Winners

WRITER WINNERS

First Quarter

1. “Anne of a Thousand Years” by Michael Paul Meltzer
2. “Invisible Man” by Larry Ferrill
3. “A Cold Fragrant Air” by C. Maria Plieger

Second Quarter

1. “The Last Indian War” by Brian Burt
2. “Bringing Sissy Home” by Astrid Julian
3. “Subterranean Pests” by James S. Dorr

Third Quarter

1. “Surrogate” by M.C. Sumner
2. “Pale Marionettes” by Mark Budz
3. “Winter Night, with Kittens” by Sam Wilson

Fourth Quarter

1. “Scary Monsters” by Stephen Woodworth
2. “The Augmented Man” by Wendy Rathbone
3. “Timepieces” by Mike E. Swope

Published Finalists

“The Winterberry” by Nicholas A. DiChario

“Blueblood” by Bronwynn Elko

“Not Simply Blue” by Gene Bostwick

“The Coat of Many Colors” by Christine Beckert

“Running Rings Around the Moon” by Kevin Kirk