January 10, 2010 In this issue: Deadlines and results: The Very Short Fiction Award closes January 31. See guidelines. Gina Ochsner: Who Wins? Cary Holladay: I Want My Basket David Rothman: Muse Lost, Muse Found Andrew Porter: The Long First Draft Upcoming deadlines and results: The January Very Short Fiction Award closes January 31. Entries should not exceed 3,000 words. (Any shorter lengths are welcome.) First place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 79 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700). Winners and finalists of the October Family Matters competition have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted. Our thanks to all of you for letting us read your work!       1st place: "The Flood" by Cary Holladay       2nd place: "Where the Boys Went Swimming" by Scott Tucker       3rd place: "The Two Thousand Dollar Sock" by Megan Mayhew Bergman

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