GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

NOVEMBER 2009

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

D M Gordon for "The Work of Hunters Is Another Thing"

2nd-place winner:

Amanda Korman for "From the Needle of Gwen"

3rd-place winner:

Tara Stillions for "General, After the Tornado"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Xavier Atkins for "Night Moves"
Peter Cameron for "Calf"
Priya Chandrasekaran for "The Stops"
Darleen Coleman for "History"
Caralyn Davis for "Pavlov's Dogs"
David Goguen for "Lucky Her"
Kate Kasten for "Fugue"
Irene Keliher for "Puno"
Jillian Koopman for "Seasonal Help"
Tsering Lama for "The Fire in the Settlement"
Jennifer Nunes for "Buy-One-Get-One"
Julia Phillips for "Inheritance"
Benjamin Rybeck for "Dad Stuff"
Chris Smith for "Quasimodo"
Emma Snyder for "(53, 72.1, 4:12)"
Charles Stein for "No Reply"
Mary Taugher for "Quake, Memory"
Jolan Turkington for "No Water Like That Here"
Paul Vidich for "A Popular Spot"
Cynthia Way for "Hot Peppers"
Joy Wood for "Ocean Avenue"
Y. J. Zhu for "The Ferryboat"