Writing Accomplishments of KWG Members

The KWG is proud of its members and their accomplishments. The list below includes published works and contest mentions.

Visit our Bios page to see KWG member contributions to Left of the Lake magazine, 2nd First Look, the Speaking of Our Words , and the Olio Storytellers Collective.


Richard Bell
Life Seemed Good, But…, a collection of short stories, self published in 2013

Darleen Coleman
-“Across the Lake” in Great Lakes Review

-“Something to Cry About” in Bird’s Thumb

-“History” in Undertow, 2017 Kenosha Writers’ Guild Anthology

Joe Engel
– “Removal” – flash fiction, winner of the 2015 Left of the Lake Flash Fiction Contest
– “Holding the Line” in Harpur Palate – 2011 Summer/Fall
– “As We Leap” in Cold mountain Review – 2009 Fall

Walter Gascoigne
– “The Sanitation Solution” a short story included in Kitchen Sink Gothic, a collection published by Parallel Universe Publications

Dave Gourdoux
Ojibway Valley – novel, self-published in 2013 December

Jim Janus
– “Freedom Stream” – short story, winner of the 2014 Waukegan Public Library Ray Bradbury Creative Contest
Poetry – collection of poems, self-published in 2013 December

Mary LeMieux McDonald
– Many novels self-published under the pseudonym M.P. McDonald

TJ Morris
Blood is Thicker Than Color – novel, self-published in 2014 October