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Category: 2018 Spring Writing Contest

To Keep the Beast Away

To Keep the Beast Away

May 29, 2018 by Sam Roche 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
A Thousand Fires

A Thousand Fires

May 25, 2018 by Samran Ramzan 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
Best Bad Choice

Best Bad Choice

May 24, 2018 by Gloria Jainchill 2018 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
White Blanket

White Blanket

May 24, 2018 by Sevan Ivory 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Hot 0 Comments
A Visit From Death

A Visit From Death

May 23, 2018 by Christopher Hikari 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Existential 0 Comments
Forgive Me

Forgive Me

May 22, 2018 by Jessica Deen 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
I Am Not A Crook

I Am Not A Crook

May 18, 2018 by Joslyn Chase 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Hot, Thriller/Suspense 0 Comments
One Final Leap

One Final Leap

May 16, 2018 by Jennifer Chance 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Historical Fiction, Hot 0 Comments
Happy and You Know It

Happy and You Know It

May 15, 2018 by James Whittaker 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama, Hot 0 Comments
The Maze

The Maze

April 23, 2018 by Kimberly Dawn Rempel 2018 Spring Writing Contest, Drama 0 Comments
Dry Well

Dry Well

April 18, 2018 by Robert David Strawn 2018 Spring Writing Contest
The Decision

The Decision

April 12, 2018 by Tom Housden 2018 Spring Writing Contest 3 Comments
Legacy or Chocolate Broccoli

Legacy or Chocolate Broccoli

April 10, 2018 by Shane Fitzpatrick 2018 Spring Writing Contest 7 Comments
A Future Victory

A Future Victory

April 10, 2018 by Catherine Lamb 2018 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
Vote or Die

Vote or Die

April 10, 2018 by Larnelle Sinegal 2018 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Young Sorrows

Young Sorrows

April 10, 2018 by Josiah Mitchell 2018 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
A Mother’s Choice

A Mother’s Choice

April 10, 2018 by Sofia Emory 2018 Spring Writing Contest 8 Comments
One Summer Night

One Summer Night

April 10, 2018 by Michael Hughes 2018 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
The Storm

The Storm

April 10, 2018 by Cathy Ryan 2018 Spring Writing Contest 6 Comments
American Hero

American Hero

April 10, 2018 by Des Dixon 2018 Spring Writing Contest 3 Comments
The Never List

The Never List

April 10, 2018 by Rita Campbell 2018 Spring Writing Contest 10 Comments
The Courtyard

The Courtyard

April 10, 2018 by Eric Gahagan 2018 Spring Writing Contest 4 Comments
I do, I do

I do, I do

April 10, 2018 by Jo Winwood 2018 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
A Drop in a Dry Ocean

A Drop in a Dry Ocean

April 10, 2018 by Raymond Lowengard 2018 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Price of Entry

The Price of Entry

April 10, 2018 by David Hylands 2018 Spring Writing Contest 1 Comment
JUSTICE

JUSTICE

April 10, 2018 by Jacqueline Houchin 2018 Spring Writing Contest 2 Comments
Unravel

Unravel

April 10, 2018 by Asma' Jailani 2018 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Blue Strip

The Blue Strip

April 10, 2018 by Catharina Hof 2018 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
Kill Me or I Kill Myself

Kill Me or I Kill Myself

April 10, 2018 by Angelika Orlowski 2018 Spring Writing Contest 0 Comments
The Turning

The Turning

April 10, 2018 by Levli Barzel 2018 Spring Writing Contest 8 Comments

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