August 2026 Monthly Contest Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the Abilene Writers Guild’s August monthly contest.

Poetry

First Place: Kay Talley-Leach, “A Different Song.”
Second Place: Janice Post, “A Streetcar Named Desire”

Prose

First Place: Kay Talley-Leach, “Desert Thirst”
Second Place: Nancy Forbis-Stokes, “Titus”