Glimmer Train Deadline Approaches

Glimmer Train's February Short Story Award for New Writers closes February 28. They're looking for original, unpublished stories by writers whose fiction has not been presented in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000. Maximum word count: 12,000. (Any shorter lengths are welcome.) First-place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 79 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners win $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700).
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Winners and finalists of the November Short Story Award for New Writers have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted! Our thanks to all of you for letting us read your stories!

1st place: "The Work of Hunters Is Another Thing" by D M Gordon
2nd place: "From the Needle of Gwen" by Amanda Korman
3rd place: "General, After the Tornado" by Tara Stillions

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