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Summer Short Story Award 1st Place: “Elbow in Zulu” by Dara Kell
April 8, 2024
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April 1, 2024
Summer Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Broken Animals” by Aurora Stone Mehlman
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March 25, 2024
Summer Short Story Award 3rd Place: “Dog Days” by Catherine Carberry
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March 18, 2024
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “Level of Emergency” by Tanya Nikiforova
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “That Chookaloski Mare” by Ashley Thorup
March 11, 2024
Reprint Prize Winner: “The Dowsing of Linus Spalding” by Craig M. Foster
February 5, 2024
Reprint Prize Runner-Up: “Numbers” by Éanlaí P. Cronin
February 5, 2024
Reprint Prize Runner-Up: “Don’t Stop Now” by Seth Fischer
February 5, 2024
Small Fiction Awards Sudden Fiction Winner: “Immaculate” by Susanna Cupido
December 11, 2023
Small Fiction Awards Sudden Fiction Runner-Up: “Nectar” by Kerry Anderson
December 4, 2023
Small Fiction Awards Flash Winner: “Whale Song” by Jeff Martin
November 27, 2023
Small Fiction Awards Flash Runner-Up: “Hatching Moths” by Emily Pegg
November 13, 2023
Small Fiction Awards Micro Winner: “Sandbox” by Colin Bonini
November 6, 2023
Small Fiction Awards Micro Runner-Up: “Naz 8 Cinemas” by Aliza Ali Khan
October 30, 2023
Winter Short Story Award 1st Place: “Advanced Reader” by Donovan Swift
October 16, 2023
Winter Short Story Award, 2nd Place: “Where They Come From” by Casey Gentry Quinn
October 9, 2023
Winter Short Story Award, 3rd Place: “The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán
October 2, 2023
Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “The Developer” by Sarah Walsh
September 18, 2023
Novel Excerpt Contest 1st Place: “Calling Out” by Robyn Jefferson
August 28, 2023
Novel Excerpt Contest 2nd Place: “Crybaby” by Mariah Adcox
August 21, 2023
Novel Excerpt Contest Honorable Mention: “The Blood Hustle” by Alice Hatcher
August 14, 2023
Summer Short Story Award 1st Place: “Homeboy” by Nancy Garcia
April 17, 2023
Summer Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Leap Year” by Chloe Alberta
April 10, 2023
Summer Short Story Award 3rd Place: “The Distant Daughter” by Brenda Salinas Baker
April 3, 2023
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “The Sum of All Amazements” by Lyndsie Manusos
March 27, 2023
Flash Fiction Contest 1st Place: “Out, Brief Candle” by Hannah Rose Roberts
December 12, 2022
Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place: “The Physiology of Arriving” by Michele Wong
December 5, 2022
Flash Fiction Contest 3rd Place: “My Sister Versus Tomatoes” by Kate Barss
November 28, 2022
Flash Fiction Contest Honorable Mention: “Sealskin” by Haley Kennedy
November 14, 2022
Winter Short Story Award 1st Place: “Russian Thistle” by Laura Farnsworth
November 7, 2022
Winter Short Story Award 2nd Place: “A Single Mark” by Reena Shah
October 31, 2022
Winter Short Story Award 3rd Place: “Creeper” by Taylor Sykes
October 24, 2022
Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “The Crown Prince of Koi” by Daniel Abiva Hunt
October 17, 2022
Novel Excerpt Contest 1st Place: “Take Warning: The Ballad of Sammy Slug” by Glenn Lester
October 3, 2022
Novel Excerpt Contest 2nd Place: “Hakuri” by Jessica Cavero
September 26, 2022
Novel Excerpt Contest 3rd Place: “The Slapjack” by Alan Sincic
September 19, 2022
Novel Excerpt Contest Honorable Mention: “Red State” by Allie Torgan
September 12, 2022
Summer Short Story Award 1st Place: “Night Stencils” by Sherine Elbanhawy
March 21, 2022
Summer Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Wish You Were Here” by Carlee Jensen
March 14, 2022
Summer Short Story Award 3rd Place: “All This is Yours to Lose” by Marcus Tan
March 7, 2022
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “Degenerate Matter” by Jennifer Galvão
February 28, 2022
Flash Fiction Contest 1st Place: “Agora é Sempre” by Tanya Perkins
November 15, 2021
Flash Fiction Contest 2nd Place: “Play That Again” by John Glowney
November 8, 2021
Flash Fiction Contest 3rd Place: “How to Develop (Film)” by Candice May
November 1, 2021
Flash Fiction Contest Honorable Mention: “Everywhere, All at Once” by Emily Roth
October 25, 2021
Chapbook Contest Excerpt: “Masterplans” by Nick Almeida
August 23, 2021
Winter Short Story Award 1st Place: “Straight to My Heart” by Dean Jamieson
August 9, 2021
Winter Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Collection of the Artist” by Corey Flintoff
August 2, 2021
Winter Short Story Award 3rd Place: “You’re Not the Only One” by William Hawkins
July 26, 2021
Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “Celestial Navigation” by Heather Marshall
July 19, 2021
Summer Short Story Award 1st Place: “Burning” by Adeline Lovell
March 15, 2021
Summer Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Matchbox” by Nancy Ludmerer
March 8, 2021
Summer Short Story Award 1st Place: “Elbow in Zulu” by Dara Kell
Summer Short Story Award 2nd Place: “Broken Animals” by Aurora Stone Mehlman
Summer Short Story Award 3rd Place: “Dog Days” by Catherine Carberry
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “Level of Emergency” by Tanya Nikiforova
Summer Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “That Chookaloski Mare” by Ashley Thorup
Reprint Prize Winner: “The Dowsing of Linus Spalding” by Craig M. Foster
Reprint Prize Runner-Up: “Numbers” by Éanlaí P. Cronin
Reprint Prize Runner-Up: “Don’t Stop Now” by Seth Fischer
Small Fiction Awards Sudden Fiction Winner: “Immaculate” by Susanna Cupido
Small Fiction Awards Sudden Fiction Runner-Up: “Nectar” by Kerry Anderson
Small Fiction Awards Flash Winner: “Whale Song” by Jeff Martin
Small Fiction Awards Flash Runner-Up: “Hatching Moths” by Emily Pegg
Small Fiction Awards Micro Winner: “Sandbox” by Colin Bonini
Small Fiction Awards Micro Runner-Up: “Naz 8 Cinemas” by Aliza Ali Khan
Winter Short Story Award 1st Place: “Advanced Reader” by Donovan Swift
Winter Short Story Award, 2nd Place: “Where They Come From” by Casey Gentry Quinn
Winter Short Story Award, 3rd Place: “The River at the End of the Road” by Hillary Millán
Winter Short Story Award Honorable Mention: “The Developer” by Sarah Walsh
Novel Excerpt Contest 1st Place: “Calling Out” by Robyn Jefferson
Novel Excerpt Contest 2nd Place: “Crybaby” by Mariah Adcox
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