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LA VINESS AWARDS

There will be awards… many awards. To win a La Viness Award, your work must have a good story line with a beginning, middle, and end. It must be well edited. It must be so interesting we'll remember it next year.

I have a collection of assistant judges who help me select the winners of my contests. ALL my contests are judged blind, which means the judges never know who wrote the stories they are reading.

Currently, I am offering the following La Viness Awards:

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#1. Living Mystery, for those who enter contests at the Arkansas Writers Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas, in June.

#2. Cozy Seasoned Romance, for those who enter contests at the White County Creative Writers Conference.

#3. Middle Grade Fiction for Boys, which is open to all who attend the Ozark Creative Writers Conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, in October.

#4. La Viness Short Story Writing Contest, for anyone age 18 or older. Has a different annual theme.

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CONTEST WINNERS

As more awards are earned, the First Place winners will be listed on this page.

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2015
– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Prix Gautney – “The Last Moon Feast”

2016
– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Sherrie Akers – “Lights in the Cemetery”

2017
– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Carole Crow – “Mom’s Missing”

– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Shelley Anne Richter – “Winner’s Circle”

2018
– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Gary L. Breezeel – “Deception”

– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Jean Healan – “The Bike”

2019
– La Viness RWS Writing Contest –
Jonelle Grace Lipscomb – “Goodnight Gracie”

– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Gary Rodgers – “Lights Over Little Red”

– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Donna S. Jones – “Life Saving Umbrella”

– La Viness Short Story Writing Contest –
Theme: STAGE FRIGHT
Joyce M. Ross – “The Persistent Cowboy”

2020
– La Viness RWS Writing Contest –
Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic

– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Mary Lou Moran - "The Case of the Missing Plot"

– La Viness Junk Drawer Award (WCCW) –
Donna Nelson - "The Visit"

– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic

– La Viness Short Story Writing Contest –
Theme: WATER FALL
Anthony Wood - "The Search for the Wailing River"

2021
– La Viness RWS Writing Contest –
Jonelle Grace Lipscomb - "Mask"

– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Kimberly Vernon - "Chase in the Graveyard"

– Family History Fiction Award –
Gary Rodgers – "Discovery by Donor"

– Middle Grade Fiction For Boys –
Kim Vernon - "Basketball, Bullies, and Broken Bones"

– La Viness Short Story Writing Contest –
Theme: BUTTER FLY
Yvonne White - "No Flies in My Butter"

2022
– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Gary Breezeel - "Hidden Legacy"

– Cozy Seasoned Romance –
Gary L. Breezeel - "Destiny's Waltz"

– Middle Grade Fiction for Boys –
Ruth Weeks - "James Logan and the Ford Mustang"

– La Viness Short Story Writing Contest –
Theme: DRAW BRIDGE
Lisbeth L. McCarty - "From Breakdown to Breakthrough"

2023
– La Viness Award for Living Mystery –
Gary Breezeel - "Dog-gone"

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