Glimmer Train Very Short Fiction Contest Winners :: March 2011

Glimmer Train has just chosen the winning stories for their January Very Short Fiction competition. This competition is held twice a year and is open to all writers for stories with a word count not exceeding 3000. No theme restrictions. The next Very Short Fiction competition will take place in July.

Glimmer Train’s monthly submission calendar may be viewed here.

First place: Matt Lapata, of Chicago, IL, wins $1200 for “Ohio Home.” His story will be published in the Summer 2012 issue of Glimmer Train Stories. [Photo credit: Dio Traverso.]

Second place: Jennie Lin, of Mountain View, CA, wins $500 for “Seven Winters of Teeth.”

Third place: Rav Grewal-Kök, of Brooklyn, NY, wins $300 for “Prisoners.”

A PDF of the Top 25 winners can be found here.

Deadline for the March Fiction Open: March 31

This competition is held quarterly and is open to all writers. Word count range: 2000-20,000. No theme restrictions. Click here for complete guidelines.