All Pikes Peak Writes Winners Announced

Announcing the 2021 Winners of All Pikes Peak Writes!

All Pikes Peak Writes is PPLD’s annual fiction writing contest for ages 12+, and seeks to highlight writers in our community through one contest.This year the challenge was to write a story, up to 2,500 words, set in Colorado Springs to mark the city’s 150^th birthday in 2021. Stories can be set in the past, present, or future.

Download the Anthology here.

• Ages 25+
  • 1^st Place: Aurora, by Robert Boumis (story not included at author’s request)
  • 2^nd Place: Lost Paradise, by Sierra Hess
  • 2^nd Place: The Fifth Marathon, by Tatiana Rudolphi
  • 3^rd Place: The Capemaker of Comeuppance Alley, by Leigh Gaddy
  • 3^rd Place: Harlan’s Holes, by Benjamin Wretlind
• Young Adult (ages 19-24)
  • Honorable Mention: Yesterday’s Forest, by Kimmie Mason
  • Honorable Mention: Saying Goodbye, by Rebekah Hire
• High School
  • 1^st Place: A Dying Demise, by Emerald Cordova
  • 2^nd Place: The Cost of Old Dreams, by Audrey Brooks
  • 3^rd Place: Tell Me the Problem, by Melony Lomeli

Please contact hbuljung@ppld.org or criesenberger@ppld.org for questions or more information.