May 1, 2009



In this issue:

Upcoming deadlines and results:
  • The Short Story Award for New Writers competition closes May 31. We're looking for original, unpublished stories by writers whose fiction has not been presented in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000. Word count range: 500 - 12,000. First-place wins $1,200 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories Issue 74. Second- and third-place winners win $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700).
  • Winners of the February Very Short Fiction 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: "Virtuous Woman" by Rollie Hochstein
          2nd place: "Best Western" by Anne de Marcken
          3rd place: "Levitation" by Evan Christopher Burton
Glimmer Train Stories, summer issue, #71 is out! Here's what you'll find inside:

Carmiel Banasky's "Save"
Hubert Ahn’s "Korean Wedding"
Cynthia Gregory’s "Melting at Both Ends"
Johnny Townsend’s "Pronouncing the Apostrophe"
Marc Basch's "Morth"
Lindsey Crittenden’s "Which Leaves Me"
Diana Spechler’s "Proximity"
Scott Schrader’s "Marijuana, Lipton Tea, and Jazz"
Mary Morrissy's "The Scream"
Interview with David Leavitt
Kuangyan Huang's "Noodles"
Sara Whyatt's article, Silenced Voices: Raisedon Baya and Chris Mlalazi
And here's a taste of the new Writers Ask:

I like to be able to see a scene. In the opening scene of Enduring Love, for example… more

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Looking forward,

Co-editors and sisters