GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

NOVEMBER 2011

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

David Goguen for "Old Teeth"

2nd-place winner:

Allison Frase Reavis for "Episodic Tremors"

3rd-place winner:

James Wheeler for "The International Typographers Union"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Joseph Ballou for "The Lies Surrounding the Goat"
Stephanie Brown for "Bony Landmarks"
Jody Callahan for "She Gave Me Back the City"
Karim Dimechkie for "Misunderstanding"
Robyn Gertner for "Cracked"
Amanda Hartzell for "What the Water Is"
Tagreid Hassabo for "Icebreakers"
Sativa January for "What Margaret Left"
Leah Kaminsky for "To the Bright Blue Skies and Away"
Kobus Moolman for "Extracts from a Dispensable Life"
Genevieve Plunkett for "The Rodeo"
Kelly Rebar for "A Half Cord Split and Stacked"
Matthew Rossi for "The Bee, Ha-Shem"
Amy Schleunes for "Gladys In Pieces"
Adam P. Sexton for "What the Boys Will Eat"
Melissa Stacy for "The Drop Stop"
Jennifer Thompson for "Friendship Manor"
Cyn Vargas for "Stillness"
Siamak Vossoughi for "The Beauty School"
Kristin Walrod for "Downtown Crowd"
Marguerite Weisman for "Right Knife"
Paula Yoo for "Counting"