Thank you to those of you who entered our SBWC Annual Writing Contest. After reviewing more than 250 entries from all over the United States, we’d like to congratulate our 3 winners and 2 runners-up.

The following individuals won a full or partial tuition scholarship to this year's conference, June 5-10. You can read their winning entries on our SBWC blog in a few days.

Winners: Full Tuition Scholarships to SBWC 2016

Melanie Howard

Wanda Maureen Miller

Sharon Brown

Honorable Mentions: Partial Tuition Scholarships to SBWC 2016

Sophie Berti

Anita Perez Ferguson

We appreciate every writer who took a chance and submitted their writing to be considered. We know that is a small act of bravery.

There were many excellent entries, but the above writers were the ones who this time around rose to the top.

Congratulations, all.

An e-newsletter will follow with this information and more.