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LA VINESS AWARDS

There will be awards many awards. To win a La Viness Award, your work must have a good story line with a beginning, middle, and end. It must be well edited. It must be so interesting we'll remember it next year.

I have a collection of assistant judges who help me select the winners of my contests. ALL my contests are judged blind, which means the judges never know who wrote the stories they are reading until after the winners are announced.

I have also judged contests for other groups and events, but they are not listed below.

Currently, I am offering the following La Viness Awards:

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#1. Cozy Seasoned Romance, for those who enter contests at the White County Creative Writers Conference.

#2. La Viness Short Story Writing Contest, for anyone age 18 or older. Has a different annual theme.

#3. Middle Grade Fiction for Boys ages 9-12 for those who enter contests at the Ozark Creative Writers Conference.

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CONTEST WINNERS

As more awards are earned, the First Place winners will be listed on this page.

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2015
Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Prix Gautney The Last Moon Feast

2016
Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Sherrie Akers Lights in the Cemetery

2017
La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Carole Crow Mom s Missing

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Shelley Anne Richter Winner s Circle

2018
La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Gary L. Breezeel Deception

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Jean Healan The Bike

2019
La Viness RWS Writing Contest
Jonelle Grace Lipscomb Goodnight Gracie

La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Gary Rodgers Lights Over Little Red

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Donna S. Jones Life Saving Umbrella

La Viness Short Story Writing Contest
Theme: STAGE FRIGHT
Joyce M. Ross The Persistent Cowboy

2020
La Viness RWS Writing Contest
Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic

La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Mary Lou Moran - "The Case of the Missing Plot"

La Viness Junk Drawer Award (WCCW)
Donna Nelson - "The Visit"

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic

La Viness Short Story Writing Contest
Theme: WATER FALL
Anthony Wood - "The Search for the Wailing River"

2021
La Viness RWS Writing Contest
Jonelle Grace Lipscomb - "Mask"

La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Kimberly Vernon - "Chase in the Graveyard"

Family History Fiction Award
Gary Rodgers "Discovery by Donor"

Middle Grade Fiction For Boys
Kim Vernon - "Basketball, Bullies, and Broken Bones"

La Viness Short Story Writing Contest
Theme: BUTTER FLY
Yvonne White - "No Flies in My Butter"

2022
La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Gary Breezeel - "Hidden Legacy"

Cozy Seasoned Romance
Gary L. Breezeel - "Destiny's Waltz"

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Ruth Weeks - "James Logan and the Ford Mustang"

La Viness Short Story Writing Contest
Theme: DRAW BRIDGE
Lisbeth L. McCarty - "From Breakdown to Breakthrough"

2023
La Viness Award for Living Mystery
Gary Breezeel - "Dog-gone"

Cozy Seasoned Romance
Gary L. Breezeel - "Unexpected A-Traction"

Middle Grade Fiction for Boys
Don Money - "Dirt Road Samurai"

La Viness Short Story Writing Contest
Theme: PAPER WEIGHT
Gary L. Breezeel - "May I Have This Dance?"

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