The results are in! Kelly Link has chosen “The Sisters” by Angie Ellis as the grand prize winner of the 2023-2024 Winter Short Story Award for New Writers. Ellis’s story will be published on our site later this year alongside our other finalists. You won’t want to miss this terrific story. Submissions are currently open for this year’s summer contest, so be sure to get your own stories submitted before the August 25 deadline. Congratulations to Angie and all of our finalists, and thank you so much to every single one of our submitters! We couldn’t do this without you.
Winner
“The Sisters” by Angie Ellis
Second Place Finalist
“Feu Follet” by Rebecca Meredith
Third Place Finalist
“Linoleum People” by Eliza Gilbert
Honorable Mention
“The Two Things Blassie Knows” by Clayton Bradshaw-Mittal