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Challenge

Creative Writing Awards

What is it?

Twice a year, in March and September, awards are made to WritersTalk contributors. You need take no special steps to enter this competition; if your piece in one of the designated genres is published in WritersTalk, you are a contestant in the Challenge.*

Eligible Genres

Fiction
Memoir
Essay
Poetry

Judging Periods

February 16 through August 15
September 16 through February 15

Prizes
One winner will be selected from each of the eligible genres. Each winner will be awarded a cash prize of $40.

Judging
Judging will be done by WritersTalk contributing editors and other Club members whom the contributing editors may ask to assist.

* Eligibility for the WritersTalk Challenge is limited to members of the South Bay Branch of the California Writers Club; judges may not participate in the competition.

Winners, September 2007–March 2008

Fiction	Swann Li, "Who Are Our Friends? Who Are Our Enemies?"
Essay	Luanne F. Oleas, "And the Eleventh One Is Free"
Memoir	Betty Auchard, "The Wild Woman on L Street"
Poetry	Stephen C. Wetlesen, "Shoreglitter"

Steve Wetlesen, Luanne F. Oleas,Challenge Administrator Andrea Galvacs, Betty Auchard