

The Typewriter Awards
For Published Creative Writing
The Typewriter Awards are open to members of the League of Utah Writers for creative writing work published in 2024 or 2025 before the contest deadline.
Winners announced at the Quills Conference Awards Ceremony
August 9, 2025
Emerald Typewriter Winner 2025
Rachael Bush
“Botany for Everyone: Cones”
(Blue Quill and Utah KidLit)

Comic Book
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Gold Typewriter: Rachel Bush “Botany for Everyone: Inside a Plant” (Blue Quill and Utah KidLit)
Flash Fiction
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Gold Typewriter: Mae Thorn “Ghost Writer” (Romance Chapter)
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Silver Typewriter: Linda K Allison “Just Swim” (Just Write)
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Bronze Typewriter: Pat Partridge “If Grief Could be Washed Away” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Recommended Read: Pat Partridge “The Sixth Bullett” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Media Article
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Gold Typewriter: Bryan Young “The case against banning Craig Thompson's Blankets” (Salt City Genre Writers)
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Silver Typewriter: Pat Partridge “Word of the Day: elon” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Bronze Typewriter: Steve Capone, Jr. “As teachers we need guidance for enforcing full compliance with Utah’s book bans. Help!” (Salt City Genre Writers, Utah Screenwriters Guild, and Infinite Monkeys)
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Recommended Read: Bryan Young “The Utah Legislature's bathroom bill makes criminals out of trans children” (Salt City Genre Writers)
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Recommended Read: Carolyn Campbell “Brushes With the Beyond” (Unaffiliated)
Nonfiction
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Gold Typewriter: Inna V. Lyon “A Whimper Can Be A Prayer, Too” (Blue Quill and Infinite Monkeys)
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Silver Typewriter: Sharman Elizabeth Ober-Reynolds “Justice and Mercy” (Just Write)
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Bronze Typewriter: Bridget Verhaaren “Panini & Psilocybin” (Good AF Writers)
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Recommended Read: Daniel R. Yocom “My Journey to Where I Belong” (Infinite Monkeys)
Poetry
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Gold Typewriter: Susan J. Wurtzburg “Blue Skies Beckon” (Red Butte Bards)
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Silver Typewriter: Susan J. Wurtzburg “Water Alchemy” (Red Butte Bards)
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Bronze Typewriter: Linda Allison “For the Love of Color: Ochre” (Just Write)
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Recommended Read: Talysa Sainz “What Friends Are For” (Unaffiliated)
Short Story
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Gold Typewriter: Jayrod P. Garrett “The Bottom of the World” (Infinite Monkeys and Salt Lake Genre Writers)
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Silver Typewriter: Heidi Voss “L'Appel du Vide” (Salt City Scribes)
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Bronze Typewriter: Masha Shukovich “The Invisibles” (Infinite Monkeys)
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Recommended Read: Bryan Young “Leon” (Salt City Genre Writers)
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Recommended Read: Bryan Young “Licensed to Die” (Salt City Genre Writers)





