GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION
JULY 2014
Top-25 Winners and Finalists​
1st-place winner:
Claire Luchette for "Full"
2nd-place winner:
Omid Fallahazad for "Arrested"
3rd-place winner:
Louise Blecher Rose for "Deus Ex Machina"
And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:
Owen Calloway for "The Ottomani Bible"
Martha Clarkson for "My Summer of the Windows Down"
Jaimee Wriston Colbert for "The Hoodie's Tale"
Vanessa Cuti for "Explanations"
Liz Dalton for "A Story About Snow"
Barbara Fried for "A Betting Man"
Ellen Furman for "Life From a Lower View"
Christopher Green for "The Convalescent"
Bard Hovenga for "Miracle Balloon Saves Man"
Caitlin Jennings for "A New Life at 30"
Elise Liu for "Like a Tree Falling Down"
Natalie Lund for "Your Map"
Richard Macdonald for "My Mother's Grave Is in New Jersey"
Matthew Neely for "Home"
Benjamin Olcott for "Expanders and Reducers"
Shane Remer for "Terminal Velocity"
Sajan Saini for "Frequently Asked Questions Before Your First Knife Fight"
William Shih for "Mink"
Hannah Somerville for "Felix"
David Ullrich for "Just Kids"
Liesl Wilke for "Falling"
Michelle Wing for "Donuts"