel Story
    Brian Shepherd
    The Other Path
     
  • Kristin K. Fouquet
    Dancing In Miss Audrey's Basement
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Kelly Quayle
    Coming Home
     
  • Gary Benton
    Up The Creek Without A Paddle
     
     
  • Travel Story
    John Hellner
    Sundowners To Sundowners
     
  • Marlene Barth
    A Man To Remember
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Pamela Taylor Jennings
    Postcards From Afghanistan 2003
     
  • Djurica Radmila
    Perfect Sex
     
     
  • Harriet Epstein
    Best Friends, At Last
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Dave Weinke
    The Border Jump
     
  • Travel Story
    Dave Weinke
    Trooper
     
  • Travel Story
    Dave Weinke
    The Fishing Trip
     
  • Travel Story
    Linda Hoagland
    The Day Of Crying
     
     
  • Linda Hoagland
    Watch For Eddy
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Mary McIntosh
    A Monument To Love
     
     
  • Abha Iyengar
    Time To Take Flight
     
     
  • Bob Gray
    Chainsaws And Critters
     
     
  • Cindy Robert
    Neighborhood Mom
     
     
  • Alex Shapiro
    Third Charm
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Bob Gray
    Traveling With Strangers
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Abha Iyengar
    Not So Far After All
     
     
  • G. C. Gigi George
    Learning A Thing Or Two From A Dog
     
     
  • G. C. Gigi George
    To Life
     
     
  • Annie Rasiak
    Only In Romania
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Annie Rasiak
    Our Maine Vacation
     
     
  • Justice DeVille
    Identity Crisis And A Sh-load Of Coffee
     
     
  • Robert P. Herbst
    The Flight Over Korea
     
     
  • Sue Chehrenegar
    Is It All On A Chip?
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Marjorie Thayne
    My Special Moments Abroad
     
     
  • Richard L. Provencher
    When God Listens
     
     
  • Raymond C. Appleman
    The Catch
     
     
  • Frances Mackay
    Yonnie
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Shurna Robbins
    Crawling In Bat Caves
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Four Times Blessed
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • The Jewel Filled Stream
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Remembering Mom
     
     
  • Pauline Robinson

    • An Answered Prayer
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Teri Goggin-Roberts
    The Mark Of Angels
     
     
  • John Sheirer

    • Snow Shoveling
     
     
  • Judith Nakken

    • Osceola
     
     
  • Lilia P. Westmore

    • The World Of Grandchildren
     
     
  • Sheila Preisler

    • A Morning In My Life
     
     
  • Lidia Fisher

    • True Stories
     
     
  • Linda Elliot-George
    Good By
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Rose Cruz Robinson
    The Omen
     
     
  • Karen Treanor
    The Magic Stove
     
     
  • Julie Stevenson
    Prince Shining Star
     
     
  • Julie Stevenson
    Marge
     
     
  • Judith Nakken
    Silver Hawk
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Carole Wyatt
    The City Of Enlightenment
     
     
  • Travel Story
    Geary Smith
    My Great Grandpa Was An Indian Scout
     
     
  • Valerie Bradley-Holliday

    • Aboutness
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Before His Death...An Angel Called
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Memories Of A Bus Mechanic
     
     
  • Pamela A. Henel

    • Fifteen Acres Of Paradise
     
     
  • Arthur L. Fern

    • Develop Your Own Odyssey
     
     
  • Judith Issette

    • The Book
     
     
  • Douglas Sharp

    • The Runaway Horse
     
     
  • Jacquie McTaggart

    • The Pig's Bladder
     
     
  • Jerry Martin

    • Keeko
     

      2002 Stories
     
     

  • 2002 Award Winner

    • Peter Lamb
    Tippi Hedren And The Pointy Tree
     
     
  • 2002 Award Winner

    • Judith Nakken
    Ivory Swan
     
     
  • 2002 Award Winner

    • Travel Story
    Francesca Rheannon
    The Sheep's Blessing
     
     
  • 2002 Award Winner

    • Travel Story
    Linda Zespy
    The Winds Of Patagonia
     
     
  • 2002 Award Winner

    • Travel Story
    Martha Harnly
    Where The Men Knit And The Women Spin
     
     
  • Betty Dobson

    • Eating The Serpent
     
     
  • Ellie Spence

    • Troisieme Age
     
     
  • Elizabeth Nelson
  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Lockhart's Bar

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Sweet

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Table: A Story of Grace

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Room 127

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Heavy Metal

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Whiskey, You're the Devil

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Nashville

  • Biographical
    K. S. Anthony
    Death Begins in the Middle


    The Cougar And Sexism
     
     

  • Travel Story

    • Maura Devereux
    Daimonji, Koyto
     
     
  • Faraz Iqbal

    • The Interview
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • A Miser, Cheap Trees And The Unpredictible
     
     
  • Zooey Byram

    • New Beginnings
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Deepak Nair
    River, Sea, And Bengare
     
     
  • Simone Gyorfi

    • Have A Nice Day
     
     
  • Tyler Miller

    • Trashcans And Wallflowers
     
     
  • Teresa Ambord

    • Sister For Sale, Prices Slashed!
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Zooey Byram
    My Unforgetable Birthday
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Gareth Smith
    The Kindness Of Strangers
     
     
  • Lucinda Hodge

    • Free
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Katherine Jamieson
    Minibus Massive
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Carolyn Dethlefson
    My Semester At Sea
     
     
  • Melissa Garrison Elliott

    • The Neighborhood
     
     
  • Melissa Garrison Elliott

    • Going To The Gym
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Melissa Garrison Elliott
    Running Hot And Cold
     
     
  • Rhonda Leanne Stock

    • The Immigrant Experience
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Rhonda Leanne Stock
    My Tropical Paradise
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Rhonda Leanne Stock
    Searching For Andrew
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Evelyn McAmis Bales
    Road Trip: 1950
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Marjorie W. Moore
    A Trip Of Nostalgia
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Marjorie W. Moore
    An RV Odyssey
     
     
  • Kathleen R. Moore

    • Santa Claus Lives In Knoxville
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Raya Alcadi
    Diary 1999
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Christine Watt
    No-Woman's Land
     
     
  • Christine Watt

    • Other People's Noise
     
     
  • Richard L. Provencher

    • All Together, Again
     
     
  • Akanihu C. Wilson

    • In My Days Of Crisis
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Betty Rutherfor Benjamin
    The Festival Tour Of European Toilets
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Brian Nitz
    Love In The Moon's Shadow
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Nancy Henderson-James
    Wild Italy
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Nancy Henderson-James
    Portugal's Rule Of Three
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Shirley Wetzel
    Travels In Turkey
     
     
  • Karen Treanor

    • Wee Cowering Sleekit Timorous Bahstid
     
     
  • Judith Issette

    • The Gift
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Isabel Bearman Bucher
    My Wild Irish Hike
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Isabel Bearman Bucher
    Driving Irish
     
     
  • Sonu Sonkar

    • God
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Denise Mainquist
    Mosquitoes, Dogs And Rats, But Nowhere A Cat!
     
     
  • Andrea Smith

    • The Problem Is
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Carole Wyatt
    How To Look Like A Small Town Girl When Traveling Abroad
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Judith Issette
    Child Of The Night
     
     
  • Hannah Woodcock

    • My Journey Into Memories Long Since Past
     
     
  • Karen Treanor

    • The Eleven Dollar Dog
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Jerry Vilhotti
    Travelers
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • G. C. Gigi George
    Bienvenue
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • John Hellner
    The Rolex Rip Off
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Living With Angels
     
     
  • Paddy Esselaar

    • The Confrontation
     
     
  • Mariam Akabor

    • Iron Lady
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Linda Hepler
    Memories
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Stephanie Ray Brown
    Country Hick
     
     
  • Stephanie Ray Brown

    • A Pillow Case Full
     
     
  • Moushumi Chakrabarty

    • The Power Of The Positive
     
     
  • Shaunna Privratsky

    • My Hero, My Dad
     
     
  • Nancy Massand

    • Dump Trucks
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Nancy Massand
    Peg-Leg In Paris
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Linda Zespy
    Floating Through Northern Chile
     
     
  • Snezana Mahajlovic

    • Don't Be Afraid, God
     
     
  • Frances Mackay

    • War Years
     
     
  • Shivaji K. Moitra

    • A Sadhu's Polemic
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Laura Bennett
    Fiji Time
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Decision-Making Should Include Entire Family
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Teresa P. Thompson
    Traveling Student
     
     
  • Kirby Wright

    • Moloka'i Nui Ahina
     
     
  • Frances Mackay

    • Winters Tale
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Val Langelair
    The Land Of El Che
     
     
  • Val Langelair

    • God Bless The Children
     
     
  • Arthur L. Fern

    • Incident In Africa
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Monique Rider
    One Step At A Time
     
     
  • Val Langelair

    • Hotel For The Sick
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Monique Rider
    Danger On The Trail
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Val Langelair
    Venezia Here We Come
     
     
  • Charley Clements

    • Old Patch
     
     
  • Sharon List

    • Gone To Heaven And Back
     
     
  • Val Langelair

    • My Beautiful Missy
     
     
  • Ehichoya Ekozilen

    • A Piece Of Palaver
     
     
  • Kirby Wright

    • Pakalaki Memories
     
     
  • Jerry Martin

    • The Saga Of Henrietta Hen
     
     
  • Rose Marie Buccheri

    • Take No Prisoners
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Deborah Thompson
    Stingray City
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Deborah Thompson
    Isla Mujeres New Year
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Deborah Thompson
    Havana's Tragic Beauty
     
     
  • Jerry Martin

    • El Vino Demonio
     
     
  • Teresa P. Thompson

    • Paulene
    A True Story
     
     
  • Jerry Martin

    • The Day I Was A Hero
     
     
  • Tiffany Biles

    • Vacation
     
     
  • Tiffany Biles

    • From One Divorcee To Another
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Jessica Hutchison
    Six People, A Dog, And A Radiator
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Mary McIntosh
    Climbing Mt. Fuji
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • Time Immemorial
     
     
  • Caz Godfrey

    • Life Through Modern Looking Glasses
     
     
  • Geary Smith

    • The Little Drummer
     
     
  • Simon Hodgson

    • I Always Knew My Name Was David
     
     
  • Jerry Martin

    • My Three Bears
     
     
  • Judith C. Issette

    • The Little Red Bow
     
     
  • Ciro T. De Rosa

    • Inonno Gaetano's Garden
     
     
  • ToniAnn Guadagnoli

    • The Angels Among us
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Denise Svajlenko
    Falling In Love Again In Europe
     
     
  • Heather A. Mac Lellan

    • The Floor Beneath My Feet
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • My Father's Famous Fainting Act
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Rocket Ship
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Gramma
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Dino's
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Collective
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Tabled In The Room Of My Head
     
     
  • Cassie Fenoseff

    • The Value Of A Life
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Arthur L. Fern
    Here's Uncle Roland
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Linda Elliott-George
    Magical Majorca
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Linda Elliott-George
    Passage To Bliss
     
     
  • Arthur L. Fern

    • John Franklin Campbell
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • A Tale Of Shep
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Cusp
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Bellhouse Blues
     
     
  • Dan Berkey

    • Death Of God
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Robert P. Herbst
    Traffic Troubles
     
     
  • Steven B. Miller

    • There I Stood On The Edge Of Sanity
     
     
  • Shane McKay

    • A Chip Of The Old Block
     
     
  • Judith Nakken

    • Prince Monk
     
     
  • Judith Nakken

    • I'm Sorry I Was Tardy, Jack Finney
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Lad Moore
    The Forgettin' Of Sat'dy Night
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Lad Moore
    Smelling Huntsville
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Gary Bletsch
    Avoiding Mohammad
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Christine B. Swanson
    Soap Gum
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Djurica Radmila
    Ghost House
     
     
  • Travel Story

    • Wally Hoffman
    We Visit London
     
     
  • Wally Hoffman

    • From Fantasy To Reality
     
     
  • Natalie Greene

    • Green Card
     
     
  • Pamela Kinnaird
    Walking By Faith

  • Henri Cruz

    • The Lover Of Tainos
     
     
  • Larry Appleton

    • Brenda Sue
     
     
  • Christopher J. Stephens

    • Easy Steps To Vanquishing Demons
     
     
  • 2001 Award Winner

    • Travis Humphreys
    Flowers In My Garden
     
     
  • 2001 Award Winner

    • Janet Bell
    Dog, The Man, And Squink
     
     
  • Kae Bender

    • Naked Truth
     
     
  • Linda Leaming Thimphu

    • Life In The Rest Of The World: September 12th
     
     
  • A Delta Flight Attendant

    • Diverted To Canada
    September 11, 2001
     
     
  • Janet Bell

    • Plumbing
     
     
  • Laura Ihms

    • A Future With A Hope
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • I Am Elf, Hear Me Roar
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • Native Soil Factor
     
     
  • Kristin K. Fouquet

    • Disco Dentistry
     
     
  • Arnetta Baugh

    • The Passing of Michael
     
     
  • Rick Sorensen

    • My Wife Is An Alien
     
     
  • Robert M. Hensel

    • Living With Spina Bifida
     
     
  • Rin Steketee

    • Trawler
     
     
  • Mathieu Cain

    • A Trip Into My Past
     
     
  • Michael Crifasi

    • The Outfield
     
     
  • Richard Loller

    • Carp Pits Along The Buffalo
     
     
  • Pam Potter

    • Pam's Story
     
     
  • Ella Wangerud Cvancara

    • The Last Waltz
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • Sleepovers
     
     
  • Lily Alex

    • The Goat
     
     
  • Kristin K. Fouquet

    • Garage Sales And Collectible Tales
     
     
  • Kristin K. Fouquet

    • The Art Of Aggravation
     
     
  • Inez Chaney Dunlap

    • Mule Races
     
     
  • Tarrin Barton

    • Bronze Strength
     
     
  • Linda Y. Leaming

    • Two Pigs
     
     
  • Ruth Truman

    • The Day The Mountain Died
     
     
  • A Delta Flight Attendant

    • Diverted To Canada
    September 11, 2001
     
     
  • Martha Dawson

    • Reality And Beyond
     
     
  • Chris Wood

    • Aliens
     
     
  • Margie Hofman

    • History In The High Street
     
     
  • Helen Schmill

    • John E. Fisher
    A Diamond Man
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • Playing God
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • We Will Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
     
     
  • Djurica Radmila

    • Sexy City
     
     
  • Djurica Radmila

    • Damn That Radio Song
     
     
  • Djurica Radmila

    • Hairy Monster
     
     
  • Chuck Bedgood

    • Tradition Dies Hard
     
     
  • Kristin K. Fouquet

    • Cardboard Boxes
     
     
  • Rin Steketee

    • Names On A Wall
     
     
  • Dante Cinelli

    • Just A Little Water
     
     
  • Michael Crifasi

    • Coincidence Four Clover
     
     
  • Geary Smith

    • The Art Of Writing
     
     
  • Richard H. Mock

    • The Sweet Clan
     
     
  • Jaclyn Jaeger

    • A Spring Break To Remember
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • The Boy Who Was Loved Back
     
     
  • Tracey Maine

    • The "Blindness" Of Strangers
     
     
  • Allison Schafer

    • House Fire
     
     
  • Melanie Gold

    • New Jersey Angel
     
     
  • Kathleen Gudmunson Collins

    • Depression: Cancer Of The Soul (Revision)
     
     
  • Robert P. Herbst

    • Sixty-five And Loving It
     
     
  • Robert P. Herbst

    • The Kid
     
     
  • Rick Sorensen

    • Never Eat Lunch On A Cold Stomach: Lost Rules Of Life
     
     
  • Mike Ward

    • There's Got To Be A Bea's In Heaven
     

      2000 Stories
     
     

  • 2000 Award Winner

    • Ann Beckham
    Zadie
     
     
  • 2000 Award Winner

    • Samuel L. Cowan
    How Captain Samuel L. Cowan Escaped From Camp Chase During The Civil War
     
     
  • 2000 Award Winner

    • Chris Wood
    Miss Miss-em-all
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • The Truth Within Lies
     
     
  • Kathy Thrash

    • Kai's Story
     
     
  • Danielle Eaton

    • Baker Act Me
     
     
  • Dante A. Cinelli

    • An Unknown Man
     
     
  • Wally Hoffman

    • Growing Up
     
     
  • Craig Osborne Snow

    • Three Stories
     
     
  • Afroditi Zagarelou

    • My Dream
     
     
  • Jonathon Burket

    • The Myth Of Satan
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • The Rites (Wrongs) Of Spring
     
     
  • Margie Hofman

    • Christmas In Cologne
     

      1999 Stories
     
     

  • 1999 Award Winner

    • Wally Hoffman
    We Get Our Feet Wet
     
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  • 1999 Award Winner

    • M. Sandra Babcock
    Confronting The Evil
     
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  • Janice C. Kemp

    • Christmas Sweet
     
     
  • Janice C. Kemp

    • Christmas Roller Coaster
     
     
  • Janice C. Kemp

    • A Walk In The Woods
     
     
  • Janice C. Kemp

    • A Ladybug
     
     
  • Antoinette Brush

    • La CucaRoacha
     
     
  • Carol Stober

    • Ghosts In The Graveyard
     
     
  • Yuk-Yan Lan

    • Untitled Work
     
     
  • Janice C. Kemp

    • The Thrill
     
     
  • Antoinette Brush

    • The Birdman
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • The Crying Game
     
     
  • Antoinette Brush

    • Gamble And Son
     
     
  • Antoinette Brush

    • Dog Daze
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • Chicken Soup ala UPS
     
     
  • Gwen DeLamar

    • Go Fish!
     
     
  • Eric Cooper and Sandy Gabelt

    • To Love A Stranger
     
     
  • Glenn Hameroff

    • Nothing Matters
    A Primer For New Teachers
     
     
  • Dhruv Malhotra

    • Life As I See It
     
     
  • Dhruv Malhotra

    • Conservation
    The Need Of The Hour
     
     
  • Dorothy D. Bass

    • Meghan And The Mediterranean Sea
     
     
  • Jack R. Davenport

    • First Flight
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • The Scam
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • A Patient And Her Psychiatrist
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • A Chainsaw And Some Real Good Ol' Boys
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • Keeping My Promise
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • A Youthful Memory
     
     
  • M. Sandra Babcock

    • Human Formalities
     
     
  • Sarah Duroy

    • A Loaf Of Laughter
     
     
  • Margaret B. Davidson

    • A Whale Of A Time
     
     
  • Isabel Bearman Bucher

    • AfterSTROKE
     
     
  • Garrett Boesch

    • Our Red Canoe
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • An Incident That Should Be Told
     

      1998 Stories
     
     

  • 1998 Award Winner

    • Frank Mann
    A Resurrection To Remember
     
     
  • 1998 Award Winner

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    Refugee Camp Princess
     
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  • 1998 Award Winner

    • Dante A. Cinelli
    Alba Of The Mountains
     
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  • 1998 Award Winner

    • Wally Hoffman
    Reality
     
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  • Marie Botchie

    • Where Have all The People Gone?
     
     
  • Margie Hofman

    • Sunday Afternoon Ride
     
     
  • Garnet Hunt White

    • Mother's Pie Dough Valentines
     
     
  • Horace F. Fisher

    • The Legacy
     
     
  • Margie Hofman

    • An Amazing Week End In France
     
     
  • Garnet Hunt White

    • Wedding at Hunt Theatre
     
     
  • Sheryl Andre

    • Restaurant Living
     
     
  • Garnet Hunt White

    • Hunt Theatre's Magnificant Obsession
     
     
  • Lynford D. Turner

    • It's Me! Lynford!
     
     
  • White and Moran

    • Faster Than Greased Lightning
     
     
  • Margie Hofman

    • The Story Of Michael Trotobas
     

    John Gomperz
    The Symphony Of War
     
     

  • Garnet Hunt White

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  • Garnet Hunt White

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    • Reflections
     
     
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  • Richard George

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    • The Bench
     
     
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    1940
     
     
  • Anna Olswanger

    • Writer's Bookshelf
     
     
  • Anna Olswanger

    • A Jew's Body
     
     
  • Frank Mann

    • A Resurrection To Remember
     
     
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  • Dorothy D. Bass

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    Peter Pan
     
     
  • Dorothy D. Bass

    • Grandma's House
     
     
  • Dorothy D. Bass

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    • Hot! Hot! Hot!
    In The Big Easy
     
     
  • Judith Zander

    • A National Geographic Experience
     
     
  • Judith Zander

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    Footsteps Of Time
     
     
  • John Gomperz

    • Recollections
     
     
  • Florence O. Collins

    • Granny Sullivan
     
     
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    • The Desire
    Of Your Heart
     
     
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