October 1, 2010 |
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![]() | The October Family Matters competi![]() October 31. See guidelines. | ||
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![]() | Open to ALL writers. | ||
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![]() | Word count not to exceed 12,000. (Any shorter lengths are welcome.) | ||
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![]() | First place wins $1,200 and publication in Issue 82 of Glimmer Train Stories. Second- and third-place winners receive $500/$300 (or if chosen for publication, $700). | ||
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![]() | Note from the editors on Family Matters. |
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Essays in this bulletin: | |
![]() | Benjamin Percy: The story "Refresh, Refresh" was a ga![]() ![]() |
![]() | J. Kevin Shushtari: Nobody can teach you, for example, how to feel compassion; you either do or you don't. Still, not a single person ever asked me why I was going to medical school. Not a single person said medicine can't be taught. (more) |
![]() | Justin Kramon: I would group the events into "main plot" and "subplots," which helped me see the rhythm of the book, and the way that subplots work in a novel. The biggest difference between the plots of novels and those of stories was the number and complexity of subplots. (more) |
![]() | Paola Corso: Of course, now I ask myself why I had waited so long to send it out. While I was certainly aware that story collections are more than ever a hard sell these days, I couldn't help but wonder if another part of me unconsciously wanted to honor the family sec![]() |
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Results of the July Very Short Fiction Award: | |
Winners and finalists 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 Vast Gar![]() |
![]() | 2nd place: "The Story Is in the Reflection" by Graham Arnold |
![]() | 3rd place: "In Perfect English" by Nahal Suzanne Jamir |
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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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