Winner "Exit Strategies of a Great Squirrel Army" by Michael Welch From judge Kevin Wilson: What begins as a wonderful examination of the dynamics of work, the main character Andre…

Winner “Come Tomorrow” by Nina Sudhakar From judge Kirstin Valdez Quade: When a young photographer’s scooter breaks down in a remote village near her grandmother’s city, she finds the village…

Winner "The Other Osama," by Hassaan Mirza Second Place   "Good New Teeth," by Mark Doyle Finalists "Driftwood," by Josie Tolin "Flame Jumps the Gap," by Matthew Gordon "Inheritance," by…

Winner Nicole Simonsen, "Lucky, Lucky, Lucky" Nicole Simonsen’s short stories have appeared in Booth, Tin House Online, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere. She teaches at a high school in Sacramento,…

Winner   Jinwoo Chong, "The Lesser Light of Dying Stars" Jinwoo Chong is currently an MFA candidate for fiction at Columbia University, where he serves as Online Editor for Columbia…

Winner Christina Leo, "The Blue Bull" Second Place Michael Howerton, "Hopewell" Finalists Catalina Bode, "A Bedroom in the Kitchen" Shubha Venugopal, "Belonging" Steven Fromm, "Po-Ya 6" Ethan Feuer, "Quartering winds"…

Winner Matthew Dougherty, “Tokoloshe” Second Place Heather De Bel, “Listening to Birds” Finalists Kelle Groom, “A Beginners Guide to Hieroglyphs” Kate Lister Campbell, “Boiling Out” Bridgette Shade, “Lifespan of a…

Winner Cady Vishniac, "Girls Girls Girls" Honorable Mention Jared Lipof, "Mastermind" Finalists Michael Mark, "A Good Man" Laura Farnsworth, "Carlsbad" Tom Howard, "Scarecrows" Neha Chaudhary-Kamdar, "Seventeen Things About My Friend…

Winner J. L. Montavon, "Recursions" Honorable Mention Sonya Larson, "Gabe Dove" Finalists Priya Balasubramanian, "All the Animals" Erica Eisen, "Receive Us Every One" Donna Miele, "Fealty" Lara Palmquist, "Beneath New…

Winner Mary LaChapelle, "Floating Garden" Honorable Mention John Mauk, "Hooligan Present" Finalists J. Bowers, “Based On A True Story” Tina Egnoski, “Do You Believe?” Erica Eisen, “Second Eden” Cary Groner,…

Winner Barrett Warner, "Dimension" Honorable Mention Margaret Osburn, "When Desire Can't Find Its Object" Finalists Gaetan Sgro, "We Are All Snowflakes and Cities" Sara C. Thomason, "Liberation Day" Robert Lehrman,…