The Missouri Literary Festival is pleased to announce the following winners in the Civil War Challenge Short Fiction Contest:

Missouri Writer Award

• Winner: Holly Elkins for The Paneled Map: A Story of the Quilt Code and Underground Railroad (View Story)
  
• First Runner-up: Wanda Fittro for One, Two, Three (View Story)
  

News-Leader Online People’s Choice Award

• Winner: Wanda Fittro for One, Two, Three (View Story)
  
• First Runner-up: Alice R. Cummings for Best Laid Plans (View Story)
  

National Writer Award

• Winner: Monique Hayes for Worth (View Story)
• First Runner-up: Ela Thompson for Broken Battle: Bed Time Stories from the Major (View Story)
  

Congratulations to our winners and all the writers who participated in the Civil War Challenge Short Fiction Contest.

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