LIGONIER VALLEY
WRITERS
2025 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: The Dark or Light Side of AI and/or Robots
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Chris Cottom (Macclesfield UK)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Don Ellenberger (Mars, PA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Jim Busch (PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Sean Cho A. (Southern US)
HONORABLE MENTION
By L.M. Burnes (Minneapolis)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Anna Stegeman
2024 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Thunderbirds, Phoenixes & Other Mythological Birds
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Dominic Romito (Jeannette, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
The Frustrated Phoenix & the Very Big Fire
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Chris Clemons (Toronto, Ontario)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Rainbow Medicine-Walker (Maple Falls, WA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Barbara Parker (Radford, VA)
2023 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Jack-O-Lanterns.
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
The Princess and the Jack-O-Lantern
By Don Ellenberger (Stahlstown, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Cricket Jean Baunoch (Indiana, PA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Lord My'k Podgor (Cleveland, OH)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Nicole Bradley (Ligonier, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Dana Weber (Ligonier, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Barbara Parker (Radford, VA)
2022 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Mermaids, Selkies & Other Water Dwellers
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Lindsay Flock (Conyngham, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Elizabeth Spragins (Fredericksburg VA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Helen Liptak (Hartsville, SC)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Sharon A. Pruchnik (Windber, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By John Frochio (New Brighton, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By April Serock (Smithfield, PA)
2021 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Evil Twins
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Barbara Purbaugh (Las Vegas, NV)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By JT Williams (Norolk, VA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Ryan J. McBriar
HONORABLE MENTION
By Sharon A. Pruchnik
HONORABLE MENTION
By Joe Potts
2020 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Snakes & Other Reptiles
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Heather Rath (Ontario, Canada)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
The Snake Was Always Just an Excuse
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Jessica Joy (Kent, United Kingdom)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Barbara Purbaugh
HONORABLE MENTION
By Larry Ivkovich
HONORABLE MENTION
By Jeffrey T. Duda
2019 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Fairies & Elves
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Candace Kubinec (Greensburg, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Jim Busch (White Oak, PA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
The Subtle Refrain of Adulation
By Vicki Thomas (Johnstown, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Mike Podgor
HONORABLE MENTION
By Barbara Purbaugh
HONORABLE MENTION
By Jack Harris
2018 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Bigfoot and Other Cryptozoological Creatures
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Jeremiah Cook (Camp Hill, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By Mark Matzke (Painesville, OH)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Ryan McBriar
HONORABLE MENTION
By Alicia Stankay
HONORABLE MENTION
By Joe Potts
2017 FLASH FICTION CONTEST WINNERS
Theme: Haunted Objects
FIRST PLACE ($50 prize)
By Ryan McBriar (Pittsburgh, PA)
SECOND PLACE ($25 prize)
By Greg Beatty (Bellingham, WA)
THIRD PLACE ($15 prize)
By John A. Frochio (New Brighton, PA)
HONORABLE MENTION
By Cindy Bartolotta
HONORABLE MENTION
By Alicia Stankay
HONORABLE MENTION
By Jamie Brian