The final fifteen submissions in this year’s Summer Short Story Award for New Writers are now in the hands of our guest judge, Jennine Capó Crucet, who will select our three finalists. Please help us congratulate our shortlisted authors! Thank you so much to each and every one of our wonderful submitters. Every year, you make this such a difficult decision. Submissions to this year’s Winter Short Story Award are open now through February 1!
“INCIDENTAL CONTACT” by Hal Ackerman
“Paper Duck Making!” by Kaitlyn Andrews-Rice
“O! Beloved Orphan” by Matthew Breit
“Flash. Bang. Nothing.” by Spencer Brownstein
“UNDELIVERANCES” by Charlie M. Case
“Ahmet Usta” by Hardy Griffin
“The Corpse Flowers” by Thomas Heise
“The Hurt I Am Rendering” by Nathan Kimball
“Strawberries, Metal and Blood” by Caoimhe McKeogh
“Shimmy At Sea” by David Quintas
“Valentine’s Day” by Elizabeth Ramsey
“Bloodline” by Ashley Rous
“We Weep Together” by Yan Ruan
“The Interview” by Lorenza Starace
“Will the Real Kim Novak Please Stand Up” by Rachel Vogel