"N. M. BREWKA WINS 1999 CWA WRITING COMPETITION"
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Community Writers Association
Newport, RI, USA United States of America

N. M. Brewka of Beverly, Massachusetts is the winner of the 5th Annual International CWA Writing Competition, an annual event of Community Writers Association, a national nonprofit organization based in Newport, Rhode Island.

Brewka, a former journalist and award-winning poet and playwright, won first place in the short story division with Live Theater. She receives a cash prize of $500 plus publication on the Community Writers Association website and in the upcoming CWA Journal, an international literary magazine to be produced in 2000.

Rebeccah Steele of Swansea, Massachusetts won second place while 1998 finalist Frank Reynolds of Twain Harte, California took third prize this year.

Sponsored by Barnes and Noble of Warwick, Rhode Island, the competition attracted submissions from as far away as Great Britain and Japan. Judges for the event were novelist Mark Ellis and literary agent Esmond Harmsworth.

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