2013 Short Fiction Contest Winners

2013 Hudson Valley Writers Guild Short Fiction Contest
Winners and Honorable Mentions

First Place Winner – $100
The Beer House
by Colleen Geraghty, New Paltz, NY

Second Place Winner – $75
Joan of Arc
by Rene´ Houtrides, Brooklyn, NY

Third Place Winner – $50
A Job of National Importance
by Mary Ann Ronconi, Berne, NY

Honorable Mentions – $10
Consigned
by Laurence Carr, Highland, NY

Pissed Off
by Iris Litt, Woodstock, NY

Reading and Awards Presentation:
Sunday, September 15, 2013
2:00 at Bethlehem Public Library
51 Delaware Avenue, Delmar, NY
www.bethlehempubliclibrary.org

About the author: Thom Francis

Thom Francis has been organizing, promoting, and hosting open mics and poetry / spoken word events in Albany such as Nitty Gritty Slam, School of Night, Albany Poets Presents..., and the Albany Word Fest for over 20 years. As a poet and performer, Thom has been featured at many of the upstate poetry and spoken word events from Saratoga to Woodstock as well as LarkFest, Art on Lark, 1st Friday, and the Albany Word Fest.