Elizabeth Simpson Smith Short Story Contest

Susan Woodring, 2013 ESS Judge

2013 Submission Guidelines

Charlotte Writers' Club's MOST PRESTIGIOUS AWARD!

Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by May 21, 2013
Contest winners will be announced at the September 2013 meeting.

Entry fee: $15 (members), $20 (non-members), payable to CWC and mailed with manuscript.

First Prize Award: Apple iPad
Second Prize Award: $200.00
Third Prize Award: $100.00

Winners will be invited to read their stories at the awards ceremony on October 15, 2013, during the CWC monthly meeting.

Email submissions preferred. Please follow the instructions below:

Manuscript and eligibility requirements apply as above.
Submission(s) may be emailed to contests@charlottewritersclub.org.
Entry fees must be paid through PayPal and received at the same time as each submission. If submissions are submitted without entry fees, the submission will not be judged.

Those without email may send 3 copies of an original, unpublished story between 1500-4000 words (one per author) to:

Elizabeth Simpson Smith Contest
Charlotte Writers' Club
P.O. Box 220954
Charlotte, NC 28222

Name must not appear on story. Cover page should include: title and word count, plus name, address, phone number and e-mail of author. All manuscripts will be destroyed. Send SASE for list of winners only.

Please direct email inquiries and questions to contests@charlottewritersclub.org.

CONTEST WINNER ARCHIVES

2011-2012 Winners
Final Judge: Val Nieman
1st Place: Wendy Oglesby for “Daddy's Girl”
2nd Place: Gary Powell for “Super Nova”
3rd Place: Thomas McConnell for “How We Live Now”
First Honorable Mention: Claudette Cohen for "The Mayor of Biscoe"
Second Honorable Mention: Nichole Gause for "A Day in a Pretty Girl's Life"
Third Honorable Mention: Tamra Wilson for "Strongheart"

2010-2011 Winners
Final Judge: Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket)
1st Place: Sean Carter for “Youngblood”
2nd Place: Kristin Sherman for “Sacrament”
3rd Place: Linda Heuring for “Whatever Will Do”
Honorable Mentions: (in no particular order)
Adam Lucas for “A Modern White Supremacist”
Rajni Gupta for “Indian Railways”
Carol Roan for “The Womb Room”

2009-2010 Winners
Final Judge: Andrew Hartley
1st Place: Gilbert Allen for "Trash"
2nd Place: Mary Margaret Keaton for "Forgotten Again"
3rd Pace: Bretton Holmes for "Hyperbolic Doubt"
Honorable Mentions:
Nicholas Bradley for "Neighbors"
Joseph Cavano for "Soldiers"
Ellar Cooper (submitted as Laura Rebecca Cooper Cook) for "One Blue, One Black and Oranges"

2008-2009 Winners
1st Place: Kristin Sherman for “Not Those Gypsies”
2nd Place: Jennifer Hubbard for “A Sister’s Story”
3rd Place: Tammy Wilson for “The Pink Lady”
Honorable Mentions:
Nicholas Bradey for “The Photograph”
Tootsie O’Hara for “An Amazing Life”
Carol Roan for “The Street Walker”

2007-2008 Winners
Judges: Ashley Nissler, Susan Keith & Laurie Edwards (Final Judge)
1st Place: Lynn Veach Sadler for “Getting’ Above My Raisin"
2nd Place: M. A. Tuohy for “A Pair of Epiphanies"
3rd Place: Gwen Veazey for “Sound Moves”
Honorable Mentions:
Elaine St. Anne for “Thirteen Bachelors”
Toccoa Switzer for “When the Music Stops”

2006-2007 Winners
Judges: Meredith Hall (Final Judge)

2005-2006 Winners
Judges: Amy Rogers, Kevin Watson & Pinckney Benedict (Final Judge)
1st Place: Susan Woodring for "Radio Vision"
Honorable Mentions:
Elizabeth Hatley for "Diversions"
Betty Wilson Beamguard for "Connie Sue Confesses"
Elaine St. Anne for "Cleaning Up"

2004-2005 Winners
Judges: Robert Wallace, Isabel Zuber & Douglas Glover (Final Judge)
1st Place: Shelley Stout for "The Coachella Inn"
2nd Place: Betty Burgin Snow for "The Great Commission"
3rd Place: Elaine Orr for "The Hair Cut"
Honorable Mentions:
Nichole Gause for "Every Good-bye Ain't Gone"
Louisa Jones for "What's Bad for You"
Raymond Morrison for "Shrimp Are Born Dead"

2003-2004 Winners
Judges: Paige Owens, Been Steelman & Fred Leeborn (Final Judge)
1st Place: Sara Claytor for "Variations of Red"
Honorable Mention:
Emily Kern for "A Meeting of the Minds"

2002-2003 Winners
1st Place: Paige Owens for "Winter Journal"
Honorable Mentions:
Nichole Gause for "Work"
Wanda Owings for "Baby Dance"