EPIC Group Writers
proudly announces the
2018 EPIC Writing Contest Winners!
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Adult Author Prose
First Place: Jasper the Stump Killer by Maureen Rogers
Second Place (tie): Out of the Dark by Laura Kemp
Second Place (tie): Ending by Sharman Badgett-Young

Adult Author Poetry
First Place: Boys and Bands and Broken Hearts by Elizabeth Kennedy
Second Place: Seder by Alison Ersfeld

Teen Author Prose
First Place: The Artist by Emma Howlett
Second Place: One More Kill by Madeline Taylor
Honorable Mention: I'LL KEEP BURNING THIS WAY by Ivy Anderson

Teen Author Poetry
First Place: The Duality of Light by Emma Howlett
Second Place: C'est La Vie by Riley Beck
Honorable Mention: Trampled Garden by Madeline Taylor
Honorable Mention: Our America by Carli Bates

Congratulations to each of these outstanding writers!
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