2011 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose Winners

The winner and runners-up for the 2011 Barthelme Prize for Short Prose, as judged by Sarah Manguso, appear in the Summer/Fall 2012 issue of Gulf Coast:

Winner
“Grand Canyon II” by Erica Olsen of Dolores, CO

Runners-up
“Why I Became a Fireman” by Paul Zaic of Dumfries, VA
“Master Bedroom” by Sonja Vitow of Brighton, MA