The Scent of an Ending™ Contest

2009-2010 Winners and Finalists

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These winners and finalists have been selected from entries submitted during 2009.

the endings of

Rollin'   by Allison Alsup    [First Place]

West with the Sun   by Ruth Moon Kempher    [Second Place]

The Heaving Bosoms of September   by Laura Loomis    [Third Place]

The Last Golden Girl   by Joe Arends 

The Elephant's Gift, or, Love Among the Carnies   by Karen Beck and Paul Baskett 

The Bizarre, Perplexing Story of Quiet Rex and the Very Cold Jaywalking Man   by Mary Campbell 

Centaurella   by Patricia Lawson

On the Fortune of Being Eaten   by Chloe Lunn 

The Plethora Chronicles   by Miss Suzy Q 

2010-2011 Winners and Finalists

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These finalists have been selected from entries submitted during 2010.

the endings of

The Year of Max   by Patricia Lawson    [First Place]

I Am the Verdict   by David Waldorf     [Second Place]

The Erotic Pirate   by Caroline Zarlengo Sposto    [Third Place]

Couch Potatoes   by Melony Aycupp

Temporal Globe   by F. J. Bergman

The Best Professor   by Peter Derk

The Cryptic Crossword   by Danny Ergot

The Return of My Lost Love   by Ekta R. Garg

The End of Endless Things   by Ellie Garratt

Watching Tail Lights   by Angel Holliday

A Wing and a Prayer   by Jeff Jeter

A Writer's Triumph Over Persecution   by Laura Loomis

The Last Philosophy Class   by J. Moe

The Last Long Road    by S. E. Nordwall

28 Business Days Later   by Nathan Patton

The Caretaker Ghost   by Miss Suzy Q

The Rock in the Ring   by Elaine J. M. Shaw

Expiration Date   by Bucky Webb

The Tell-Tale Twin   by Kathleen J. J. White

     Many of the above names sound so improbable that you have to figure they are 'pen names,' but only a few are. Apparently, most of these "winners" are hard to embarrass.

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