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Here are the winners of AWG's 2022 Fall Annual Writing Contest!  Congratulations to the winners as well as to all those who entered!

Inspiration – 5 entries, Judge: Anne McCrady
1.  Linda Gordon                                           “Always and Forever”
2.  Chuck Webber                                         “Death of a Grandma” 

Unrhymed Poetry – 10 entries, Judge: Ginny Greene
1. Lauren Scott                                              “The Thunder”
2. Chuck Webber                                          “Home At Last”
3. Elijah Tolar                                                “Vicarious”
HM Lauren Scott                                          “Natures Clarity” 

Fiction for Adults – 11 entries, Judge” Becky Haigler
1.  Chuck Webber                                         “Floating”
2.  Dee Dee Chumley                                  “Resurrection Sunday”
3.  Rigby Samuels                                         “Dreamshots” 

Flash Fiction – 7 entries, Judge: Tate Ellison
1.  Jackson Riley                                            “The Anniversary Letter”
2.  Nancy Forbis-Stokes                            “The Audition”
3. Diane Jones                                             “The Caretaker”

 Flash Poetry –  5 entries, Judge: Tate Ellison
l. Dee Dee Chumley                                  “Spent”
2. Linda Gordon                                         “Starlight Blooming” 

Rhymed Poetry - 17 entries, Judge: Judy Ware
1. Coy Roper                                              “Traveling”
2. Coy Roper                                               “It’s Time to Write”
3. Austin Escobedo                                     “Embrace”
HM – Daniel Moreschi, Wales, UK        “Black Burns Red
HM – Chuck Webber                               “Guests Nonetheless 

Science Fiction – 8 entries, Judge: Ron Davis
l.  Rigby Samuels                                          “The Sound of Metal”
2. Chuck Webber                                          “Effective Dreams”
3. Elijah Tolar                                                “Verum ex Falsis”

 Sadly, Memoir/Nostalgia and Children’s Stories had too few entries.