GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION

JULY 2010

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

J. Kevin Shushtari for "The Vast Garden of Strangers"

2nd-place winner:

Graham Arnold for "The Story Is in The Reflection"

3rd-place winner:

Nahal Suzanne Jamir for "In Perfect English"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Julian Anderson for "Are We There Yet?"
Amy Boulanger for "Snapshots"
Stace Budzko for "10 Feet Tall and Bulletproof"
Michael Craddock for "Wherever I Lay My Hat"
Carlos Delgado for "Is Still"
David Goguen for "When Are You Gonna Come Down?"
Michelle Grajeda for "Jesus and Jolene"
Elizabeth Anne Hegwood for "Migrants"
Anne Hindes for "You Silly Handsome Son of a Bitch"
Benjamin Janse for "Up, Up"
Howard Junker for "The Other Side"
Irene Keliher for "Cape Flattery"
Roya Khatiblou for "Parts of Me You Can't Feel"
Jason Maurer for "Fifteen Seconds"
Rheea Mukherjee for "Unspeakable"
Jen Murvin Edwards for "Basic Pedicure"
Natanya Pulley for "The Accidents"
Analisa Raya-Flores for "The Staring Contest"
Jonathan Rosenbloom for "Terremoto"
Susan Scint for "Camel Slap"
Laura Stubbins for "The Drinking Bird Universe"
Deena Varner for "The St. Louis Leg"