Medium Writers Challenge Official Results (Updated With The Honourable Mentions)

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Elizabeth Dawber
9 min readOct 12, 2021
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It’s been a long, nail-biting wait for the results of the Medium Writers Challenge. Originally, the results were going to be revealed at the end of September, then it got pushed back to October 7th and then it got pushed back again to October 12th. But thankfully, Medium has now revealed the results via their Twitter account. So, ladies and gentlemen, what you’ve all been waiting for, here are the official finalists and grand prize winner of the competition:

Death Prompt Finalist

Randi Ragan for her essay ‘Keeper of the Place

Re-Entry Prompt Finalist

Sarah Hawthorne for her essay ‘The Hope That Holds You Back

Space Prompt Finalist

Meera Vijayann for her essay ‘The Space Between My Fingers

Work Prompt Finalist

Hal H. Harris for his essay ‘Black Personhood Does Not Have Equitable Access to the Work of Homeownership

And the Grand Prize Goes to…

Randi Ragan for her essay ‘Keeper of the Place

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Elizabeth Dawber

English literature & creative writing grad | MWC semi-finalist | Former editor @ The Startup | I write about this thing called life | Human | Pen for hire |🇬🇧