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Butt Shot is a semifinalist.

Short Story
The total number of short stories entered this year was 263 of which 111 entries were head and shoulders above the remainder. Finalists selected total 64 from which the Short List of 16 was compiled. An additional 47 entries placed as semi-finalists. The entries included 105 from New Orleans and other Louisiana communities, 145 from other states and U. S. territories, and 13 from foreign countries. The Short Story Short List is being judged by
Tim Gautreaux, a critically acclaimed master of the short story form.

Short List
Among the Porcelain
A House for Eva
Aunt Loretta is Dead,
Coney Island Babies
Confessions of a Crash Test Dummy
Delinquency of Minors
Fortress of Solitude
Interlude
Keys to the Cave
Maggie’s Confession
Parvis de Saint-Gilles
Raindance and Moon-Eyed Mae
The Fox
The Gadgetteer
The Spectacle
Thousand Year Old Oak

Finalists
A Mindfulness Becoming Less, Wendell Mayo, Haskins, OH
Amorphous Man, Mohammad Hakima, New York, NY
Annabelle, Peter McDougal, Atlanta, GA
Black Velvet, Laura Lee, Lafayette, IN
Body Art Prison, Robert Hambling Davis, Newark, DE
Clown or King, Susie Slosberg, Bronxvile, NY
Dirty Tiles, Barbara Donnelly Lane, Austin, TX
Dover Plains, John DeBon, Malverne, NY
Easton Woods, Lesley Hardy, Oxford, OH
Elysian Fields, Tad Bartlett, New Orleans, LA
Great Crush Collision March, Chandra Graham, Phoenix, AZ
Heartbeat, Leigh Stevenson, Columbia, SC
Hillside Redux, Rodney Nelsestuen, Woodbury, MN
Jake, the Snake, and the Great Python Hunt, Brian Ward Zimmeran, Boone, NC
Joe’s Legacy, Maudie Walker, Dowagiac, MI
Longer on This Earth, Emily Grelle, Chico, CA
Lost her way, Jen Knox, San Antonio, TX
Never Pick Up Hitchhikers, Mal King, Santa Paula, CA
New Testament, Jonathan Liebson, Brooklyn, NY
Nightscape Spinnings, Liv S. M. Evensen, Oslo, Norway
One Summer, Nancy Brock, Columbia, SC
Pretty Feet, John Lavelle, Palm Bay, FL
Pristine Tuna, Bruce Wexler, Elmhurst, IL
Push Play, Joyce Miller, Cincinnati, OH
Quotidian Prayers, Carol Lattines, New York, NY
Rattus, Vojislav Pejovic, Evanston, IL
Salt, Lisa Solod, Savannah, GA
Sisters, Allison Boyles, Ethel, LA
Sojourner, Sudy Vance Leavy, Athens, GA
Sprees, Hunting, Home, Andrew Cominelli, New Orleans, LA
Starry Night, Mary Hutchings Reed, Chicago, IL
Tall Ceilings, Painted Blue, Catherine Albano, Baton Rouge, LA
Ten Minutes to Race Time, David Block, Ardmore, PA
That Which He Made, Laine Cunningham, Chapel Hill, NC
The Art of Retail, Emily Cogburn, Baton Rouge, LA
The Disappearance of Bridie Coyle, Joan Kane Nichols, Philadelphia, PA
The Lash of St. Francis, Stephen Cooper, Los Angeles, CA
The Law of Karma, Michael Ditchfield, Edgartown, MA
The Window, Jenell Abram, Lancaster, PA
The Day the Guinea Pigs Went Missing, Chad V. Broughman, Harbor Springs, MI
The Gentleman in 34-B, Lucian Childs, Anchorage, AK
The Grotto, Leslee Becker, Denver, CO
Tongue Tied Cherry Stem, Jack Stillwaggon, Hamilton, NY
Unconditional, Kathryn Brown, Ramsperger, Rockville, MD
Well, yeh, Mike Russell, Kentfield, CA
Will Divide, Kim Bradley, St. Augustine, FL
Yellow Jack is Back, Carlene Singleton, Florence, MS

Semi-Finalists
Adelia of the Coliseum, Cynthia Morrison of Palm Beach, FLA Girl Needs Spiked Shoes, Sandra Hunter, Simi Valley, CA
A Patch of Green, Nancy Rowe, New Orleans, LA
All’s Well That Ends, Leslie Daniels, Thorold, Ontario, Canada
Butt Shot, Janet Taylor-Perry, Ridgeland, MS
Call the Murder, Maureen M. Welch, St. Augustine, FL
Camelot Redux, Mark Havlik, Huntersville, NC
Close Range, Eric Wieman, Jackson, Wy
Delivery of a Nightmare, Tammy Euliano, Gainesville, FL
First Flame, Heather M. Harris, Metairie, LA
Five Dozen Prayers, Patricia Ljutic, Pinole, CA
For Name’s Sake, Barbara Donnelly Lane, Austin, TX
Here I Am, Nancy Antle, New Haven, CT
Heavenly Surprise, Holly W. Scharztztol
Housewife, C. G. Garcia, Phoenix, AZ
Keeping You Good, Little Sister, Jacqueline Guidry, Kansas City, MO
Me To You, Pat Gallant, New York, NY
On Tour With Aunt Gladys, Robert Hambling Davis, Newark, DE
Johnny Rago, Joyce Davis, Northbrook, IL
Lesser Sentinels, Mick Schommer, Brooklyn, NY
Losing My Religion, Brian Ward Zimmerman, Boone, NC
Marguerite and the Grand Sablon, T. D. Arkenberg, Arlington Heights, IL
My Karen, Tamara Pawlak, Fairbanks, AK
Mystery in the Garden, Cynthia Ramirez, Kerrville, TX
Planting Over, Lisa McCormack, Mt. Juliet, TN
Signs of the Time, Allison Boyles, Ethel, LA
Song of Someone Else, Rizwan Hassan, Kensington, MD
Surfacing, Rebecca Brams, Berkeley, CA
Testament, Mark Havlik, Huntersville, NC
The Crossing, Lottie Brent Boggan, Jackson, MS
The Barbecue Declaration, Stephen J. Gallas, Anaheim, CA
The Haunting of Tadgell Hall, Richard A. Pazasis, Belchertown, MA
The Magic of the Mountain, Barbara V. Evers, Greer, SC
The Reincarnate Word, Matthew Pitt, Fort Worth, TX
The Roll of Honor, Cynthia Morrison, Palm Beach, FL
The Unexpected Adventure of Beatrice Guernsey, Morgan Smith, Garrett Park, MD
The Zoo, Elissa Huang, Hoboken, NY
Things Go to Hell, Holly Smith, Metairie, LA
Thomas, Robert Oldshue, Jamaica Plain, MA
Thirty-Three Years, Rodney Nelsestuen, Woodbury, MN
Throne of the Third Heaven, Judith McGinn
Trouble, Melanie Malinowski, Houston, TX
Until It Thunders, Catherine Moore, Franklin, TN
Walk in Beauty, Jody Hadlock, Colleyville, TX
What’s the Damage?, James Sisk, Traverse City, MI
What Woke Nan Lingle, Donald Secreast, Radford, VA
The Witches’ Market, Alison Watkins, Port Charlotte, FL