POSTCARD STORY CONTEST

DANA CARLSON
Last Christmas

Honourable mention in the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Kiwi

Honourable mention in the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Lindsay Diehl
Kewpie Doll

Runner-up in the 2nd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

IRENE LIVINGSTON
Like Ants on a Kicked-Down Anthill

Honourable mention in the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

MARY W. WALTERS
Machisma

Honourable mention in the 4th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

JAMES AVRAMENKO
Lady Cariboo

"All that summer, mouth-breathers would ask if I knew how to make a sword." Third Prize winner (tie) of the 12th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Layover

Third prize winner of the 8th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

JULIE GRUNDVIG
Marx Dreams of China

Honourable mention in the 2nd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

LISA MARTIN
Meditation

Second prize winner of the 5th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Love Letter to a Starfish

"She took the starfish home and they ate sushi and green-tea ice cream and then made love on the living room floor in front of a crackling fire."

PAULETTE BOURGEOIS
Missing

Third prize winner of the 4th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Memento

Honourable mention in the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Men Gone Mad

Honourable mention in the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

C. E. COUGHLAN
Once

Runner-up in the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

BARBARA BAYDALA
No Time to Write

"Hectic here. This town is friendly but not rich. There’s a party nearly every night." Barbara Baydala's first prize winning entry in the 11th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Lost and Found

Honourable mention in the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

CATHY MCLEAN
Non-Violent Communication

"I says to the guy next to me, I says, 'Is this some kind of a fucking cult or something?'" Third Prize winner of the 12th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

HEATHER O'CONNOR
One Foot in the Grave

Never know what you'll find in the dirt of this honourable mention in the 9th Postcard Story Contest.

Julie Vandervoort
People Who Know Who They Are

Runner-up in the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

JAMES MACSWAIN
Nettie, Rose, Daphne and Ginger

First prize winner of the 10th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

JULIA VELLA
Peace Time

Second prize winner of the 6th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Please Send Help

Runner-up in the 1st Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Pinky Promise

Honourable mention in the 3rd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

GENEVIEVE MORCK
Proud Mary

Runner-up in the 2nd Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest.

Winners of the 2024 Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest!

Announcing the winners of the 19th Annual Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest!

Liisa Kovala
Surveillance

First Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Carmen Siegers
Sentimental

Second Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

Ruby Woodruff
Fun & Fast

Third Prize Winner of the 18th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

SHORTLIST: 2024 Postcard Story Contest

Announcing the 2024 Geist Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest Shortlist! 

The 19th Annual Literal Literary Postcard Story Contest

The writing contest whose name is almost as long as the entries! Deadline has been extended to June 3, 2024.