GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION

WINTER 2001/2002

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Eric Puchner for "Neon Tetra"

2nd-place winner:

Joe Millar for "Witness to the Black Book, and Other Stories"

3rd-place winner:

Inderjeet Mani for "A Drink of Water"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Jacob Appel for "Beshert"
Pamela Balluck for "Thanksgiving 2000"
Sheila Barrett for "Frank Sinatra and the Bombers' Moon"
George Fahey for "Gulf War Syndrome"
Mary Beth Folia for "Before Memorial Day"
Ramin Ganeshram for "Paper Trail"
Meg Giles for "Gila Bend"
Carrie Haber for "The Red Line"
Guy Harrison for "Whirl"
Melissa Henderson for "Meatloaf"
Ann Jones for "Tiete Moving, Talking, Sewing, Reading, Flying"
Richard Krepski for "The Names for Snow"
Eric Laster for "Conservation"
Janice Levy for "You Don't Know Mugsy?"
Kabeera McCorkle for "The Bet"
Alexandra Migoya for "When Somebody Dies on Our Island"
Dan Pope for "Slicker"
Sam Sacks for "A Few of God's Children"
Karen Ann Thumm for "Section 34"
Bob Thurber for "If You'd Like to Make A Call, Please Hang Up"
Gerard Varni for "The Impulse of Breathing"
Lex Williford for "Nate and Drake"