2009 Annual Writers' Workshop& Awards Reception
was held Saturday, April 4, 2009 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. at the Clinton Visitor Center, 1300 Pinehaven Road. Nationally known author and humorist Jill Conner Browne was our speaker and the winners of our 2009 Short Story Contest were announced.
Read the winning stories in the "Brick Streets Press 2009 Winners' Circle."

Winners are:
HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR/SENIOR DIVISION:
1st Place ($100 and Certificate):
Alex Smith, Clinton, for "In Every Dream Home a Heartache"
2nd Place ($75 and Certificate):
Danielle Lee, Clinton, for "Neurosis"
3rd Place ($50 and Certificate):
Timothy Carson, Clinton, for "The Power of Music"
No Honorable Mentions selected.
COLLEGE & BEYOND DIVISION:
1st Place ($250 and Certificate):
Richelle Putnam, Meridian, for "Confessions of a Single Mother"
2nd Place ($125 and Certificate):
David Creel, Jackson, for "We Sat Quietly"
3rd Place ($75 and Certificate):
Lucy Dixon, Gulfport, for "Magnolia Veil"
Honorable Mentions (Certificate):
Philip Levin, Long Beach, for "The Admiral"
Reilly Maginn, Daphne, AL, for "High Iron"