2018 Fiction Prize

Thank you all for your amazing contest submissions! Out of 132 talented entrants, Blazing Lantern's Fiction Contest Judges narrowed the field to 3 finalists and 1 winner!  Click on the titles below to learn more about our winner and finalists and to read an excerpt from the winning novel.

To all other contestants: Don't be discouraged. Keep writing! We're eager to see what exciting, original works you create next.  :-)


WINNER:

No Story to Tell by Miles Rausch

FINALISTS:

First Runner Up -      Defying Gravity by Anne Dilenschneider
Second Runner Up - Sun Stallion by Carol Travis Alonso
Third Runner Up -    Morgan ZIM: Bounty Hunter by Michael Stangeland, Jr.