The winners of the Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition were announced at a literary reception Friday, July 18, in Key West. The contest is directed and judged by Lorian Hemingway, critically acclaimed author of "Walk on Water," "Walking into the River" and "A World Turned Over."

The awards announcement and reception took place at Casa Antigua, where Lorian's grandfather Ernest Hemingway stayed during his first visit to Key West in 1928.

The 2008 competition received 1,114 entries from throughout the U.S. and many other countries. The competition presented a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, $500 third prize, and 25 honorable mentions.

The Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition is proud to congratulate the following writers of merit:

FIRST PLACE
G.L. Osborne of Melbourne, Australia, for "How Can I Write Your Story?"


SECOND PLACE
Gregg Cusick of Durham, North Carolina, for "Latin for Ponder"


THIRD PLACE
Marlene G. Baird of Prescott, Arizona, for "Negotiations"


HONORABLE MENTIONS

Brianne Frazier of Washington, DC, for "Come to the Bower"

Joanne Bentley of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada, for "Lonely"

Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid of Georgetown, Massachusetts, for "The Etiquette of Mourning"

Jim Bainbridge of Los Angeles, California, for "War"

Heidi Lebauer of Maple Lake, Minnesota, for "The Standard Wash"

Erin Jeans of Manassas, Virginia, for "What I Left on That Beach"

Ray Morrison of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for "Who's the Victim Here?"

Debbie Browning of Abingdon, Virginia, for "The Reunion"

Colleen Oakes of Phoenix, Arizona, for "Off the Grid"

Tiffani Angus-Bodie of Dayton, Ohio, for "If Wishes Were Horses"

Kathryn St. Vincent Vogl of Plymouth, Minnesota, for "Disengagement"

Tracey Lion-Cachet of Orinda, California, for "Thank You For Coming"

Nancy A. Silveria of Johnston, Rhode Island, for "The Backward Carousel"

Christina Wierschem of Gilbert, Arizona, for "Just to Hold"

Kate Amatruda of Novato, California, for "Wizzy-wig"

Matthew Adams of Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, for "Ramona, Kansas"

Dr. Stephen DB Jefferies of East Horsley, Surrey, England, for "Fields of Gold"

Patricia L. Fowler of Derry, New Hampshire, for "Sea Glass"

G.L. Osborne of Melbourne, Australia, for "Letters From the Hotel"

Pradeep Govind of Vadapalani, Chennai, India, for "Unto Thy Neighbor ..."

Keven Schnadig of New York, New York, for "When a Pawn Becomes a Queen"

Kal Rosenberg of Gainesville, Florida, for "The Nightwalker Dances with Ginger Rogers"

Peter Paton of East Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, for "After the Silence"

Douglas Bruton of West Linton, Scotland, United Kingdom, for "An Iquitos Story"

Billie Louise Jones of Hot Springs, Arkansas, for "Port Bon Temps"

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