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And the Winners Are!!!
Peg Mokrass and I enjoyed reading the submissions for Gooseberry Pie’s first writing contest in celebration of National Gooseberry Month. And with over ninety entries, the decision was near impossible. In the end, ten stories were selected including a tie for first place and six honorable mentions. I hope you enjoy reading them.
First Place: (tie)
~~Too Good to be True by Jessica Klimesh
~~Raining Rocks, Eating Amla, and Other Disasters by Tara Isabel Zambrano
Second Place:
~~Gooseberries by Kathryn Kulpa
Third Place:
~~I Like Them Tangy by Sara Siddiqui Chansarkar
Honorable Mentions:
- You Weary Listening to Their First World Complaints by Mikki Aronoff
- All Jade and Pretty-Looking by Sudha Balagopal
- The New Look by Amy Barnes
- Bio and Headshot for God by Guy Biederman
- Desperately Seeking by Melissa Llanes Brownlee
- A Near Perfect Ending by Louella Lester
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With National Gooseberry Month ending soon, you still have time to celebrate with a Gooseberry Fitty Fitty Martini. One of my favorites.
And Gooseberry Pie is always open for submissions.