First, thank you to everyone who entered. We had lots of entries this year, and lots of different interpretations of the travel essay. Congratulations to the following writers. And a special thanks to this year's judge, Robin Graham.

First Place

"Oh, Calcutta" by Paola Fornari

 

Second Place

"The Scarlet Mile" by Gillian Brown

 

Third Place

"Bodrum Turkey's San Tropez" by Jack Scott

 

Highly Commended

"Walking Istanbul" by Ana Astri- O'Reilly

"Whale Mothers" by Dawn Langley

"Harvest Time" by Rilla Norslund

"Genka Deska" by Alyson Hilbourne

Readers' Choice Award

"Bodrum Turkey's San Tropez" by Jack Scott

 

 

I must be off,

Christopher

 

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Christopher Allen is the author of Conversations with S. Teri O'Type (a Satire), an episodic adult cartoon about a man struggling with expectations. Allen's award-winning fiction and non-fiction have appeared or are forthcoming in Indiana Review, Quiddity, SmokeLong Quarterly's Best of the First Ten Years anthology, Prime Number Magazine, The Best of Every Day Ficton, PANK, Necessary Fiction, Word Riot, Bootsnall Travel and Chicken Soup for the Soul. A finalist at Glimmer Train in 2011, Allen has been nominated for Best of the Net and the Pushcart Prize twice.