On behalf of SFWoE, I thank you for taking the time and effort to enter our contest. Together, I feel that we met the contest goal:  To promote the art of SF/F short story writing. Our judge, author Angie Lofthouse, and I are pleased to congratulate you on a writing task well done.

     The First Place Winner of the 2008 SFWoE Contest is Roger A. MacDonald. Roger is from Grand Marais, MN USA. The contestants who wrote their way onto the SFWoE 2008 Top Ten List represent two countries:  Australia and the United States. Congratulations to all of the 2008 top ten contestants.

     The 2008 SFWoE SF/F Short Story Contest received 138 entries submitted by 104 contestants. Contest entries were submitted from four countries. Eighty two USA writers submitted a total of 112 stories. Seventeen contestants in Australia entered a total of 19 stories. Two Canadians sent in five stories and two stories were received from a writer in New Zealand.

     The SFWoE Staff in Fort Worth wishes to thank the contestants who wrote letters or sent e-mail over the past year for their kind words. If you send an e-mail to SFWoE, please place the word "contest" in your subject. We receive over 30 junk e-mails a day and the word contest will keep us from accidently deleting your message.

     Sincere thanks to all the contestants for supporting our annual contest. Also, thanks to Picaro Press for offering the Australian Grant Program to our friends Down Under. Again, congratulations to the winners.

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