Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Savage Mystery Writing Contest!

First Place: “A Dance Around an Oak Tree” by Ogu Nnachi
Second Place: “Grandpa’s Map of Amazing Places” by Miguel A. Rueda
Third Place: “The Curse of Too Much Air Time to Fill” by Sue Seabury

The winning entries will appear in the upcoming issue of Toasted Cheese.

We’d like to thank everyone who entered. There were many creative treasure clues and treasure hunts. I hope everyone had as much fun writing the stories as I had reading them.

Amanda (The Bellman) Marlowe

The Savage 48-hour Writing Contest is back in September with our science fiction/fantasy edition.

The 2023 A Midsummer Tale Narrative Writing Contest (open to creative nonfiction and non-genre fiction) is currently open for entries.