The winners: Holiday Writing Contest

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12/18/2008 - 12/19/08

The New Mexican's Holiday Writing Contest garnered 226 entries this year — a wonderfully varied (and, sometimes, wildly imaginative) collection of stories, essays, and poetry by adults, teens, and children in our readership area. The Santa Fe School for the Arts and Sciences was well-represented in the winners' circle again this year, as were the Academy for Technology and the Classics, and Carlos Gilbert and Piñon Elementary Schools.

We've given awards to the 25 pieces published here — and an additional 11 honorable mentions can be found at www.santafenewmexican.com/writingcontest/ — but we think of everyone who entered the contest as a winner. For putting pen to paper — or fingers to keyboard — we thank you, one and all, for challenging our minds, tickling our funny bones, and most of all, for warming our hearts in this holiday season.