Vanished Without a Trace: The Chilling Mystery Behind the Hiker Who Stepped Off the Trail – Plus the Surprising Winners of WritersWeekly.com’s 2025 Short Story Contest

Vanished Without a Trace: The Chilling Mystery Behind the Hiker Who Stepped Off the Trail – Plus the Surprising Winners of WritersWeekly.com's 2025 Short Story Contest

**WHAT’S THE MOST COMMON MISTAKE WRITERS MAKE?
Giving us a bad and/or boring ending!

Please give us a great ending! **WE LOVE SURPRISE ENDINGS!!**


Congrats to the top three winners!

1st PLACE – Pilgrim at Tinker Cliffs by Jennifer Quail

(Jennifer won $300 PLUS a free book publishing package from BookLocker.com valued at $975!)

2nd PLACE – Ice by Matt Rickett

(Matt won $250!)

3rd PLACE The Trapper by Sabrina Fladness

(Sabrina won $200!)

109 other participants won prizes as well and 9 Honorable Mention winners received Special Recognition!

The top three winning stories, along with a list of the other winners, are posted RIGHT HERE.

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