We are excited to announce the winners of our first themed short story contest. Each story submitted explored in some way the theme of Freedom. We received many wonderful submissions and enjoyed reading each of them. It was hard to narrow the finalists down to the top three, but it was an enjoyable task. Congratulations to all the finalists and to the winners—your work was superb!

1st Place:   Hook Wounds by Katie Sherman

2nd Place: You’re Here Now by Lisa Cupolo

3rd Place: Things She Packed by Laure Van Rensburg

Congratulations, Ladies!