July 1, 2010 |
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Upcoming deadline: | |||
![]() | The July Very Short Fiction closes July 31. This category is open to original, unpublished stories of all subjects and themes. We welcome yours! See guidelines. | ||
![]() | Entries should not exceed 3,000 words. (Any shorter lengths are welcome.) First place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 81 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300 (or, if chosen for publication, $700). | ||
![]() | Editors' Take on Very Short Fiction Submissions. |
Essays in this bulletin: | |
![]() | Jenny Zhang: When I listen to myself on those tapes now, I pity my four-year-old self—how I struggled to perform a happiness that I hardly felt, how I pursued details and embellishments that I thought would delight and charm my parents when really what I wanted to say was: Why did you leave me here? (more) |
![]() | Nic Brown: I figured if I spent my free time crunching rankings points and following obscure international doubles specialists, I might as well write about them, too. I self diagnosed: If you want the writing to come easily, write about what you're obsessed with. It made the act an indulgence. The result: Doubles, a novel. My first. (more) |
![]() | Thomas E. Kennedy: I set off by thumb and bus to see my country, worked my way around the US, trying to learn to write. I spent a couple of nights in jail, slept in fields, on lake banks, by the Big Sur River, narrowly escaped a good many years in prison… (more) |
![]() | Justin Kramon: But somehow, after wandering the halls of one particular story, I stumbled on some real feelings. I knew it by the energy of the language, the fact that I wasn't trying to impress anyone but rather get a hold on something in myself. (more) |
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Results of the April Family Matters competi![]() | |
Winners and finalists have been notified, and the Top-25 list is posted! (note) Our thanks to all of you for letting us read your stories! | |
![]() | 1st place: "We Love You Crispina" by Jenny Zhang |
![]() | 2nd place: "The Man in the Elevator" by Joy Wood |
![]() | 3rd place: "When We're Lying" by Linda Legters |
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Looking forward,![]() Sisters and Editors Glimmer Train Stories, represented in recent editions of the Pushcart Pr ![]() from the South, New Stories from the Midwest, and Best American Short Stories anthologies. |
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