Announcing the 2023 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners!
2023 Writing Contest Winners Booklet
Poetry |
1st |
William Brydon, Laughtear |
2nd |
Cindy Forsberg, The Smell of a Bar on a Cold Night |
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3rd |
Angelina Vu, She is Glass |
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Short Story |
1st |
Yvette Viets Flaten, The Papa Gift |
2nd |
Susan Imbs, Midrato-First Contact |
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3rd |
Ali Ruckstadter, Passing the Buck |
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Short Story (18 and younger) |
1st |
Violet Noel, The Chosen Ones |
2nd |
Chloe Lusvardi, Her Bare Branches |
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3rd |
Lauren Theiler, The Sound of Silence |
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Personal |
1st |
Nicholas Hansen, What Happens to Your Feet in Space |
2nd |
Alissa Kiedrowski, The Rabbit |
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3rd |
Brandon Hansen, Lake 17 |




Categories:
POETRY
- Maximum 75 lines
- Any form, genre, or style
SHORT STORY
- Maximum 3,000 words
- Fiction genre
SHORT STORY
(18 and younger)
- Maximum 2,000 words
- Fiction genre
- Open to 18 years old and younger
PERSONAL ESSAY
- Maximum 2,500 words
- Non-fiction genre
Eligibility:
- Wisconsin resident OR
- Wisconsin student OR
- Registered participant of 2023 Lakefly Writers Conference
*Members of the Lakefly Conference Planning Committee are NOT eligible to enter
Winners:
- Prizes include: 1st place: $100; 2nd place: $75; 3rd place: $50 cash
- Winners will be announced at the 2023 Lakefly Writers Conference, May 5-6 in Oshkosh.
- Winners will receive their prize and certificate in the mail shortly after the conference.
- A PDF of the winning entries will be available on the Lakefly website after the conference.
Submitting your manuscript:
- Contest submissions will be accepted January 15, 2023 through March 3, 2023.
- Entries must be original and unpublished; Electronically or self-published works are ineligible.
- There is no entry fee.
- Limit one entry per author per category.
- Entrants should include a biography written in third person, maximum 100 words. If entering the Short Story Contest for 18 and younger please include your age and grade level.
- Submissions will not be returned.
- Format: Double spaced; Times New Roman, or Courier; 12 point font
- Cover page: name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, submission title, word or line count, category
- At the top of each subsequent page: title and page number
(Example: The Dark Night, page 1 of 3)
Please do not include identifying information, such as your name, on any page other than the cover page.
Electronic Submissions:
- Send to: LakeflyContests@gmail.com
- Attach your submission as a PDF file
- Entries must be time stamped by midnight, March 3, 2023
Mailed submissions:
- Mail to:
Lakefly Writing Contests
c/o Oshkosh Public Library
106 Washington Avenue
Oshkosh, WI 54901 - Entries must be postmarked by midnight, March 3, 2023
Send questions to LakeflyContests@gmail.com, or call the Oshkosh Public Library at 920-236-5203 and ask for Ruth
Enjoy reading past winning entries:
2022 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners Booklet
2021 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners Booklet
2020 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners Booklet
2019 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners Booklet
2018 Lakefly Writing Contest Winners Booklet











