Congratulations to C. Weill from Lafayette, Louisiana, who wins the trip to the Jan. 21st DVD taping!
We had an incredibly hard time with this—in all we received 80 entries, many of them beautifully written and with remarkable stories to tell, and a handful that made us laugh out loud (in a good way). From this embarrassment of riches we selected 23 entries, and from there chose the final five names to put in a hat.
Someone wrote in protesting: “Hey, the contest is flawed! Why not just pick the best one as the winner?” Simply put, it was impossible to pick one “best” entry—and hopefully, as we post some of our favorites over the next few days, you’ll see why.
Many, many thanks to everyone who took the time to compose an entry!
Finalists:
C. Weill
Kenneth
Lesley Yates
Lisa Federer
Monica Waterston
Very Honorable Mention:
Andrew Su
Chen Wan
Doug Crets
Doug Haley
Gloria Loucky
Jackie Smith
Jennifer Morgan
Joanne Brady
Julie Brewer
Justin Smith
Lin Xu
Lisa Streit
Kel Miller
Mai-San Chan
Phil Creswell
Rev. Kirstofer K. Avise-Rouse
Sabrina Rode
Shimon Unterman