We are delighted to announce the fifteen stories selected for this year’s Summer Short Story Award for New Writers shortlist! Thank you to every one of our submitters, who made our jobs so difficult, and congratulations to the fifteen writers represented on the list below. Guest judge Chelsea Bieker will be selecting her favorite three from this list, which we will publish next spring!
Leap Year by Chloe Alberta
Lavender Hill by Aba Amissah Asibon
The Distant Daughter by Brenda Salinas Baker
Penelope and the Lotus Eaters by Casey Bell
Jamie Takes the Wand by Emma Binder
The Atonement of Uli Baal by Zeeva Bukai
Homeboy by Nancy Garcia
Blood and Phlegm by Alexandra Gilwit
Run, Sister by Lindsay Haber
The Sum of All Amazements by Lyndsie Manusos
Vacation by Kells McPhillips
Feu Follet by Rebecca Meredith
The Original Model by Laura Picklesimer
Gleaners by Richard Schwarzenberger
Something Good by Melissa Sonico