2013 San Francisco Writing Contest Finalists
Congratulations to the finalists in the San Francisco Writing Contest! They are listed below in no particular order. The winner and honorable mention in each category, alongside the Grand Prize Winner, will be announced at the San Francisco Writers Conference at the Mark Hopkins Hotel at lunch on Friday, February 15th, 2013, and posted on this website within a week thereafter. Good luck to all the finalists!
ADULT NON-FICTION/MEMOIR
Teri Fink, My River Sava
Joyce Actor, Fade to Black
Roger Bunch, Wenceslao’s Daughter
Sandor Lau, My Oregon Trail
Lauren Monahan & Lauren Avenius, The Mostly Untrue Adventures of the Laurens Manahan & Avenius
Christine Kriha Kastner, Soldiering On—Finding My Homes
Claire Fullerton, Mastering Ambiguity
Gerald Yeung, Bushman Dim Sum
Wendy Coblentz, It’s Your Fault: My Journey Through Back Pain
Susan N. Swann, A Mormon’s Return to Faith
CHILDREN’S/YA
Barbara Giannini, Macha and the River Blue
Andie Newton, Jumpbox Diaries
George M. Johnson, Aldo Renaldo and the Renegade Alphabet
Jim and Stephanie Kroepfl, Kannihut and the Dying Land
Beverly Winters/Dr. Tracey Adams, He, She & Me: The Essential Handbook for Bisexual and Bi-Curious Teens and Tweens
Sharis Mitchell, Monkey Boy
Giselle Stancic, Terror on Half Dome
Rachelle Harp, The Breakout
Justin M. Sloan, Bringer of Light
Pamela Woods-Jackson, Genius Summer
POETRY
Reghan Moore, Back Porch, Gaston County, NC
Traci Wagner, Faltering Faith
Terry Easley, The Garage I Grew Up In
Yvonne Leal, Few Words of Support
Reghan Moore, The Tower
Kelli Wheeler, Test of Faith
Stephen J. Herman, Night Visions
Yvonne Leal, Windows
ADULT FICTION
Larry Levine, One Night at Crafty’s
Linda Kaplan, Electricity
Kathrine Enos, The Censor
Giselle Stancic, Final Adagio
Margaret Rodenberg, Eaglet’s Legacy
Alice Simpson, Ballroom
Evan Harper, Tanglewood
Kristine K. Mietzner, Matisse in Winter
L.J. Belle, You Are Loved
Catherine Thrush, Lady Blade
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