Past Contest Winners

2019 Essay Contest Winner: What I wish I’d known

Bonnie Hearn Hill Updated January 6, 2020

Read the first-place winner of our 2019 Essay Contest

Shannon Skaff Published July 19, 2019

I wait for him in the corner. Sitting on the floor, behind the bed, under the single bulb. I wait there because it will take … Read More “2018 Short Story Contest Winner: Gazelle”

Markús Már Efraím Updated July 10, 2019

Read “The Tower Block: Apartment 1307” by Markús Már Efraím, the winning essay from our 2018 Flash Contest.

Gerard J Waggett Published June 21, 2019

Read “My Rudy” by Gerard J Waggett, the third-place winner in our The Coming Change short story contest.

Jamieson Findlay Published June 13, 2019

Read “The Afterlife” by Jamieson Findlay, the second-place winner in our short story contest “The Coming Change.”

Claire Mulligan Updated June 4, 2019

My occupant left me yawing wide today, banging in the autumn winds, my acanthus doorknocker pocked with rain. She has been doing this often of … Read More “Short fiction contest winner: Doors”

Lish Troha Published March 28, 2019

Read “Night” by Lish Troha, the third-place winner of our “Let There Be Light” short story contest.

Amanda Niehaus Published March 28, 2019

Read the second-place winner of our “Let There Be Light” contest, “Eclipse” by Amanda Niehaus

Melissa Bowers Updated January 31, 2019

“Do you regret it?” he asks. I almost run the stop sign. From the backseat, the baby shrieks for more Cheerios, and my husband tries … Read More “Essay Contest Winner: Balancing blocks”