Congratulations to the Top 50 Finalists for the 2021 Launch Pad Prose Competition
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Project |
Writer(s) |
| A HEX UPON BLACKSTONE COUNTY | J. Andrew Rutledge |
| A RETIREMENT | Harris Kauffman |
| ALBERT RISING | Fred Ayeroff |
| AN UNUSUAL CASE | Vanessa Ryan |
| BLACKOUT MAN | David Sakmyster |
| BYERLY LONGWELL’S MIRACULOUS MEDICINE SHOW | Jillian Chmiel |
| CARINA | Taylor Sutton |
| DEAD IN THE WATER | Kevin Hopgood |
| ELEANOR AND ABIGAIL | Khalehla Rixon |
| FLIGHT OF THE ALYA | Amber Snow |
| HAPPY HOLIDAYS! THE CHARLIE BARNES EXPERIENCE, VOLUME 1 | Ronald McGuire |
| HOW TO BREAK YOUR COLLARBONE AND WHY | Jackie Cloud |
| ICE FISHING | Naomi Baum |
| KILL FOR LOVE | Laura Picklesimer |
| KISSING TOMATOES | Helen Hudson |
| LA MOCHILA EXPRESS | Sarah Marsh |
| LET’S HOLD HANDS | Brendan Kelly |
| LIKE THE WIND I GO | Vahid Imani |
| LOVE THY NEIGHBOR | Karyn Peyton |
| MALFEASANCE | Aleks Lyons |
| MELANIE | Ed Benjamin |
| NIGHTTIME TALES | Jenna Dickson |
| NO BLOOD, NO PRINTS, NO MURDER | Lee Adams |
| NO TRUTH IN CHEMISTRY | Jennifer S. Deayton |
| OUR LADY OF THE BASS BOAT | Mike Tuohy |
| PERSONA NON GRATA | Desson Thomson |
| RAZOR’S EDGE | Jonathan Marx |
| SATAN FENCE | Anne Steinberg |
| SKINNY WOMAN IN A STRAW HAT | Hao Tran |
| SLOANE HALL | Libby Sternberg |
| SORRY, DELIVERY | Paula Lennon |
| SOULTOUCH | Yasamin Noori-Bushehri |
| SPEAKING OF SUMMER | Kalisha Buckhanon |
| STUDENT BODIES | Taylor Foreman-Niko |
| SURVIVING THE ODD | Candi Milo |
| SURVIVING URANUS | Michael Wohl |
| SWALLOWING BITTERNESS | Kathy Tao |
| THE BOARDER | Paul Toth |
| THE DECOY | Nicole Crowley |
| THE FOURTH YEAR | Christopher Backs |
| THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO FRANK | Julian Porter |
| THE MONSTER HYPOTHESIS | Romily Bernard |
| THE WEIGHT OF IT ALL | Wendy Willis Baldwin |
| THE WHIPPING CLUB | Deborah Henry |
| TO THE NINES | Elena Perez |
| TOO DONE | Maria Sanchez |
| TURNING OF THE BONES | Michael Welch |
| WAR ORPHANS | Kuros Charney |
| WHEN WENDY WHISPERS | Elena Perez |
| WHITE DEVIL | William Gish |
Make sure to check back for further announcements!
(As a reminder: If you entered into the Mentorship Program, or signed up to be part of the Guaranteed Signing or Guaranteed Publishing prizes, regardless of making the Top 50, you are still in contention for those prizes. Those winners are selected from the entire pool of submissions separately from the finalist rounds, and will be announced alongside the winners)
