GLIMMER TRAIN'S
FAMILY MATTERS

OCTOBER 2011

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Joseph Vastano for "Twinning"

2nd-place winner:

Aisha Gawad for "My Cousin Luna Sleeps on Super 8 Motel Beds"

3rd-place winner:

Nahal Suzanne Jamir for "My Mother's Hands in My Mouth"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Lee Barclay for "Arrow Bearer"
H.V. Chao for "My Father's Hand"
Howard Cincotta for "Exit to Bethesda"
Patricia Wang Cross for "Family Resemblance"
Alberto Daniels for "Calle Bruja"
Jennifer Davis for "Fuck Golf"
Sophia Efthimiatou for "The Speech"
Meghan Evans for "Jars of Ash"
Laurie Frankel for "1965-Present"
Michael Greenwald for "In a Dark Mind"
Soo Yeon Hong for "Dandelions"
Carrie Knowles for "Searching for Clint Eastwood"
Doug Lawson for "My Year Under the Dog Star"
Mark Grayson Mayer for "Solidarity Forever"
Michael Milliner for "Sewer Dogs"
Jacob Newberry for "That Failing Earth"
Alicia Oltuski for "Option for Return"
Analisa Raya-Flores for "Before Your Father"
Aria Beth Sloss for "Greenland Is Dying"
Christine Sneed for "Older Sister"
Philip Walsh for "Cottages"
Malena Watrous for "Omnivore"