GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION

JULY/AUGUST 2017

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Chase Burke for "That's That"

2nd-place winner:

Brian Yansky for "The Curse"

3rd-place winner:

Ajit Dhillon for "Waiting"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Margaret Adams for "Do No Harm"
Bipin Aurora for "The Fruit Cart"
Sylvie Bertrand for "The Garbage Strike"
Theodora Bishop for "A Small Service"
Donna Brownell for "The Hits Just Keep on Coming"
Karlyn Coleman for "I Can't Carry My Father"
D M Gordon for "Tip"
Fahima Haque for "How to Meet a Brown Girl's Parents"
Doug Kiklowicz for "The Ducks Are Gentlemen"
Bridget Muller for "Sadie, Every Angel Is Terrifying"
Adam Nazaroff for "The Milk Drinkers"
Hannah Pass for "Samkaup"
Julia Patt for "How to Care for Your New Feathers"
Anisa Rahim for "Dowry 2012 in a Meo village"
Nancy Reisman for "In the Neighborhood"
Johnna St. Cyr for "Chainsaw Scars"
Brittany Stahl for "Reasons I Cannot Sleep"
Molly Sturdevant for "Relatives"
Randolph Thomas for "Two Rooms"
Becky Tuch for "The Architect"
Siamak Vossoughi for "Deadpan"
Dwight Yates for "Reboot"