June 3, 2008

Dear Glimmer Train readers and writers,

In this issue:

• Deadlines and results:
  June Fiction Open closes June 30.
• Frederick Reiken:
  Separating Author, Narrator, and Character
• Michelle Richmond:
  The Joys of Not Finishing...
• Allison Amend:
  I'm No Dan Brown

• The June Fiction Open closes June 30. Word count range: 2,000 – 20,000. First place wins $2,000 and publication in Issue 72 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $1,000/$600.

• Winners of the of the March Fiction Open competition have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted!
  
        1st place: "Shadow" by Frederick Reiken
        2nd place: "Splendid, Silent Sun" by Yelizaveta P. Renfro
        3rd place: "Rice Dish" by Emma Roper-Evans

We've recently accepted these stories for publication in Glimmer Train Stories (note):

Marc Basch's "Morth"
Paul Michel's "Not the King of Prussia"
Michael Schiavone's "Ghost Pain"
John M. Keller's "People Like Me Better Because I Like Guacamole"
Carmiel Banasky's "Dinner in Diaspora"
Ken Barris's "Puff Adder"

Looking forward,

Co-editors and sisters

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