I'm excited to report that both of my entries in the 2025 PA Press Club Communications contest took first place!

CATEGORY 11A — Fiction for Adults —  Novels (More than 40,000 words)

1st place —  Phil Giunta, Allentown, for “By Your Side”

CATEGORY 15A — Short Stories —  Single Story

1st place —  Phil Giunta, Allentown, for “A Thorne in Time”

All 33 first-place winning entries in PA will be forwarded to the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest for another round of competition against first-place winners in other state affiliates. Results will be announced in June. Last year, another of my novels ranked second place nationally. Fingers crossed for a repeat performance!