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Category: 2016 Winter Writing Contest

Primary Lessons

December 21, 2016 by Brodny Iveans 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

The (Not so) Great Outdoors

December 21, 2016 by Casey Callison 2016 Winter Writing Contest 4 Comments

An Answer For Today

December 21, 2016 by Melissa Nichols-Rodriguez 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

There, Then

December 21, 2016 by Dominic Laing 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

Rosa

December 21, 2016 by Gaelle Chatenet 2016 Winter Writing Contest 1 Comment

Argyle Fergusen

December 21, 2016 by Jesse Barnett 2016 Winter Writing Contest 3 Comments

Hearts of Hollywood

December 21, 2016 by Matt Mueller 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

Blown Away By Love

December 21, 2016 by Cecelia Landress 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

A Touch of Ink

December 21, 2016 by Daniel Letchford 2016 Winter Writing Contest 1 Comment

Our Legacy/His Eulogy

December 21, 2016 by ross perkal 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

WAR

December 21, 2016 by Tiara Hawkins 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

The Water Line

December 21, 2016 by Shelby J McDaniel 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

Dune Rascal

December 21, 2016 by Roland Clarke 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

The Confession of A Violinist

December 21, 2016 by Brynden Winfrey 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

In Rapture

December 21, 2016 by Valerie Jones 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

The Little Robin

December 21, 2016 by Heise 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

The Slow Down

December 21, 2016 by Jason Anderson 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

Steady Now Charlie

December 21, 2016 by Hannah Custer 2016 Winter Writing Contest 3 Comments

Chindi

December 21, 2016 by Charles Cooper 2016 Winter Writing Contest 3 Comments

Scars

December 21, 2016 by Nira Seijin 2016 Winter Writing Contest 0 Comments

The One

December 21, 2016 by Ruth Fanshaw 2016 Winter Writing Contest 3 Comments

Fog on the Glass

December 21, 2016 by Timothy Guy 2016 Winter Writing Contest 8 Comments

A Brave New World

December 21, 2016 by Femi Oloyede 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

Every Man For Himself

December 21, 2016 by Dominique Fields 2016 Winter Writing Contest 1 Comment

A Casual Sunday

December 21, 2016 by Evrim Akyilmaz 2016 Winter Writing Contest 6 Comments

Conspiracy of Silence

December 21, 2016 by Sheila Lischwe 2016 Winter Writing Contest 4 Comments

Outsiders

December 21, 2016 by Tanja Chung 2016 Winter Writing Contest 5 Comments

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

December 21, 2016 by Rosemary Clarke 2016 Winter Writing Contest 24 Comments

Crossing Over

December 21, 2016 by JC Papenberg 2016 Winter Writing Contest 4 Comments

King Silence

December 21, 2016 by Sara Rottbøll 2016 Winter Writing Contest 2 Comments

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