2025 Cascade Writing Contest Winners
ARTICLE, COLUMN, NONFICTION SHORT STORY
First Place
Becky Alexander
“A Little Help from JFK”
Second Place
Cecil Taylor
“The Baby Is Stronger Than Anyone Knows”
DEVOTIONAL
First Place
Barbara Culley
“Numbering Our Days”
Second Place
Laurie Allred Boyd
“In All Things”
FICTION SHORT STORY
First Place
Jackie Melvin
“Forever Person”
Second Place
Rick Taylor
“Just a Potter’s Daughter”
POETRY
First Place
Kathleen R. Ruckman
“My Father’s Whistle”
Second Place
Rick Taylor
“New Prince, Old Story”
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK
First Place
Jennifer Noel Wilson & Kristin Faith Evans
The Special Gifts
Second Place
Robin Currie
Noah Has a Good Day (and a Bad Day)
CHILDREN’S CHAPTER BOOK
First Place
Kristen Joy Wilks
Phooey Kerflooey vs The Deep, Deep Dark
Second Place
Melissa Ruhter
The Mystery at Fox Mansion
NONFICTION BOOK
First Place
Mark Wainwright
Writing Christian Fiction
Second Place
Kelsey Gjesdal
Mindset: Learning to Live with the Mind of Christ
MEMOIR BOOK
First Place
Nancy Beck Irland
Grief Is Labor: A Midwife Describes Grief Recovery
Second Place
Kimberly Bird
Stones of Remembrance
CONTEMPORARY FICTION BOOK
First Place
Ginni Kennedy
Escape of the Innocent
Second Place
Renee L Gentry
A Thread of Faith
HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK
First Place
Melody Roberts
The Hope of Woodland Hall
Second Place
Stephanie Julia Gibson
No Good Shepherd
SPECULATIVE FICTION BOOK
First Place
Colleen Hall
Her Phantom Knight
Second Place
Julia N. White
The White Raven
MIDDLE GRADE BOOK
First Place
Sonja Anderson
Blossoms in the Wind
Second Place
Abigail Skelton
Mission Danger
YOUNG ADULT BOOK
First Place
Stacsia Crossan
Liberty
Second Place
Mark Wainwright
Adrift
HIGH SCORE OVERALL
Memoir Book
Nancy Beck Irland
Grief Is Labor: A Midwife Describes Grief Recovery
