The Writers’ Club of Montgomery County Community College announced the winners of its 23rd Annual Poetry and Fiction Contest. The contest was divided into categories for student and community poetry and fiction. Winners received $100 for first place, $75 for second place, $50 for third place, $25 for fourth place, and honorable mention in their respective categories.
Student Poetry
1st place: Stephen Campellone (Stowe), “Lull in the Storm”
2nd place: Jenny Schratz (Collegeville), “Black Hole of Calcutta”3
rd place: Ian O’Neill (Lower Gwynedd), “X/Y”
4th place: Rob Donaghy (Lansdale), “Doppelganger”
Honorable mention: J. Jankowski (Conshohocken), “Gray”
Student Fiction
1st place: Stephen Campellone (Stowe), “The Chamber-Made”
2nd place: J. Jankowski (Conshohocken), “Bedtime Story”
3rd place: Michael Magro Jr. (North Wales), “The Back Way”
4th place: Radnor Law (Gwynedd Valley), “To the Spoils Go the Victor”
Honorable mention: Jaimie Sitler (Lansdale), Untitled