And we have our winners!

• Third place: Goes to Alexis Landua with “Shelter,” which was published yesterday on LA.CityZine! Read it now!
• Second place: Goes to Lawrence Robinson with “A Click Apart,” which was published today on LA.CityZine! Read Now!
• The winner: Goes to Via Osgood with “America Town,” which can be seen all week on the competition page after it is published on LA.CityZine on Thursday at noon!

We would also like to give special mention to our top eight stories which were all read by Janet Fitch; Jonathan Higbee’s “Nail Polish for Boys,” Tommy Carrigan’s “Don’t Stop LA-ing,” Tanya Ward Goodman’s “In the Hole,” Megan Bernabe’s “The Sign,” and Karen Gamon’s untitled work.

In the top twenty 20, with approval from all three judges were all of the above plus the following stories in no particular order: Jenae Cohen with “Food Review: Ketchup,” Christopher Dill with “Overlooking Skid Row America,” Lauren Spitzbery with “Acompia,” Laura Snowmek with “There is no place like Home,” Mike Sarabia with “King of Shadows,” Luiza Jibilian with “The Hollywood Shoe and the Interview,” Sean Berens with “I-10 to Pneuma,” Jahmal Corner with “L.A. Standard Time,” Stephanie Anagnoson with “The La Brea Tar Pits on Sunday,” Sean Jenkins with “Home Sweet Home,” JJ Strong with “The Love of Make-Believe,” and Pamela Rielly’s “My L.A. Story.”

About the competition

The aim of the competition was to showcase local writing talent.

Anyone from LA was able to participate with a poem, article, story, interview, review, whatever they wanted.

First Prize

• $250 Cash!!!
• 4 VIP Tickets to the private screening of Charlie Bartlett
• Have your work read and judged by famous author Janet Fitch.
• A personalized autographed copy of Fitch’s most recent book, Paint it Black.
• Have your work published on La.CityZine.com, and be exposed to hundreds of thousands of readers a month.

Second Prize

• $100 Gift Certificate to Threadless.com
• 4 VIP Tickets to the private Charlie Bartlett screening
• Have your work read and judged by famous author Janet Fitch.
• Have your work published on La.CityZine.com, and be exposed to hundreds of thousands of readers a month.

Third Prize

• 2 VIP Tickets to the private Charlie Bartlett screening
• Have your work read and judged by famous author Janet Fitch.
• Have your work published on La.CityZine.com, and be exposed to hundreds of thousands of readers a month.