GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

AUGUST 2015

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

A. Campbell for "On Fleek/Fleek On"

2nd-place winner:

Mary Kate Varnau for "Supernova"

3rd-place winner:

René Houtrides for "Senior Spring"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Suzanne Barnecut for "We'll Be Fine"
Nicola Cataldo for "Mayonnaise"
Kathy Conde for "A Family Alphabet"
Cora Cruz for "Material Conditions"
Melissa Fraterrigo for "Downer"
Diana Friedman for "Tempest"
Jonathan Frith for "Ham and Cheese (Everything Has Changed)"
Yen Ha for "Hidden Acts of Repair"
Rebecca Kantor for "All That You Hurl at the Moon"
Sam Katz for "Marco, Polo"
Dennis Lanson for "Eight Things to Do Before Flying to Africa"
R.B. Moreno for "Snap Box"
Lydia Paar for "Elegant Universe"
Nicole Pearce for "Hospital"
Jane Perry for "Little Pieces"
Laura Pierson for "Ash"
Thea Prieto for "Letter to Bug"
Jon Reiner for "Where You Are Tonight, Sweet Marie"
Celia Seupel for "Everything I Know"
Andrew Stancek for "Dreams of August"
David Yee for "Clean for Him the Ashes"
Bryan Young for "A Letter of Acceptance"