WantKaitlyn and I were blown away by all of the amazing entries this year! This contest was timely for us! Your entries had us clutching our hearts with warm fuzzies, marveling at the beauty of spring, or laughing out loud! Your entries INSPIRED, Your entries THRILLED. They were so engrossing, it became difficult to choose...So- We added more prizes! But who won, you ask? Drum roll please!
Winners, we will be contacting you soon about prizes. :) Want to Read the winning stories? Look no further. You can look through the gallery of greatness. Gallery of Greatness We couldn't stop there. The sheer amount of excellent writing has to be acknowledged with these very honorable mentions! Honorable Mentions Timely Themed Spring Together Apart- Jessica Reiner-Harris Stuck at Home- Rebecca Heller The Park Bench- Sheila Alford Not the Same Easter- Sarah Meade Great Endings Rain Chomper- Deb Buschman Beautiful Little Stone- Sarah Rebecca Hovorka Hero of Spring- Kelly Swemba Spring Flood- Lori sheroan Hungrrry Bear- Laura Howard Wonderfully Original Litter of Critters- Cindy Williams Schrauben Egg-Treasures- Danielle Kinley Ryland Once Upon a Vine- Anne Lipton Jelly Bean Magic- Kristy roser nuttall The Pollen Has Fallen!- Michelle S. Kennedy The Warm Fuzzies Just Out of Reach- Ashley Congdon A Crown for Rory- rachell abalos Grandad's Burnt Toast- Sue Lancaster The Pups Rev It Up- Katie Schwartz Loveable Characters Easter Bunny 911- Maria Antonia Bad Bunny- Susan Summers Edgar Floats- Amy Miller Pollen Probelm- Colleen Murphy Best In Rhyme Maple Waits- Lara Elliot Spring Time Prayer- joy moore A Royal Spring- Lisa Perron The Pollen has Fallen- Michelle Kennedy Spring Cleaning- Jill Richards Proctor Sing for Spring- Claire lewis Honey Bee- Cheryl Macaller Daffodil Winter- Keely leim Springing into STEM The Adventures of Bee Rex- Linda Hofke Searching for Ladies- Glenda Roberson Spring Fever- Laura Kelmelis Bed and Breakfast- Rebecca Loescher The Blossom Avalanche- Tracy Curran Powerful Stories The Waves- Mary Barnes Letters to Genevive- Christina Lynn Raymond Cherry Blossoms- Jennifer Matarese How we wish we could give everyone first place! Writing friends, each of your stories wowed us. From your zappy titles, excellent puns, to the lyrical words that sang from our computer screens, this contest was truly a pleasure to judge! (And so very, very hard!)
If you don't see your name here, don't be discouraged! Kaitlyn and I spent forever debating! We saw your entry, you are amazing! Keep writing! Thank you all so much for participating and congratulations!!!!
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Linda Hofke
4/25/2020 09:12:02 am
Congrats to all!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 10:11:56 am
Congrats to you, as well!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 10:11:19 am
Yay! Thank you for participating and so happy you're honored by this😍
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Stacey Miller
4/25/2020 10:17:16 am
Oh wow, thank you so much...I can't believe I won. Congratulations to everyone who won, got mentioned and entered. All the entries were amazing and beautiful!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:36:49 pm
Congrats! We loved it
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Jill Lambert
4/25/2020 10:19:08 am
Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions! So much talent in one place! Thank you Kaitlyn and Ciara for all your hard work to create a bright spot in our world.
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:38:41 pm
Thank you for sharing you lovely and story, pollen fallen was such a great line and so much more to love about it; wish we could have had everyone win!
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Roo Parkin
4/25/2020 10:57:04 am
You're actually kidding me? My random little story about a crazy little ice cream truck won a prize? I'm thrilled to bits. Thank you so much, Kaitlyn and Ciara for running this. All the springtime feels to you and the prize donors, and congrats everyone who entered. xx
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:45:15 pm
Not kidding! It was awesome! You should definitely consider making it into a pb
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Roo Parkin
4/28/2020 07:57:29 am
A pic book plan might just be afoot, Ms Sanchez!
Jill M Proctor
4/25/2020 10:59:05 am
Thanks so much for such a fun contest, Ciara and Kaitlyn!! And congratulations to all the fabulous winners!! Thank you also to all who entered - it was such a treat to read all the great stories!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:47:38 pm
Thank you for your great story and congrats on your HM!
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Susan Drew
4/25/2020 11:12:08 am
Congratulations everyone. And thank you Kaitlyn and Ciara for your hard work putting this contest together. See you for the fall contest!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:48:09 pm
Thank you! And yay for Fall Writing Frenzy! So happy to see your next entry!
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4/25/2020 11:18:18 am
Wow, thank you so much! I am truly honored and so excited! I can't imagine how hard it was to choose, all the stories I read were amazing! Congratulations to all!
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Kaitlyn Sanchez
4/25/2020 03:51:00 pm
Yay! We loved Made to Fly, how exciting and what a lovely lesson! And it was SO hard to choose, you all rocked it
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Debra Daugherty
4/25/2020 11:22:06 am
Congratulations to all the winners. And thank you Ciara and Kaitlyn for hosting this contest.
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Mary Barnes
4/25/2020 11:52:38 am
Thank you both do much for all your hard work! I've loved reading so many brilliant stories and connecting to other writers. Well done everyone, and congrats to all the winners!
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Susan Summers
4/25/2020 12:42:21 pm
Thank YOU for providing the opportunity to get inspired. So many fabulous entries. Congratulations to all the winners.🙂
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Jennifer Matarese
4/25/2020 01:55:52 pm
Congratulations to all, and thanks for the honorable mention ❤️❤️❤️ Feels good to get the creativity flowing
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Beth Gallagher
4/25/2020 03:32:12 pm
Congratulations everyone!! Can't wait to read all the stories. :) What a fun Spring Fling!
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Jilanne Hoffmann
4/25/2020 03:53:43 pm
Woohoo!!! Congrats to all! This was so much fun!!
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Jilanne Hoffmann
4/25/2020 03:54:59 pm
AND thank you to Kaitlyn and Ciara and all those who donated prizes!!! Woohooo!!! Y'all rock!!!
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4/25/2020 04:54:59 pm
CONGRATULATIONS to all! Winners...well done! Honrable Mentions...well done! Participants...well done! Exercising your writing muscle and then putting your work out there is exactly what we all need to be doing if we want to taste success.
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Sheila Alford
4/25/2020 06:28:15 pm
Congratulations to everyone! Thank you Kaitlyn and Ciara for hosting this fun contest. I'm already looking forward to the next one.
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Kelly Pope Adamson
4/27/2020 04:26:31 am
I am honored to be among such great company! Thank you again for hosting this fun writing contest!! I loved reading all the entries and wish I had time to comment on each, but I was amazed by all the great stories!!
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4/27/2020 03:13:20 pm
So excited to have received two honorable mentions for my poem! So many GREAT entries and such a fun contest. Congrats to ALL of the winners!
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