2000 Creative Writing Contest Winners

"Crossing Thresholds"

"Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the window." --Ashleigh Brilliant, from I May Not Be Totally Perfect, But Parts Of Me Are Excellent
"it was the dark fo the new moon...he set his foot on the sill and stepped out the window." --Charles Frazier, from Cold Mountain

There are many windows and doors in people's lives. Some people spend their lives looking through the windows, afraid to go out into the world. Others take a step to meet a new challenge or find a new world, changing their lives forever because of that one decision to take a chance and cross the threshold.