GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS
FEBRUARY 2014
Top-25 Winners and Finalists​
1st-place winner:
Melanie Lefkowitz for "The Mango"
2nd-place winner:
Kathleen Boyle for "Burial Rites of Northern Italians"
3rd-place winner:
Olivia Postelli for "In the Glow"
And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:
Jennifer Acker for "A Week of Abalone"
Mari Amend for "Diplomat's Son"
Jeffrey Bakkensen for "Wings"
Auguste Budhram for "What We Think We Know"
Nicole Busch for "Through the Darkness"
Ruby Cowling for "The Ground Is Considerably Distorted"
Michael Dao for "A Thanksgiving Story"
Catherine Dehdashti for "Niagara"
Anita Felicelli for "The Logic of Someday"
J. Iribarne for "Swimming Three Times a Week"
Marita Lopez-Mena for "A Couple of Crazy Kids"
Jim Minick for "Who Cooks for You?"
Joan Mora for "Heartwood"
Mary Morris for "The Gifted Class"
Elliot Sanders for "The Pleasure Seekers"
Anneliese Schultz for "Rockaway"
Rachel Signer for "Dancer"
Andre Simoneau for "The Bridges We Build"
Emily Sullivan for "This Is What Happens After"
Rebecca Swanson for "Over, Under, Around and Through"
Gregory Walklin for "The Thing Speaks for Itself"
Joel Wayne for "Brother's Keeper"