Flying South Literary Competition Winners
Winston-Salem Writers is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Flying South literary competition:
FLASH FICTION
1st Place: "Through Tide, Time, and Turmoil" by Jennifer Bean Bower, Winston-Salem
SHORT STORY
1st Place: "Plywood Jesus" by Scott Thomason, Morton, Pennsylvania
2nd Place: "Their Crazy" by Susannah Cecil, Clemmons
3rd Place: "Hurricane Season" by Hampton Hofer, Raleigh
NOVEL
1st Place: "Commit No Minor Treason" by Devin Bent, Santa Fe, New Mexico
POETRY
1st Place: "Breast Stroke" by Janet Joyner, Winston-Salem
2nd Place: "A Single Page from the History of Hands" by Jennie Mejan, Winston-Salem
3rd Place: "Unquilting Be" by Deborah Johnson Wood, Winston-Salem
Honorable Mention: "Elizabethan Sonnet: Heron/Hope" by DD Upchurch, Pfafftown
Honorable Mention: "Young Cezanne Hears Too Much, Conceives 'The Black Clock'" by Jennie Mejan, Winston-Salem
Honorable Mention: "Entreaty to Young Editors" by Alice Osborn, Raleigh
CREATIVE NONFICTION/MEMOIR
1st Place: "Altered Mental Status" by Keith Menhinick, Winston-Salem
2nd Place: "Shock Treatment and the Reluctant Traveler" by Mark Mathosian, Advance
3rd Place: "Felix and the Silver Surfer" by Gary Bolick, Clemmona
(The editors chose to award only a first place prize in the Flash Fiction and Novel categories.)
The print edition of Flying South 2015 is expected to be available at this year's
Bookmarks Festival in September.
