August 6, 2008

Dear Glimmer Train readers and writers,

In this issue:
Upcoming deadlines and results:
  • The Very Short Fiction competition closes August 31. Maximum word count: 3,000.
    First-place wins $1,200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories Issue 73. Second- and third-place winners win $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700).
  • Winners of the May Short Story Award for New Writers competition have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted! (And remember you can always check status of your online submissions by logging in and clicking on My Submissions.)

          1st place: "Among the Least of These" by John S. Walker
          2nd place: "Valentine Ave" by Matthew Mercier
          3rd place: "Comings and Goings" by Lisa Abramowicz

Glimmer Train Stories, fall issue, #68 is out! Here's what you'll find inside:

Hugh Sheehy's "After the Flood"
Armand ML Inezian's "See Me"
Ann Beattie's "Something Something"
Alvin Handelman's "Hurricane Man"
Yiyun Li Interview
Melanie Rae Thon's "Saviors"
Eileen FitzGerald's "Enough Dead Squirrel"
Evan Lavender-Smith's "Bad Numbers"
Ingrid Hill's "The Light on the Windows at Marienburg"
Sara Whyatt's article, Silenced Voices: Maung Thura

And here's a taste of the new Writers Ask:

When I began writing, I wrote stories because they seemed more manageable than novels. But I also feel that many people are encouraged to write novels when... more

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Looking forward,

Co-editors and sisters

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