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2025  WINNERS

1st Place

Mistaken by Nicole Evans 

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2nd Place

Pretend You Love Me by Don Shroll 

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3rd Place

Gloom and I by Hudson McGrath 

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10 Runners-Up

Behind the Layers by Saya Date

Dreme by Ashok Reddy

Faithborne by James Victor

Ghost Blue by David DeRousse

Lazarus Canyon: Rise of the Dead by Jeff Martel

My Lady Garden by Sally Llewellyn

The Champ’s Game by Ben Mansbridge

The Necklace by Pamela Smith Allen

The Redemption of Johnny Ford by Raquel Gonzales

What’s a Zayde? by Andy Epstein

1st Place Winner - Mistaken by Nicole Evans

Finalist - Saya Date

Finalist - James Victor

Finalist - Andy Epstein

Finalist - Sally Llewellyn

Finalist - Raquel Gonzales

Finalist - David DeRousse

Finalist - Pamela Allen

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