20-Pounder Sponsors

Thanks so much to our 2011 20-Pounder sponsors, who have each donated $500 or more worth of prizes!

Congratulations, 2011 Winners!

Congratulations to the 2011 Sledgehammer 36-Hour Writing Contest winners! First Place Team: Team Baldwin, “No Apocalypse in the Rose City” First Place Individual: Dora Raymaker, “Butterflies and Thunder” Readers’ Choice Award: Lisa Galloway, “Exalted and Extinguished” They’ll each go home with prizes galore, thanks to our very generous sponsors. Watch the site for upcoming readings [...]

Miscellaneous Quotes from Sledgehammer 2011

Before: Hash browns or toast? I’m doing my hammer dance. “U can’t touch this…” I saw a quail run I ate a cinnabun Now I weigh a ton And can’t go out to run. Why is the comments required? Is this like a test to see if you are good enough for the contest. Oh [...]

Pilgrimage

Pilgrimage by Dr. Huckleberry Leslie put her hand on her hip, cocked her head to the side and with a high-pitched, back of the throat breath gasped, “When we get back, I have an appointment to get my hair done by my boyfriend, Thor.  He’s gay, but he sends me cute thank-you cards.” Leslie says [...]

Lifeline

Lifeline by Matthew Braun His knees always told him when the rain was coming. Before he got out of bed or turned on the news to watch the smiling idiots. Before he even opened his eyes, he knew the weather for the day. As Carl looked at himself in the mirror he examined his wispy [...]

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