The Seacoast Writers Association

announces the publication of “Currents VII,”

the anthology of first, second and third place winners

in the SWA Writers Contests

for 2009, 2010, and 2011.

Entries are in short story, poetry, and the personal essay.

The editor is Cornelia Prevost

associate editors are Peggy Elliott and Pat Parnell.

For copies of “Currents VII”

mail a check for $15 plus $2.00

to Cornelia Prevost, editor

Box 104, Chester, NH 03036.

Entry forms and guidelines for the 2012 SWA Writers Contest will be available soon online from seacoastwritersassociation.org or by mail with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to Pam Gjettum, Contest Director, 6 South St., Exeter, NH 03833. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 1, 2012.

The prize-winning contributors to “Currents VII”  include Nancy Antonietti from Salem, NH, Linda Argenti from Nashua, NH, Jonathan Bohm from Hampton Falls, NH, John Bubar from Durham, NH, Patricia Callan from Dunedin, FL, Frederick Chormann from Concord, NH, Matthew Deane from Newmarket, NH, Jennifer Decker from Rochester, NH, Virginia DeLuca from Durham, NH, Amy Dengler from Gloucester, MA, Joan Doran from New London, NH, Mary Spofford French from Hopkinton, NH, Wendy Galgan from Brooklyn, NY, Thomas Griffin from Portsmouth, NH, Don Kimball from Concord, NH, Janet Knowles from North Hampton, NH, Michelle Mullet from Concord, NH, Clare Moore from York, ME, Norman Phillips from Exeter, NH, Sue Quinlan from Newmarket, NH, Patricia Salome from Portsmouth, NH, Catherine Schillinger from Sanbornville, NH, Henry Spencer from Effingham, NH, Maren Tirabassi from Portsmouth, NH, Michael Wade from Stratham, NH, and Nancy Wheaton from Portsmouth, NH.