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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