November 1, 2008
 

Dear Glimmer Train readers and writers,

In this issue:

Upcoming deadlines and results:
  • The November Short Story Award for New Writers competition closes November 30. We're looking for original, unpublished stories by writers whose fiction has not been printed in a publication with a circulation over 5,000. Word count range: 500 – 12,000. First place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 74 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700).
  • Winners and finalists of the August Very Short Fiction  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: "No One Comes Up Here By Accident" by Michael Schiavone
          2nd place: "The Bridge Is Moving" by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
          3rd place: "Precarious Things" by Debbie Weingarten

Glimmer Train Stories, winter issue, #69 is out! Here's what you'll find inside:

Xhenet Aliu's "You Say Tomato"
David Koon's "Four Sisters"
Will Boast's "Diplomats"
Thisbe Nissen's "Home Is Where the Heart Gives Out and We Arouse the Grass"
Ron Savage's "Baby Mine"
Johanna Skibsrud's "This Will Be Difficult to Explain, and Other Stories"
David Borofka's "Coincidence"
E.A. Durden's "Mr. Dabydeen"
Frederick Reiken's "Shadow"
Sara Whyatt's article, Silenced Voices: Sihem Bensedrine

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

People always ask me about the characters in my books as if they're all living in my house. They'll ask how my… more

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Looking forward,

Co-editors and sisters