The results are in for the 2020/2021 Paradise Review Writing Contest. Winners are encouraged to submit to the Artist of Promise Creative Writing Competition at the district level. Poetry had a tie for first place. Our judge in fiction awarded both short story and flash fiction.
We are pleased to announce the inaugural winners in our High School division. First-place winners receive a $300 scholarship to PVCC (students must be enrolled to receive scholarship funds) while 2nd and 3rd place winners are invited to apply for Talent Waivers.
Winners will be published in a double issue of Paradise Review in Spring of 2021 along with winners from the 2019/2020 contest. A launch party will celebrate the winners in Spring semester. Congratulations, writers!
Poetry
1st Place (Tie)
"The Wedding"
by Em Profitt
&
1st Place (Tie)
"The Breaking"
by Imelia Saunders
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2nd Place
"Just Do It" / "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"
by Christina Mylonas
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3rd Place
"Glass Cages"
by Nicole Seeger
Fiction
Short Story
1st Place
"Let Me Explain"
by Nicole Seeger
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2nd Place
"My Boss is my Employee"
by Evelyn Smith
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3rd Place
"Kiran"
by Kaitlyn Myers
Flash Fiction
1st Place
"3:43 AM"
by Ben Samara
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2nd Place
"Death by Coffee"
by Christina Mylonas
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3rd Place
"Mellow Love"
by Urbana Rafique
High School Division
Poetry
1st Place
"Voicemail Poem"
by Bailey Stalford
Pinnacle High School
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2nd Place
"A Game of Hiding"
by Bennon Watson
Pinnacle High School
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3rd Place
"The Quest"
by Derek Koller
Pinnacle High School