Story of Excellence

★Steven M. Gerson★ (Alternate Reality)

★Kate Gaston★ (Apocalyptic)

★John Porcino aka Johnny P★ (Clown)

★Tabitha Bird★ (Craft of Writing)

★Tom Barker★ (Crime)

★Kathy Kern aka K. A. Kern★ (Culture)

★Râna Campbell aka Quiet Rioy aka Poppy Seed aka Rana Campbell★ (Dystopia/Utopia)

★Matt Patrick★ (Escape)

★Lorisha Adams★ (Fairy Tale)

★Billy J. Forshaw★ (Fantasy)

★Daniel Getzoff★ (Fight)

★Adah Marie Guy aka Anita Marsh Grey aka Astrid Mae Garrison aka Abby Margaret Grabenstein★ (Hitchhiker's Guide to the History)

★Michael Fagan★ (Horror)

★Evie Groch★ (Humor)

★David Kuhnlein aka Orcinus★ (Impairment)

★Sophia Moore★ (Indigenous)

★Kim Hart★ (Macabre & Morbid)

★Suann Amero★ (Monster)

★Antonella Piemontese aka Anemone Blu★ (Mystery)

★Jen Mierisch aka Renata LeCroix aka Abby St. Paris★ (Mythopoeia)

★Asta aka Genevieve Payne★ (Noir)

★Miriam Thor★ (oDDbALL)

★Elaina Hampson★ (Outer Space)

★Chris Bullard★ (Paranormal)

★Gina Burgess aka GB Burgess aka G. Burgess★ (Parents)

★David K. Slay★ (Poetic Prose)

★Michael Gigandet aka Martin Brooks aka Larry Talbot★ (Romance)

★Elizabeth Andrews★ (Satire)

★Nick DiChario★ (Science Fiction)

★Trey Stone★ (Siblings)

★John Ward★ (Sports)

★Chris Airiau★ (Steampunk)

★Jaz Meeks aka Christian Meeks★ (Sword & Sorcery)

★Rob Nisbet★ (Thriller/Suspense)

★Debbie Wingate★ (Tragedy)

★Jamil Hall aka JM Hall aka Atreus Oighdru★ (Trapped)

★Barbara Meyrowitz★ (Travel)

★Harry Carnegie aka Mike O'Connor★ (Vampire)

★Joseph S. Pete★ (War)

★Etta B. Rose aka Beth Doherty★ (Werewolf)

★Joe Kilgore aka Davis Bishop★ (Western)

★Kerry Pickles★ (Zombie)

Runners Up

♦Roger Hammons♦ (Alternate Reality)
♦Dr. Thomas Reed Willemain♦ (Apocalyptic)
♦Sharon Kretschmer aka S. L. Kretschmer aka S. Lee Kay aka S. L. Briese♦ (Clown)
♦Anthony Knott♦ (Crime)
♦William McCann♦ (Culture)
♦Alexis Gkantiragas♦ (Dystopia/Utopia)
♦Gania Barlow♦ (Escape)
♦Sandra Simmer aka Duncan Simmer aka Dandelion aka S. D. Simmer♦ (Fairy Tale)
♦Art Lasky♦ (Fantasy)
♦Ava Jean Wetzel♦ (Fight)
♦Glenna Anne Turnbull♦ (Hitchhiker’s Guide to History)
♦Andy Betz♦ (Horror)
♦Elizabeth Barton♦ (Humor)
♦Stephen Ground aka S.A.R. Ground♦ (Impairment)
♦Matias F. Travieso-Diaz♦ (Indigenous)
♦Christy Lynch♦ (Macabre & Morbid)
♦Bunny Haschen♦ (Monster)
♦Tejaswinee Roychowdhury♦ (Mystery)
♦Becky Benishek♦ (Mythopoeia)
♦Amy Cotler♦ (Noir)
♦Faustine Guerrero♦ (oDDbALL)
♦Ethan Shaskan aka E. Shaskan Bumas♦ (Outer Space)
♦John H. Dromey♦ (Paranormal)
♦Travis Garner; F. N. Doore-Locke♦ (Parents)
♦D. I. Jolly♦ (Poetic Prose)
♦Lindy Greaves♦ (Romance)
♦Louise Mae Moises♦ (Satire)
♦Harley McEvoy♦ (Science Fiction)
♦Nikki J Davison♦ (Siblings)
♦Nicole Ortiz♦ (Sports)
♦Madison Marshall♦ (Steampunk)
♦Ej Sidle aka Bea Seidel♦ (Sword & Sorcery)
♦Suzanne Baginskie♦ (Thriller/Suspense)
♦Hibah Shabkhez♦ (Tragedy)
♦Sheryl Loeffler; French For Salt♦ (Trapped)
♦Adelaide B. Shaw♦ (Travel)
♦Isa Grem aka B.C. Haug aka Isabelle Gremminger aka Bridget Haug♦ (Vampire)
♦Amber Winter aka Hashi Wife♦ (War)
♦Jackson L. Conner aka James Lang♦ (Werewolf)
♦Alex Adams aka Donald Winzer♦ (Western)
♦Ben Mimmack aka Mimmax♦ (Zombie)

Honorable Mentions

♥ Amy Louise Beddows aka M. K. E. ♥ (Apocalyptic)
♥ Becky Wood ♥ (Apocalyptic)
♥ Chris Hannas ♥ (Clown)
♥ Livia Furia ♥ (Crime)
♥ Lesley Anne Truchet ♥ (Crime)
♥ E. F. C. Warden ♥ (Crime)
♥ Madeleine Pelletier ♥ (Fight)
♥ M. C. Schmidt ♥ (Hitchhiker’s Guide to History)
♥ Gloria A. Curl ♥ (Impairment)
♥ John Paul Ratliff ♥ (Impairment)
♥ Callie K West ♥ (Impairment)
♥ Simon Kewin ♥ (Mythopoeia)
♥ Kari Gonzalez ♥ (Mythopoeia)
♥ Annelise Preble aka Linda Marie Hilton ♥ (Mythopoeia)
♥ J. L. MacDonald ♥ (Mythopoeia)
♥ J. Brooke ♥ (Noir)
♥ Kevin J. Wilson ♥ (Outer Space)
♥ Chris Burns aka Alexi Karnikov aka William Carmikal ♥ (Paranormal)
♥ J. Snow ♥ (Paranormal)
♥ Karyn G. ♥ (Parents)
♥ Alice H. Murray ♥ (Parents)
♥ Julie Reeser ♥ (Science Fiction)
♥ Renee Cronley ♥ (Siblings)
♥ L. H. Owens aka Lisa H. Owens aka L. Huff Owens ♥ (Sports)
♥ P. B. Crea ♥ (Sports)
♥ L. M. Gutierrez aka Joy L. Santos aka Dayna Rae Summers aka Lisa Lopez ♥ (Sports)
♥ Greg Mellen ♥ (Sports)
♥ Ami Lynn Thompson ♥ (Sports)
♥ Josh Poole ♥ (Sword & Sorcery)
♥ Geoff Brough ♥ (Thriller/Suspense)
♥ R. Thomas ♥ (Tragedy)
♥ Gerald Kells ♥ (Trapped)
♥ Rae Davis ♥ (Vampire)
♥ Jay Cannon aka Jorré aka JC Cannon ♥ (War)
♥ Rachel Smith Coggins ♥ (War)
♥ Kathryn Ressler ♥ (War)
♥ Jaime Woods ♥ (War)
♥ L P Gale aka Lynn Gale ♥ (Werewolf)
♥ Richard Key aka J. J. Hyphen-Hyphen ♥ (Werewolf)
♥ Abby Crofton ♥ (Western)
♥ David Klotzkin aka The Redoubtable DK ♥ (Western)
♥ LJ Skelton ♥ (Western)
♥ Caesar Morales aka Checho ♥ (Western)
♥ Chris P. Bacon aka Steven Brooks ♥ (Western)
♥ Philip Town aka Filippo J. Città aka Filippo J. Città ♥ (Western)
♥ KC Anderson ♥ (Zombie)
♥ Samantha Cohen aka Lula Lightworthy aka Samm DeSaturne ♥ (Zombie)
♥ Raven Isobel Plum ♥ (Zombie)
♥ Daniel Joseph Reiner ♥ (Zombie)
♥ David Whitaker ♥ (Zombie)