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Announcing the Winners of the 25th Annual Palo Alto Weekly 2010
Once again the Palo Alto Weekly honors some of the best fiction writers in the community with its 25th annual Short Story Contest.
The Weekly thanks each of the writers who entered this year’s contest as well as Ann Hillesland and Judy Clement Wall, who chose the top entries in each category to send on to the judges.
Thanks also to our judges, and to contest co-sponsors Bell’s Books of Palo Alto, Kepler’s of Menlo Park and Linden Tree of Los Altos.
Adult Winners
First Place
Ross Peter Nelson
The Harrow
Second Place
Dawn Wood
Solitaire
Third Place
Kevin Sharp
2012
Children 9-11 Winners
First Place
Brittany Nguyen
Double Identity
Second Place
Zoe Weiss
Hawk Lover and Golden Horizon:
A Story of Friendship
Third Place
Emily Wang
An Itchy Adventure
Honorable Mention
Caroline Hallee
Maggie Finn’s Incredible Escape
Teen 12-14 Winners
First Place
Grace Yukkiko Kuffner
The Kitchen Maid’s Apprentice
Second Place
Esmee Morris
The Folder
Third Place
Caitlin Crosby
Once Upon A Homework
Honorable Mention
Patricia Lin
Human
Young Adult 15-17 Winners
First Place
Caitlin Colvin
Monday
Second Place
Shreya Ramachandran
Leonard
Third Place
Alessandra Occhiolini
Escaping Utopia
Short Story Reception
Watch a video from the Short Story Contest Reception,
held Thursday, December 9th at Kepler’s Books & Magazines.
Sponsors