Well, we have finished up another year of the FaithWriters Writing Challenge. Congratulations to everyone who entered in 2019 – just submitting something is an accomplishment! Some writers, however, rose to the top – and this post recognizes them for this past quarter, which ran from October to December. With nine topics and three levels, one post in each level earned a top rating each week. But which post for each level rated highest overall? That’s what this is about. Let’s give a cheer to these three writers, and their entries, that got the highest ratings in their level for the entire q ..read more

Congratulations to these Challengeers – whose entries scored the highest for their levels for the entire Summer Quarter. Give the entries a read (click on the title) – you WILL be blessed! BEGINNERS/INTERMEDIATE:  Skies Open by Caryn Jacobs (Surprise Challenge)   ADVANCED: Declaration Dilemma by Arlene Baker (Clear as Mud Challenge)   MASTERS: The Weird World of Wigs by David Butler (Hair Challenge) Congratulations, Caryn, Arlene, and David! Watch for the Writing Challenge to start up again on October 3. Hope to see your entry! Related posts: Writing Challenge Quarterly Winners – and Change f ..read more

Marianne Holbrook has been a Faithwriters member for many years, and has been a big encourager to many. And now it’s time for FaithWriters to encourage her – with FaithWriters’ 2019 Best of the Best win for her moving entry Come and Dine. Read on to learn about Mariane, her winning entry, her (embarrassing) writing debut, and more. JOANNE SHER: First of all, congratulations on your BoB win! What was your reaction when you found out you were chosen as  Best of the Best?   MARIANE HOLBROOK: Thank you.  I was both surprised and shocked.  I hadn’t been following the BOBs and didn’t know of my win ..read more

After twelve months of Writing Challenge topics and entries, we had our 30+ contenders for the Best of The Best. The annual Best of the Best awards are announced July 1 each year, the awards going to the three highest rated Editors’ Choice winners for the previous twelve months. First place gets $100, second place $50, and third place $25. Congratulations to our three awesome winners: 1ST PLACE Come and Dine by Mariane Holbrook (Feast Challenge) 2ND PLACE Strength and Dignity by Allison Egley (Vanity Challenge) 3RD PLACE Royalty Enshrined by Sally Hanan (Blessed Challenge) Watch for interviews ..read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Starting in July, the FaithWriters Writing Challenge will have nine topics each quarter, with a one-week break between weeks five and six. Congratulations to the FaithWriters Writing Challenge entrants whose entries scored the highest in each level over the entire Spring quarter. Be sure to give these entries a read (click on the titles) – you WILL be blessed! BEGINNERS/INTERMEDIATE: The Final Salute by Robin Newberger (RAIN challenge) ADVANCED: Daddy by Arlene Baker (QUESTION(S) challenge) MASTERS: Ginormous Love by Rachel Burkum (IT’S CHILD’S PLAY challenge) Congratulations t ..read more

Permission to Be Bad By Randy Ingermanson Writing a first draft is hard. You have to create a group of interesting characters in an interesting storyworld, force them into conflict in scene after scene, and never let the story go flat. For some writers, writing a first draft is also fun. They write with abandon, pushing out the words, getting the story down on paper. But the problem is that when these writers finish the novel and actually look at what they wrote, they usually find that the first draft is bad. For other writers, writing a first draft is torture. They labor over every single sen ..read more

Congratulations to these three, who had the highest ratings in their levels this past quarter! BEGINNTERS/INTERMEDIATE My Marine by Jenny Miller (Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder Challenge) https://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article … p?id=57636 ADVANCED Milestones and Millstones by Stephen Kimball (Shop Challenge) https://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article … p?id=57387 MASTERS Power from Beyond by Tracy Nunes (Shop Challenge) https://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article … p?id=57391 Great job, Jenny, Stephen, and Tracy! Related posts:Congratulations to the Winter 2017 Quarterly Challenge Winners! C ..read more