Short Story

OTHER FINALISTS
Saving the Jews, Paul Negri, Clifton, NJ

SEMI-FINALISTS
The Plumber’s Daughter, Paul Negri, Clifton, NJ

Great to see that former TNBW stalwart, Paul Negri, aka skeptikoi is busily writing award-winning stories.

Memphis

SHORT LIST
Band of Gold
Close Encounter
Davey’s Wrist
Fortress of Solitude
Gracie Under Fire
Revenge
The Hunt

OTHER FINALISTS

After Shock, T. D. Arkenberg, Arlington Heights, IL
Butterflies of Damascus, Agnieszka Miter, New York, NY
Collateral Damage, Mike Ditchfield, Edgartown, MA
Conversation at the Meuse, Mary Bradshaw, Flowood, MS
Doc, Paul Bartkiewictz, Sacramento, CA
Empty Eyes, Deb Jannerson, New Orleans, LA
Horsewomen, Hayley Lynch, New Orleans, LA
Isle Royale, Mark Munger, Duluth, MN
In the Name of the Father and the Son, Frank Cox, Atlanta, GA
Lifus Moon, Becky Browder, Jacksonville, AL
Long Time No See, Bruce Wexler, Elmhurst, IL,
Kitchen Door, Anita White, Baton Rouge, LA
Racing the Storm, Sudy Vance Leavy, Athens, GA
Ready, Jamie Spirito, Carlsbad, CA
Snip, Nancy Antle, New Haven, CT
Saving the Jews, Paul Negri, Clifton, NJ
Sold, Lily Huage, Garyville, LA
Some Cold War Blues, Dan Flanigan, Fairway, KS
Swan Lake, Susan Levi Wallach, Columbia, SC
The Chosen, Lottie Boggan, Jackson, MS
The End of Infinity, David Bennett Carren, Edinburg, TX?
The First Time I Beat a Chicken, Chandra Garcia, Phoenix, AZ
The Man Who Saved Baseball, Mike Tuoy, Jefferson, GA
The New World, Liz Gruder, New Orleans, LA
The Royal Road to Big Fish, Jack Stillwagon, Hamilton, NY
Unclean, Alysia Anderson, Folsom, LA
Way Station, Susan Kagan, Metairie, LA
When the Levee Breaks, Leslee Becker, Fort Collins, CO

SEMI-FINALISTS
American Forest Creatures, Max Diksztejn, San Francisco, CA
A Girl Called Penny, Jacqueline Guidry, Kansas City, MO
An Eventful Visit, Carlene Singleton, Brandon, MS
Anonymous, Max Diksztejn, San Francisco, CA
Another Strange Land, Ashley Anne Howard, Boston, MA
An Unseen Success, David Hernquist, Smyrna, GA
Apple Cake Rising, Elaine Crauder, Havertown, PA
Arrangements, Kim Bradley, St. Augustine, FL
At the End of the Sidewalk, Erica Arnold
Bullshit, Peter McDougal, Atlanta, GA
Cotton, Nancy Brock, Columbia, SC
Crimea, Mon Amour, Ania Savage, Denver, CO
Dialogue, Elias Carrier, New Orleans, LA
Grandfather, Paul Steele, Beaufort, SC
Emily and Jackie, Mary Summers Whittle, Charlottesville, VA
Expecting, Maureen D. Hall, West Tilsbury, MA
Flowers in Winter Light, Maureen Welch, St. Augustine, FL
Harold’s Riddle, Joyce K. Gordon, Glencoe, IL
Horror on Duke Street, Leslie Anne Daniels, Thorold, Ontario, Canada
How to Overcome a Painful Obsession, Obert Fittje, Tallahassee, FL
Hunting el Chupacabraj, Christopher Weber, Reno, NV
I Was Different Before They Hit The Ground, Kalista Puhnaty, Idylwild, CA
It Could Have Happened Like This, Nancy Avery Dafoe, Homer, NY
L.A. Siren, Scott Archer Jones, Angel Fire, NM
Laughter, Joy Shane,
Losing My Religion, Brian Ward Zimmerman, Boone, NC
Love Letters, Valencia Hawkins, New Orleans, LA
Lower Case Love, Geoff Schutt, Salem, MA
Mama Tends, Maudie Walker
Melanie, Lesley Hardy, Oxford, OH
Officer Boyle and Mrs. Wheeler, Joyce J. Davis, Northbook, IL
On This Day I Die, Mark Summerville, Pulaski, PA
Perpetual Messiah, Mal King, Santa Paula, CA
Play the Hand You Are Dealt, Mary Hutchins Reed, Chicago, IL
Quarter Tone, Nelson A. Blish, Rochester, NY
Saladis Are Better, Parsa Sheikholeslami, Idykwild, CA
Sisters, Katharine Scales Thompson, Allston, MA
Stranger on the Road, Erica Arnold
The Artificial Heart, Elaine Crauder, Havertown, PA
The Black Hole of Shady Acres, Mike Tuohy, Jefferson, GA
The Bluebells of Bonny Forest, Cynthia Morrison, Palm Beach, FL
The Miracle of Fatima, R. L. “Pete”Peterson, Escondido, CA
The Plumber’s Daughter, Paul Negri, Clifton, NJ
The Porter, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
The Sainted Aunt, Scott Archer Jones, Angel Fire, NM
The Whales, Abigail Delbianco, Newtown, PA
Thirty-Nine Hours, Lottie Boggan, Jackson, MS
Undertow, Susan Folkes, Richmond, VA
West Nothing (And The Birds), Elissa C. Huang, West Hoboken, NJ

MY EDITOR>>Lottie Boggan, "The Chosen" is a finalist & "Thirty-nine Hours" is a Semifinalist! OUR OWN>> Leslie Daniels, Horror on Duke Street is a semifinalist! And my dear friend, Carlene Singleton's "An Uneventful Visit" is a semifinalist.

Anyone else make the cut, perhaps in other categories? And, congratulations!

Follow the link to see all winners. Novel, Narrative Nonfiction, and Short Story are not yet posted. Anyone else here? Point yourself out!!!!!

SEMI-FINALISTS
Attachment Theory, Gary Wallace, Powell, WY
Effigy, Diane O’Shea, Grand Rapids, MI
Goodwill Changes Lives, Janet Taylor-Perry, Ridgeland, MS     I MADE THE FIRST CUT AT LEAST! I ONLY SUBMITTED A SHORT STORY AND AN ESSAY THIS YEAR. SHORT STORY RESULTS NOT IN YET.
Lee and the Poison Lobster, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Legacy, Maureen D. Hall, West Tisbury, MA
My Grandfather’s Valentine, Grayson Russell, Sumter, SC
Namely Me, Torie Marie Dale, Taylor, SC
One Night Over Cocktails, Tena Russ, Riverwoods, IL
Pillow Talk, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
Rebirth and Racism, Ann Marie Falcon, Pittsburg, PA
San Francisco, Grayson Russell, Sumter, SC
The Gift of Self Improvement, Kathleen Greishaber, Metairie, LA