Writer’s Fight Club Story Contest Winners!

Thank you for celebrating the release of the SILVER Edition of The Conflict Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Obstacles, Adversaries, and Inner Struggles. Angela and Becca create amazing books—and find fun, generous ways to celebrate.

The Writer’s Fight Club Story Contest has been incredible. We enjoyed your entries and hope they’ll be published one day! Thank you for sharing your creativity, talent…and amazing conflicts.

Two of our Resident Writing Coaches donated edit prizes and judged the second round entries. I can’t wait for the talented winners to see their prizes below! If you didn’t win and are looking for an editor—check these coaches out to see if they’re a good match for you (you can see full bios for all our amazing Resident Writing Coaches here.)

Thanks, Lisa Poisso and Colleen M. Story!

Lisa Poisso specializes in working with new and emerging fiction authors. Via her innovative Plot Accelerator and Story Incubator coaching, she fast-tracks authors through story theory and development while facilitating an author-paced “developmental edit in a bottle.” She holds a journalism degree and has decades of professional experience as an award-winning magazine editor and journalist, content writer, and corporate communications manager. In addition to story coaching, she is a developmental and line editor. Her popular Baker’s Dozen newsletter serves up 13 tasty tidbits for writers on a regular basis. Connect with an editor or coach who really gets your work with the Writer’s Guide to Finding & Hiring an Editor. Find Lisa at LisaPoisso.com, download her free Manuscript Prep guide, and interact with her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Colleen M. Story is a novelist, freelance writer, writing coach, and speaker with over 20 years in the creative writing industry. Her latest novel, The Beached Ones, released from CamCat Books on July 26, 2022. Her novel, Loreena’s Gift, was a Foreword Reviews’ INDIES Book of the Year Awards winner. Colleen has written three award-winning books to help writers succeed. Your Writing Matters, Writer Get Noticed! and Overwhelmed Writer Rescue. Check out free chapters! Colleen frequently serves as a workshop leader and motivational speaker, where she helps attendees remove mental and emotional blocks and tap into their unique creative powers. Find her at Writing and Wellness, Author Website, Life and Everything After, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Goodreads, BookBub and Instagram.

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The Writers Helping Writers Street Team has helped us in so many ways, and we’re incredibly grateful. Here’s a huge thank you to the writers who judged the first round of our contest. Your thoughtful insight is greatly appreciated!

Thanks First Round Judges

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And now…the winners!

First Place: Diane Lee Sammet – Friend or Foe

Conflict: Getting Caught in a Lie
Judge praise:
* I could feel the savviness of the author’s craft and the internal struggle of giving into fear & weight of guilt was really well done.
* I love this story! The conflict was so relatable.
* I want to know what happened next.

Prizes:
A $100 US cash prize
Two 1-year subscriptions to One Stop for Writers (One for you, one for a friend – $210 value)
A $100 US donation to your choice of charity that helps those impacted by conflict
A professional edit of your submission by our amazing Resident Writing Coach, Lisa Poisso
+ Bragging rights!

Second Place: Thomas Sundberg – Bending Light

Conflict: Being Trapped
Judge praise:
* Boom—this scene sucked me right into the story.
*This grabbed me from the beginning – such a strong conflict!
* It held my attention from the beginning, and it was interesting and intriguing.

Prizes:
A $50 US cash prize
Two 6-month subscriptions to One Stop for Writers  (One for you, one for a friend – $120 value)
A $50 US donation to your choice of charity that helps those impacted by conflict
A professional edit of your submission by our amazing Resident Writing Coach, Colleen M. Story
+ Bragging rights!

Honorable Mention: Elle Boyd – Shame

Conflict: Experiencing Discrimination
Judge praise:
* This made me feel something for the character, and I could imagine what it would have been like to find someone who completed you only to lose them, and the drudgery of settling for what was expected in life, not what the character wanted. And then of course, the second chance and taking the leap.
*I could feel the emotional conflict of discrimination in this story.

Prizes:
A professional edit of your submission by our amazing Resident Writing Coach, Lisa Poisso
+ Bragging rights!

I’m happy dancing for all the talented prize winners, and will e-mail you soon. Congrats to those who won prizes…and all the writers who prepared a submission and entered (which makes you winners in my eyes, too).

Pssst…speaking of prizes, everyone can get 25% off One Stop for Writers plans by using the one-time code SEVENYEARS until October 23.

Thanks again for celebrating with Angela and Becca. Happy writing and revising!