GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

FALL 2005

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Julie Hirsch for "Breathe"

2nd-place winner:

William Kwong for "The Border Between Today and Tomorrow"

3rd-place winner:

Nathan Ihara for "Brother John"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Natalie Bakopoulos for "Babies"
Christopher Balduf for "Banana River"
Olufunke Bankole for "The Irreplaceable"
Mark Baumgartner for "Piasa"
Jamy Bond for "The Country Between Us"
Justin Brusino for "How to Make a Fist"
Elaine Chiew for "Leng Lui is for Pretty Lady"
Susan Coppola for "Mitzvah"
Jim Curtiss for "Sheboygan, Poland"
Ryan Effgen for "Rowing to Russia"
Francesca French for "Old Bells"
Katheryn Krotzer laborde for "Leave"
Sara Levine for "Diagnosis"
Matt Oday for "Waiting"
Melissa Pavlik for "Between Friends"
Alice Radin for "The Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats"
Jeffrey Roesgen for "A Day for Races"
Anne Schott for "The Reservoir"
Nora Simpson for "Eulala's Knee"
Johanna Skibsrud for "The House Carpenter"
Louise Farmer Smith for "The Apartment on Riverside Drive"
Timothy Weed for "The Second Ascent"