Meet the notable writers of the 2025 Sentence Sweepstakes Writing Contest!
First Place: Karen Casale
Karen Casale (@versecurious) is a writer and avid reader. She works in a middle school library where she gets juicy story ideas. She has published a picture book, Never Let a Ghost Borrow Your Library Book, and numerous poems and children's stories in magazines. She is the mom of three boys and two dogs.
Read two sentences from Karen’s novel, Dysfunction Junction, and learn more about her writing process & journey.
Second Place: Michael Louie
Michael Louie (@desertedhousepress) is a fifth-generation Asian American and an artist and educator by training, holding a master’s degree in teaching from San Jose State University.
Read two sentences from Michael’s magical realism novel, Antologia Aeternum Book I Futurum, and learn more about his writing process & journey.
Third Place: Scarlett Mitchell
Scarlett Mitchell (@.lady.scarlett) is a fantasy and science fiction author whose prose bridges poetry and myth. Her stories follow the ember-trails of resilience, asking what remains after the fire fades.
Read two sentences from Scarlett’s fantasy novel, A Flight of Faith and Fury, and learn more about her writing process & journey.
Honorable Mentions:
The Line of Fire by Lexi Nelson (@_lexinels)
Bloostained Archives Book 2 by B.W. Green (@bwgreen_author)
Heir of Ether by Elena Huebert (@elenahuebert_author)
