Sweet Success for RMFW Gold Rush Literary Award Winners

Published October 20, 2022

 Three cheers for all the winners and finalists of the 2022 RMFW Gold Rush Literary Awards, many who are Pikes Peak Writers members. Through this annual contest, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers offers encouragement and opportunity to writers in all genres. For more information about the authors, visit RMFW Gold Rush Winners.

Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Spec Fiction, Horror
WINNER
The Osect Indiscretion by Matthew Cushing
FINALISTS
Super Melvin by Duston Anderten
To Feel the Earth as Rough by Dani Coleman

Mainstream
WINNER
Five O’Clock in the Mourning by Connie Weidel
FINALISTS
But I Didn’t Fall by Brooke Epps
Wild Goose Pass by Christopher Pitts

Women’s Fiction, Romance
WINNER
Letting Go of the Sky by Courtney Shosh
FINALISTS
Tequila Midnight by Kathryn Dodson
A Stout Heart by Lynn Moore (Allyn DeWald)

Mystery, Thriller
WINNER
Neighbors That Prey by Robin Olson
FINALISTS
Run of Luck by Elizabeth Haines
The Mad hatter Murders by JenaVieve Reed

Young Adult, Middle Grade
WINNER
Every Color of My Blood by Rachel Delaney Craft
FINALISTS
Chasing Montana Skye by Heidi Kraakevik
Middle of Somewhere by Ann Thurber