Scribes Valley Notes

We're proud to announce the top three finalists in our latest short story writing contest . Kimberly Gemme won the top spot with her story, "The Wait, The Date, and the Single Girl's Fate." Dan Sullivan came in second with "The Boy Who Walked on Water." Gillian Hamer rounded out the top three with her "No Library Card." Congratulations to these authors and the other eleven finalists in the contest. Their stories will be featured in our 2006 contest anthology, MIND TRIPS UNLIMITED : Tova Jarvis , “The Great Animal Kingdom According to Tova Jarvis” Rebecca Barton , “Sea Fever” Kathryn Mattingly , “Goodbye My Sweet” Chrissy K. McVay , “Haunted Houses” Patricia Dainty , “Butterflies Gone” Donna Bryant , “A Royal Visit” Vanessa Orlando , “Beautiful Men” Mike Tuohy , “Casey’s Casket” Bill Westhead , “Cruel Justice” Bobby Ozuna , “Corrido” Ranae Cherry , “Finding Love and Employment After Forty”

We've named our newest writing contest anthology MIND TRIPS UNLIMITED , and posted the cover for all the world to see. We're quite proud of it, as we are of all our writing contest anthologies. How can you NOT be proud of a showcase that highlights writing talent from all over the world? Check out the new cover here .

Scribes Valley Publishing is honored and pleased to announce the winners of our 2006 Short Story Writing Contest . All submitted stories were incredible, making it very hard to choose only a few winners, to whittle the list down to those with that little extra “something.” The finalists are (in no particular order): Tova Jarvis , “The Great Animal Kingdom According to Tova Jarvis” Gillian Hamer , “No Library Card” Rebecca Barton , “Sea Fever” Kathryn Mattingly , “Goodbye My Sweet” Chrissy K. McVay , “Haunted Houses” Patricia Dainty , “Butterflies Gone” Donna Bryant , “A Royal Visit” Kimberly Gemme , “The Wait, the Date, and the Single Girl’s Fate” Vanessa Orlando , “Beautiful Men” Mike Tuohy , “Casey’s Casket” Bill Westhead , “Cruel Justice” Dan Sullivan , “The Boy Who Walked on Water” Bobby Ozuna , “Corrido” Ranae Cherry , “Finding Love and Employment After Forty” It appears there was a side contest between Tova, Kimberly, and Ranae to see who could come up with the longest title! We