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All 2011 entries have been submitted for judging. Results of the contest will be announce via mailed invite to the reception at the end of January 2012.
Thanks for your submission and good luck!

ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS OF THE
25th ANNUAL PALO ALTO WEEKLY 2010

Adult Winners

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.

First Place
Ross Peter Nelson
The Harrow

Second Place
Dawn Wood
Solitaire

Third Place
Kevin Sharp
2012

Youth Winners

Children 9-11

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

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

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.

Short Story Contest JUDGES

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