GLIMMER TRAIN'S
VERY SHORT FICTION

SUMMER 1999

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Christopher Bundy for "Smells like Rain"

2nd-place winner:

Paul B. Kiel for "Winter"

3rd-place winner:

P. H. Stevenson for "The Day He Died"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Joey Brown for "The Pond in Winter"
Vincent Louis Carrella for "Merganser"
Christina Chiu for "The Barn"
Lindsey Crittenden for "The Impact of Geography"
Jodi Daynard for "Learning to Speak"
Kim Douglas for "Cake"
Noah Feehan for "The Finger"
Sarah Flygare for "Things to Know Before You Go: A Glossary of Terms"
Kathleen Harris for "Mourning"
Lyall F. Harris for "Inheritance"
Alan C. Iannacito for "Drowning Man"
Rufus Juskus for "Meditation on a Still Life"
Jane La Motte for "To the Maid"
Jennifer Lapidus for "Off Season"
Goldberry Long for "The Poacher’s Daughter"
J. Annie MacLeod for "A Very Short Story Begins on a Farm"
Shannon McNamara for "A Winter Month"
Kevin Oh for "Bald Spot"
George Pieper for "Toccato in Dark Flowers"
Megan Rider for "Yellow through Red"
Jennifer Swender for "Time and the Seizures"
Christopher Torockio for "Utility"