SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony for the 27th Annual SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest was held November 14th, 2017.

Winners and Finalists were honored for their wonderful achievement and the winning entries were read aloud to the general membership and guests at the event. Please check out the ceremony and read the winning entries, on the page tabs above.

A special thanks to our amazing judges for their tireless work, expertise, and dedication to this contest.  We couldn't do it without them!

Thank you all for another wonderful year.

Keep writing - we can't wait to see your words again soon!

Sincerely,

Tia Araminta
Contest Director
SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest

Winners and Finalists Announced in the 27th Annual SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest

Congratulations to all entrants in the 27^th annual SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Writing Contest! This year welcomed new and established talent locally, and from around the globe. The quality of writing was outstanding, making our esteemed judges’ task very challenging. We are pleased to announce the following top three winners and finalists in all categories.

Please join us for the Awards Ceremony at the SLO NightWriters General Meeting on November 14^th beginning at 6:00 p.m. The winning entries will be read aloud by the author and all winners and finalists will be presented with their certificates and prizes. The address and directions to the location are below.

Non-Fiction

First Place                   Cate Touryan            The Auction   

Second Place              Nancy Bodily             Pain Management

Third Place                 Mary Beth Ellis           … And the Married Girl

Fiction

First Place                   Hope Padalino           The Liberation of the Family 

                                                                       Moto

Second Place              Rod Pound                 Earning the Urn

Third Place                 Patricia B. Ellson        The Night we Saved the 

                                                                       Moon

Poetry

First Place                   Laura Apol                  In My Next Life

Second Place              Sharyl Heber              Soldiers for a New 

                                                                       Millennium

Third Place                 Linda Neal                  I Don’t Mean to be 

                                                                      Melancholy

FINALISTS

Non-Fiction

Communication With a Lost Soul	Sue Andrews
Forgiveness = Liberation	Patty Moreno
The Gift	Anna Allen
Theology of the Artichoke	Christine Venzon
Incident in Managua: A Memoir of Liberation	Adrianne Aron
The Poet President	John W. Polonis
Turtle Liberation	Penelope Anne Cole

Fiction

The Prayer	Nancy Bodily
Behind the Veil	Shoba Sadler
Ezkaba	Eva Garcia-Gonzalez
Finding Joy	Adrienne Riley
Strip and Restore	Margaret Duarte
The Last War	Carlen Vigo
A Last Saturnalia	Kathryn Mitchell Lucchese
The Dog Guy	Scott Matthews

 Poetry

Social Work	Kathryn de Lancelotti
St. Louis, 1950	Jeanie Greensfelder
Gaze	Suellen Wedmore
Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello	Laura Apol
Quitting, Quitting, Quitting	Finn Anderson
I Miss You Because You are Not Here (resubmitted)	Diane Swan
At the Edge of the Cliff	Patricia B. Ellson

SLO NightWriters Golden Quill Awards Ceremony November 14^th, 6:00 p.m.