GLIMMER TRAIN'S
SHORT STORY AWARD FOR NEW WRITERS

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2017

Top-25 Winners and Finalists​

1st-place winner:

Courtney Knowlton for "Mean Blonde Ponytail Girl"

2nd-place winner:

Alexandra B. Chang for "Tomb Sweeping Day"

3rd-place winner:

Amanda S. Torres for "Fortuna"

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:

Jason E. Carley for "Jesus Christ Adventure Park"
Natasha L. Cooke for "Lost in Insipidity"
Adam Dalva for "End of the Line"
David Englander for "The Man Downstairs"
Ally Glass-Katz for "A.K.A. Living"
G. Hanlon for "Carry In, Carry Out"
Emily Harnden for "Boy With One Wing"
Delphine Hirsh for "The Webbing"
James A. Jordan for "The Light Bearer"
Maxime J. Kawawa-Beaudan for "A Human Blows A Wonderful Opportunity For World Domination"
Celia R. Laskey for "The Details Will Be Ours"
Charlene Logan Burnett for "Drowners"
Alex Madison for "Night Vision"
Asa Montgomery for "Well No So"
Carmen A. Petaccio for "Harbingers All"
Olivia Postelli for "Thoughts on Flight"
Lyle T. Roebuck for "Of All the Things I'm Wrong About"
Lilly A. Schneider for "Horses"
Jordan A. Stillman for "Pleiades"
Justin D. Stone for "Gateway to the Rest"
Nick Story for "Tunneling"
Molly K. Sturdevant for "Shelter"