Shining a Spotlight on the 2023 Vocal Writing Awards Shortlists
Giving the shortlisted entries the love and attention they so deserve
The Vocal Writing Awards concluded earlier this month with a flourish, when we announced the winners here. Now, we are delighted to share with you the incredible shortlisted entries for each category. Passing the muster of the Vocal Curation Team to be shortlisted is no small feat. The entries on this list displayed extraordinary creativity, innovation, and a profound ability to convey emotional resonance through their compositions. Please join us in honoring these entries by giving them some well-deserved reads and comments.
⭐ Laceration by Charlotte R Faulconbridge
⭐ Growth by A. Lenae
⭐ An Encounter by Daniel D'Agustino
⭐ Coming To My Senses by Sav Map
⭐ Bare Resistance by Matthew Daniels
⭐ Yellow by Jen Parkhill “JP”
⭐ Second Puberty by F Cade Swanson
⭐ (Finding the Wings): Painted from Life by Rob Angeli
⭐ My Soul's Destiny by Jennifer Christiansen
⭐ The Copper-Green Woman in the Pictures by Parwana Fayyaz
⭐ A Lamb Among Lions by Nicole Stairs
⭐ miles to go by KP
⭐ Palm Springs by Suze Kay
⭐ The Door’s Locked by K. Kocheryan
⭐ The Lineman by Zack Graham
⭐ Lies Your Parents Told You by Kate Gall
⭐ The Elmoar Tree by Kenny Penn
⭐ The Bird House by Sara Striefel
⭐ Bluebottle Express by EJ Ferguson
⭐ The Devil's Playground by Stuart Orr
⭐ The Music of Time by Jordan Flynn
⭐ Citrus by Erin Shea
⭐ A Most Haunting Tune by E L Stacy
⭐ Kropla Deszczu by Mackenzie Davis
As a small token of recognition, each shortlisted creator above will receive a $20 bonus in their Vocal Wallets when the 2023 Vocal Writing Awards' payments are distributed.
Cheers to the absolute brilliance that these writers have contributed to our community, and thank you to all who have joined us in celebrating their work!
*Updated with corrections on November 30, 2023.
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Comments (21)
Fantastic one. Congrats for all.
Awesome to everyone listed
Congrats to everyone listed!
I really enjoyed reading through all of the submissions! Congratulations on all short listers! This was an awesome challenge and I look forward to whatever comes next :)
YAY!!!! Feeling of exhilaration as one reads there story's recognition gives us all impetus to write more, more, more!
Congratulations! The shortlisted pieces are often as good as the designated winners!
Sharing the shortlisted stories? Aww Vocal, you hit me right in the 'feels!' 😊
All great works and it was a great way for the judging. I do believe there was one error …. My name seems to have been misplaced from the list. 😁
Congratulations to all of you🎉🎉🎉
Thrilled to be included in the shortlists, thank you all for reading!
Thanks for the bonus :) Congrats to everyone
Oh I’m so glad to see this!! Well done Vocal and massive congrats to you all!!
Some great reads here. Thanks for assembling them and making them easily available for us. Congrats to all the winners and shortlisted writers. 🎉🎊
I’m very glad to see these posted! However, The Pavement Kids was already listed as a winner in the Romance category, and appears again here.
Really feels good to be on BOTH lists! Can't thank everyone enough for the reads, comments, and votes. Really looking forward to what you all create next year!
Congrats to everyone listed!
This is so good! Thank you Vocal for doing it and well done to all the names and faces, new and old (scratch old...better known?) Good show with the bonus too! Congrats to all those listed above!
Thank you so much for doing this! I know many people will be happy to read these names and congratulate the authors; I know I am. The $20 bonus is truly very kind and awesome of you too. Thank you!!! 💕
Ah! That's very good of you to share the titles, names, and links! And to award a surprise bonus! Yay!
Congrats!!
Thank you for recognizing these creators!! 😁😁😁