Short Story Award for New Writers<BR>Top 25 Winners and Finalists<BR>Spring 1998

1st-place winner:
Christine Byl for "Bloom"

2nd-place winner:
Sean LaFleur for "Desert Wisdom"

3rd-place winner:
Kevin Brockmeier for "Apples"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Dwight Allen for "The Lizard Club"
Joseph Anthony for "All the News"
George Choundas for "Replevin"
Sandrea DeMinco for "Real and Unreal Estate"
Erika Diehl for "Blue"
Hope Donahue for "Island Life"
Lisa Green for "Twenty Seconds"
Sonya Huber for "Mouth"
Joe Jenkins for "Ephemeres"
Nancy Kern for "Hatter"
Barbara Lockhart for "Desk Work"
Georgia NeSmith for "Amazing Grace"
Justin Palmer for "Chewed"
Gary Eldon Peter for "Oranges"
Jenn Scheck for "Genesis: A Girl's Story"
Sam Silvas for "Terms You Can Understand"
Stephen Sund for "The Plan"
Vanessa Tribastone for "Hunters and Gatherers"
C. R. Ward for "The Kiss"
Robert Wilder for "The Hitching Post"
Julie Zapoli for "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know"
Silas Zobal for "The Day of the Radish"


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