City Limits Publishing would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to everyone for their submissions. It was difficult to choose winners because the submissions were of such a high caliber. These people will each receive the prizes mentioned!  Without further ado, we proudly announce the following winners of our 1st writing contest:

City Limits Publishing 2020 Poetry Contest: Words, Words, Words

•1st Place Winner – $500 Cash Prize

“Poe is Me” by Tina Sacco

•2nd Place Winner – $250 Cash Prize

“Hotter Than” by Michael Baldwin

•3rd Place Winner – $100 Cash Prize

“Simultaneous Transformation” by Janelle Wilkey AND “Ode to a Bus” by Kelly Dunning

City Limits Publishing Poems of Political Protest Contest

•1st Place Winner – $500 Cash Prize

“Say Their Names” by Mary K O’Melveny

•2nd Place Winner – $250 Cash Prize

“The Warmongers” by Vincent G Ruane

•3rd Place Winner – $100 Cash Prize

“Gluttony” by Tessa Swackhammer AND “Tyranny or Humanity” by D.L. Lang

Short Story Contest Overall Winners

•1st Place Winner – $200 Cash Prize

Paxton’s Socks by P.A. Richardson

•2nd Place Winner – $100 Cash Prize

Without Thought by Emily Sorrells

•3rd Place Winner – $50 Cash Prize

Lucky Seven by Claire A Murray

City Limits Publishing 2020 Theatrical Works Competition

•Grand Prize – Shorts Category – $500 Cash Prize, Publishing Contract

The American Way by Nick Amatuzio

•Grand Prize – Full-Length Category – $1,000 Cash Prize, Publishing Contract

Our Casualties by Eric O’Neal

•Runners Up – $100 Cash Prize, Publishing Contract

Virginia of Rwanda by William Zettler

The Dark Secrets of Ladies’ Handbags by Richard Layton

The Bookcase by Martina Kranz

That’s a wrap!

Again, thank you to everyone who joined our writing contests! City Limits Publishing is grateful for the support it receives from the writing community. 

Do you have other completed manuscripts waiting to be published? You still have a chance to submit your entries for our Novel Writing Contest! The deadline for submission is on November 1, 2020. 

If you think that is all, well, we have got more for you! We proudly open our 2nd Multiple Writing Contest today! Most of them are 2021 Writing Contests. What are you waiting for? Head out to our “Contests” section for more details.