Heritage Writers Guild

Warm Up Contest Winners 2020

POETRY:  21 entries

1st place – Denis Feehan, The Bluest of Jays

2nd Place – Sue Leth, Denton Benson

3rd Place – Marilyn Richardson, Aquarium Illusion

Honorable mention (in no particular order)

• Marie Tollstrup, Black Swan

• Marilyn Richardson, Om Sweet Om

• Colleen Callahan, An Ode to Substitute Teaching

NON-FICTION: 11 entries

1st place — Marie Tollstrup, Stringing Beads

2nd place — Marilyn W. Richardson, Visiting the Past  

3rd — Shelia Kinneer Robb, Strength for the Journey 

Honorable mention (in no particular order) 

• Colleen Callahan, A Court Dance 

• Sue Leth, Once in a Lifetime

• Chris Jones, Winner, Ruffles and Truffles 

• Marilyn W. Richardson, The Nursing Home 

• Colleen Callahan, Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women

FICTION: 22 entries 

1st Place – Greg Deluca, Farb

2nd Place – Krystal Anderson, City of Rocks

3rd Place – Jared Davis, The Hair and the Elastic

Honorable mention (in no particular order) 

• Joe Gordon, Dr. Geffen

• Marie Tollstrup, Death on Holiday

• Shelia Kinneer Robb, Broken Eggs

• Andrew A. Christophersen, Bloodlines

• Linne Marsh, Terminus

• Elizabeth Empey, Cursed Heads

"Warm Up" Writing Contest Winners 2019