GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

FALL 1996

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Ami Silber for "Pacific"

2nd-place winner:

Erwin Rosinberg for "Medical History"

3rd-place winner:

Rose Allison for "Redemption"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Rebecca Bailey for "The Water Beneath the Water"
Kevin Brockmeier for "Did"
Kevin Eldridge for "The Ballad for Billy Darling"
Francesca French for "Ruth"
Virginia Hartman for "Talisman"
Louise Hawes for "Wisdom"
Judith Hemschemeyer for "When the Lid Pops"
John Hennessy for "Complicity"
Mary Hoffman for "Nancy and Fatima"
Ron Howland for "Providence"
Frank Moretti for "A Look into the Future"
Rachel Neumann for "Bra Shopping"
Amy Novesky for "Angel"
Michael Olin-Hitt for "My Third Baptism"
Dori Ostermiller for "Stained Glass Jesus"
Lydia Peelle for "Their Bed"
Dennis Poledna for "Whenever Lee Sings"
Sharon Pomerantz for "Retreat"
Linda Stewart-Oaten for "The Bobby, Mom and Mel Show"
Deborah Tarnoff for "Detour"
Julia van der Ryn for "Life on Mount Olympus, Etc."
Annette Weathers for "Postage"