Many entrants are confused about whether their work has been selected for publication. Check the lists below to see if you are represented.
“We wish we could publish all of the stories and poems we receive,” says Larry Upshaw, Executive Director of Ageless Authors, “but that’s not how this works. Our last writing contest resulted in more than 400 entries. That’s the good news. The bad news is, then we had to categorize, judge and report on more than 400 entries.”
Upshaw admits the reporting function suffered as the all-volunteer judging team worked feverishly to select the outstanding submissions, which we guarantee to review.
“We felt that judging in the contest was most important, and it was from the highest quality entries that we selected work for the anthology,” he said. “No one was guaranteed a place in the anthology without a very high score.” Ageless Authors is now working with Submittable to better automate the judging process and make sure all entrants are notified if a submission is accepted or declined in the contest.
“Every person who does work for Ageless Authors is a volunteer, giving their time to help grow our fledgling senior writing community,” says Upshaw. “I hope everyone understands that any money coming in through entry fees or book sales goes to administer and publicize the contests, publish and print anthologies and set up events. No one receives a salary.”
Ageless Authors Anthology Selections
The best entries by the following writers in the 2017 writing contest were published in Ageless Authors Anthology in 2018.
Anderegg, Margaret
Bernstock, Norma
Boone, Tom
Burd, Frank
Casey, Gloria
Cain, Del
Caldwell, Jolie
Chatelin, Raymond
Doering, Greg
Elsesser, Lee
Fackrell, Launa
Gardner, Valerie
Garzone, John
Johnson, Don
Kuczek, Carol
Lennox, Scott
Livingston, James
Mastracchio, Karen
McElfresh, Donald
McKinley, Phyllis
Melwani, Murli
Mills, Sherry
Mink-Fuller, Zandra
Mohr, Linda
Morawey, Michael
Owens, Michael
Porter, Stephen C.
Probst, John K.
Robeson, Robert
Rogers, Greg
Sampey, Derry
Sanders, Larry
Sandifer, Rebecca
Schmid, Joyce
Shaw III, Hyce
Shook, Don
Shridharani, Suresh
Smith, Gordon
Stewart, James
Vadalma, Joseph
Wright, Edward
Wright, Shirley
Yeager, Jean
DANG, I Wish I Hadn’t Done That
The best entries by the following writers in the 2018 writing contest were just published this month in the 2019 anthology, DANG, I Wish I Hadn’t Done That.
Beebe, Gered
Crawford, Joe
Elders, Terri
Gardner, Hugh
Graves, Geoffrey
Gunner, Tank
Guyton, Brenda
Herzog, Hedda
Hess, Marc
Hunter, John
Kellen-Taylor, Maureen
Lake, Rae
Light, Frank
Lindsley, Susan
McDole, Marguerite F.
Meyer, Nancy
Michalski, Penny
Mutchnick, Brenda
Neil, Evelyn
Nelis, Robert
Palmer, Lynda
Perreault, Richard
Sanders, Larry
Smith, Gordon
Smith, Scooter
Spence, James
Stewart, Kenneth
Swandby, Robert
Upshaw, Larry
Whitt, J. Allen
Yeager, Jean
From the 2019 Writing Contest, Possible 2020 Anthology Selections
The following writers won cash prizes, were named honorable mention or were recognized in the 2019 Ageless Authors Writing Contest. The 2020 anthology will include stories and poems from among the following next year, but not all will have work in the book.
Ade, William
Aubry, Ellen
Balter, Alan Dr.
Boling, Allen
Boroff, Linda
Borth, Julane
Brett, Belle
Bright, Rayna
Chumley, Dee Dee
Davidson, Tish
DiFranco, JoAnn
Eason, Donna
Etchison, Craig
Ferrer, Michelle
Fisher, Lisa Gray
French, William
Gigandet, Michael
Godat, Olivia
Gordon, Rosanne
Graves, Geoffrey
Greenfield, Dr. Irving
Gunner, Tank
Guyton, Brenda
Hart-Palumbo, Claire
Hurst, Ann
Irvine, Holli
Juster, Rita
Klinger, Gloria
Kozusko, Frank
Kramer, Michael
Lake, Rae
Lang, Allen
Lewenstein, Ida
Marazas, R.F.
Mathews, David
Maulsby, Dennis
Mayerfield, Regina
McCulloch, Pat
McIntyre, Jerilyn
McKinnon, Neil
Mink-Fuller, Zandra
Mota, Ruth
Neil, Evelyn
Nelis, Robert
Niles, Bo
Northwat, Debra
Palmer-Baker, Pattie
Palmer, Lynda
Phillips, Carolyn
Pisano, Vivian
Robertson, Chimp
Robinson, Judith
Ruff, Dianne
Seale, Molly
Sheehan, Tom
Smith, Scooter
Stampleman, Monique
Stone, Debra
Swandby, Robert
Sweet, Nick
Thaxton, Glenn
Thierry, James
Trubman, Lazar
Walton, Robert
Waters, Jeff
Whitt, Allen
York, Nadine
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