GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2016

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Alex C. Jaros for "The Southwest Chief"

2nd-place winner:

Gabriel Houck for "You or a Loved One"

3rd-place winner:

Sonia C. Feigelson for "Easy, Exotic"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Albert A. Alla for "Yaté"
Marc S. Allen for "Pembine"
Amanda K. Avutu for "Edge of the Known Universe"
Lauren Barbato for "The Girls Go to Van Nuys"
Renee C. Branum for "Left"
Alun Evans for "On Wee"
Elisabeth M. Hamilton for "Boys and Girls and Women and Men"
Emerson Henry for "Rainforest"
Blair L. Hurley for "A Night Odyssey"
Gilbert B. Kaplan for "The Prospect Heart"
Naima M. Karczmar for "Naming It"
Maxime J. Kawawa-Beaudan for "Big Picture Kind Of Guy"
April O. Le for "Fangirl"
Michael F. Marino for "We Were All Hiding from Something"
Reece McCormack for "Something with Miles on It"
Andrea N. McLaughlin for "Nobody Likes A Blue Girl"
Lacey Rowland for "Atomic City"
Eric Schlich for "Merlin Lives Next Door"
Emily Temple for "My Past and Future Selves Wait Quietly on the Stairs"
Dana L. Thomann for "Weaning"
Carl F. Thompson Jr. for "Jellyne"
Sarah Westbrook for "Am I Right"