2023 ANTHOLOGY AWARD WINNERS

Congratulations to the award winners of the HDCWC 2023 Anthology, "Conflict!"

prose

first place

• We Are All Destined to Become Our Mothers, by Avalynn Morse
• The Surrounding Silence, by Michael Raff

second place

• Disconnection Notice, by Freddi Gold
• Bright Red Schwinn, by John Garner

third place

• Issue Resolved, by Jenny Margotta​

fourth place

• Family Secrets, by Anita Holmes
• Love Covers a Multitude of Sins, by Mike Apodaca

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poetry

FIRST PLACE

• Blasphemy, by Lorelei Kay

SECOND PLACE

• The Dance, by Rusty LaGrange
• Blossoming, by Lorelei Kay

THIRD PLACE

• Pepper-Pot Soup No-Tell Tell-All, by Anita Holmes

FOURTH PLACE

• Snapping Back at the News, by Mary Langer Thompson