Congratulations to all our past contests winners!
2023 First Chapter Contest
1st Place and Judge’s Choice, The Pocket Watch by TJ Cox (Moscow, ID)
2nd Place and Judge’s Choice, Follow Me by Courtney Riffle (Rathdrum, ID)
3rd Place, The Fire Rain Jar by Daniel Shegrud (Metaline, WA)
Judge’s Choice, Guardian by Cora Irelan (Moscow, ID)
Judge’s Choice, Fidelity Plunge by Daniel Shegrud (Metaline, WA)
2023 Short Story Contest Winners
1st Place, The Void by Cora Irelan (Moscow, ID)
Runner-up, Now You See Me by James Foster (Potlatch, ID)
2022 Short Story Contest Winners
1st Place, Ivy by Jamie Rich (Sagle, ID)
Runner-up, The Diplopic Truth by Dan David (Pullman, WA)
2022 First Chapter Contest Winners
1st Place, Bay of Secrets by Carrie Stuart Parks (Cataldo, ID)
2nd Place (tie) and Judge’s Choice, Ocean Spray by Dave Aldrich (Los Gatos, CA)
2nd Place (tie) and Judge’s Choice, Changing Channels by Kevin Shaub (Kennewick, WA)
3rd Place, The Upbreeder by Khaliela Wright (Potlatch, ID)
Outstanding Young Writer (tie), Falling Stars by Cienna Kelley (Moscow, ID)
Outstanding Young Writer (tie), Darkness to Light by Kylee-Ann Kelley (Moscow, ID)
Judge’s Choice, Letters to Lies by Betsy Dickinson (Kennewick, WA)
Judge’s Choice, Lenore by Hannah Rauzi (Grangeville, ID)
2021 Christmas Contest Winners
1st Place, Christmas at Table 3 by Larai Breithaupt (Spokane Valley, WA)
2nd Place, Thomas Joins the Team by K Rudolph (Ellicott City, MD)
3rd Place, The Heart of Christmas by Amy McClellan (Idaho Falls, ID)
2021 Short Story Contest Winners
1st Place, Soulmate by Jamie Rich (Sagle, ID)
Runner-up, Virginia by Poppy Hooper (Troy, ID)
2021 First Chapter Contest Winners
1st Place and Judge’s Choice, Klara’s Journey by Khaliela Wright (Potlatch, ID)
2nd Place, Journey to New Edgarton by Mark Ready (Clarkston, WA)
3rd Place and Judge’s Choice, Between Laughing and Crying by Jay Dearien (Moscow, ID)
Outstanding Young Writer Award, The Extraordinary Expedition of Metsa and Teemu by Gretchen Fiedler and Sophia Tibbals (Troy, ID)
Judge’s Choice, The Prince of Numbers and The Princess of Red Pandas by Poppy Hooper (Troy, ID)
2020 First Chapter Contest Winners
1st Place and Judge’s Choice, Icarus Never Flew ‘Round Here by Matthew Edwards (Boise, ID)
2nd Place, Valkyrie’s Cry by Sonya Bramwell (Genesee, ID)
3rd Place, The Gold of Ghost Canyon by Kathy Baxter (Orofino, ID)
Outstanding Young Writer Award and Judge’s Choice, Cry by Elise Opheim (Garfield, WA)