GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION

SUMMER 2004

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Sallie Bingham for "Oh Beautiful City of Dreams"

2nd-place winner:

Belle Boggs for "Youngest Daughter"

3rd-place winner:

Kristin Faletic for "Southbound"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Elizabeth Bernardin for "Moon"
Justin Brusino for "Snapshots"
Tracy Burkholder for "The Wisdom Line"
Melissa Checker for "The Room"
Kent Evans for "On Top of the Giant"
Yuko Frost for "Seaweed"
Ric Jahna for "Myrna on the Bus"
Joshua Kamler for "Drowning Is Like This"
Dana Kroos for "Beyond the Foothills"
Val E Nye for "The Blacktop Road to Middletown"
Gabrielle Parent for "Pink Felt"
Robert Perchan for "Steam Irons of Pusan"
Jim Poyser for "In Our Absence"
William Preston for "What My Father Doesn't Know About Driving at Night"
Jeffrey Roesgen for "Lillian's Pewter"
Heather Ryan for "Gracie and Jacob"
Karen Sagstetter for "Speaking Up"
Sybil Smith for "A Bright Yellow and Black Bird"
Giuseppe Taurino for "As close As We'll Ever Get"
Siamak Vossoughi for "An Artist"
Jason Wallace for "Resurfacing"
Gwendolyn Whiteside for "The Skin of Dirt"