Anthology 5 Winners and Shortlist

Judge Tara Isabel Zambrano has done the difficult task of choosing the twenty winners for this year’s anthology! We’re so excited to publish these twenty stories on our website and then in print! We also want to congratulate the shortlisted writers who trusted us with their writing for this contest! We wish you the best of luck in finding a perfect home for your stories!

The winners are:

1. Wife 2.0 by Nancy Alvarado
2. Jigsaw by Anna Cabreros
3. Christina by Madison Cyr
4. One Day in December by Jomil Ebro
5. Nest by Genevieve Eichammer
6. Blossoming by Claire Gallagher
7. Dong Years by Deborah J. Hunter
8. Scintilla River by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis
9. Good Dog by Karin Kohlmeier
10. Another Friday by Buddfred Levi
11. Weed by Beth Cho Little
12. Blackberry Pie by Kay Nguyen
13. Sick Day by Kalpita Pathak
14. Kintsugi by Sascha Sizemore
15. The Bride Is Eating Cake and the DJ Is Playing Werewolves of London by Andrew Stancek
16. Birds by Laura Theis
17. Richter Scale for Heartbreak by Lynn Thorsen Jensen
18. Empty Bottle by Joseph V. Velaidum
19. Didn’t We Realize We Were Drowning? by Linda Wastila
20. Hands by Deb Waters

Congrats to everyone who was shortlisted for this contest! It’s a feat in itself!

1. Wife 2.0 Wife 2.0 by Nancy Alvarado
2. Veterans by Joshua Ambre
3. No Soap by Shauna Andrews
4. After the Rocket by Matt Binder
5. Abraham Ritter: March 7, 1949— by Lauren Bo
6. Isopentyl acetate by Jonathan Buckmaster
7. Jigsaw by Anna Cabreros
8. Christina by Madison Cyr
9. Lightyears Away by Scott Dorsch
10. One Day in December, My Trapezius Decided to Write a Short Epic Poem by Jomil Ebro
11. Nest by Genevieve Eichammer
12. Feeling Cakes by Susan Fuchtman
13. Blossoming by Claire Gallagher
14. Before The Everything After by Charlie Rogers & Jaime Gill
15. Dog Years by Deborah J. Hunter
16. Sister Sister by Robin Kalota
17. Scintilla River by Ariana-Sophia Kartsonis
18. Ripe by Gretta Trafficante
19. Good Dog by Karin Kohlmeier
20. Another Friday by Buddfred Levi
21. Weed by Beth Cho Little
22. Rock Dove by Megan Lui
23. Burn by Alison Luk
24. New You Wig Emporium by Andrea Marcusa
25. Last Things by Mark Morton
26. Close and Far Away by Michele Moseley
27. Blackberry Pie by Kay Nguyen
28. Sick Day by Kalpita Pathak
29. Some of Us Notice the Berries by Hannah Retallick
30. Miss Tafia, Her Snakes and Her People by Mary Ann Rojas
31. The Verizon Guy by Jen Shepherd
32. Kintsugi by Sascha Sizemore
33. Big Top by Rachael Smart
34. The Bride Is Eating Cake and the DJ Is Playing Werewolves of London by Andrew Stancek
35. Birds by Laura Theis
36. Richter Scale for Heartbreak by Lynn Thorsen Jensen
37. Empty Bottle by Joseph V. Velaidum
38. Percussion of Empty Rooms by Dana Wall
39. Didn’t We Realize We Were Drowning? by Linda Wastila
40. Hands by Deb Waters
41. By the Sea, By the Sea, By the Beautiful Sea by Sandra Yannone