Five Make the Shortlist for our September Writing Contest
We are so pleased to announce that FIVE writers have made the shortlist for our September Write Prompt Challenge.
We try to choose images that can take authors in countless directions, and the photo of a winter city street took people to some interesting places. These writers approached the provided image with wonderfully unique views that were clever and surprising.
Congratulations to Matt Garrett, Kerri McCourt, Pamela McHugh, Cheryl Skory Suma, and Doris von Tettenborn — we wish you well as you go on to the final stage of judging!
Matt Garrett| shortlisted for the story, 'Headspace'
Matt is a former lawyer and aspiring publishing professional, kudos to the great efforts of the Humber College Book Publishing program.
Kerri McCourt| shortlisted for the story, 'Serenity'
Kerri writes from Edmonton, Alberta. She worked as a speech and language therapy assistant. Her latest published article was a piece for CBC First Person in April 2024. She is married and mother to five and just became a grandma.
Pamela McHugh | shortlisted for the story, 'Closing Shift'
Pam McHugh lives and works in Calgary, Alberta. She recently took up creative writing through a program at the Calgary Public Library.
Cheryl Skory Suma | shortlisted for the story, 'The Strangers I Have Known, the Wine Said'
Cheryl’s fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and photography have appeared in US, UK, and Canadian publications, including Barren Magazine, Aesthetica Creative Writing Award Anthology, National Flash Fiction, Exposition Review, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, Longridge Review, Blank Spaces Magazine, SFWP, SugarSugarSalt, Stanchion Zine, the Anthology of the International Amy Macrae Award for Memoir, WestWord, Reckon Review, Pulp Literature, Sonora Review, Glassworks Magazine, and many others. A multi-Pushcart nominee, her work placed in fifty-one competitions since 2019. Cheryl has a MHSc Speech-Language Pathology and an HBSc Psychology. She’s a past Flash CNF Contributing Editor at Barren Magazine & enjoys mentoring younger writers. You can find her on Twitter/X & BlueSkySocial @cherylskorysuma.
Doris von Tettenborn | shortlisted for the story, 'Rubber Boots'
Doris lives in the shadow of the Alberta Rocky Mountains and is grateful for her mountain panorama sunset views. She savours being retired with time to garden, write and play with her granddaughters. Doris’s essays have been published by Globe and Mail, Off Topic Publishing, and Inspired Lifestyle magazine.
Watch for our announcement of the top three in the coming weeks!
