Honorable Mention Honorees are (in alphabetical order):

Susan Boyd, The Villages, FL - “Blue” & “Footprints in Blood”

Matt Calabrese, Deerfield Beach, FL - “The Forty-eight Dollar and Thirty-nine Cent Christmas Card”

Jackie Chase, The Villages, FL - “Tasting Lemon Ants” & “Longhouses, Long Ears, and Long Noses”

Allennita C. Cooks, The Villages, FL - “Grandma Mabel & Princess Ann”

Patricia Ann Crandall, Petersburg, NY - “Frogs, Gnomes, Hikers & Bottle Miners” & “The Pink Victorian Lady”

Kimberlee Esselstrom, Groveland, FL - “The Wrinkled Tea Bag” & “Wedding Shoes”

Barbara C. Fisler, The Villages, FL - “Bed of Roses” 

Charlene Meeker, The Villages, FL - “The Critique”

Mark H. Newhouse, The Villages, FL - “The Monster”

Kenneth R. Parker, Cocoa, FL - “War Games”

Bruce Petro, Lewis Center, OH - “Namesake”

Jack Petro, The Villages, FL - “Crazy Millie”

Holly Phoenix, Jacksonville, FL - “Pounds of Confusion”

R. Jaylan Phoenix, Jacksonville, FL - “Faithless Found”

Francis X. Ridge, The Villages, FL & Plymouth, MA  - “Rouge Neck”

Cathleen C. Robinson - “My Beard is White Now”, “So Much for Resolutions”, & “The Day I Discovered There Really Are Monsters”

Ned Rodriguez, Oroville, CA - “With Inconstant Mind”

Vanessa Russell, The Villages, FL - “The Wardrobe”

Peter Shianna - “Super Valet” & “Secrets”

David A. Snively, Newberry, OH - “Not My Day” & “Reasonable Doubt”

Jeanne Sullivan, Fruitland Park, FL - “The Open Door” 

Anne Timoner, The Villages, FL - “Change”

Allen Watkins, The Villages, FL - “Improvise, Adapt and Overcome”