Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition -- A Leading Short Story Contest

   
  
   

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

List of Winners:

The internationally respected Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition supports and encourages the efforts of emerging writers of short fiction.

Each year, the competition receives between 600 and 900 entries from throughout the U.S. and many other countries.

Its final judges are Lorian Hemingway, author of the Pulitzer Prize nominee “Walk on Water” and the PEN nominee “A World Turned Over”; editor and award-winning short story writer Jeff Baker; and writer Cristen Hemingway Jaynes.

The awards announcement takes place annually in late July in Key West, Florida, during a reception presented by Casa Antigua, Ernest Hemingway’s first Key West home.

Supporters of the competition and associated literary events include Casa Antigua, Wyland Galleries of Key West, Hidden Beach, Lighthouse Court, Pier House Resort and Caribbean Spa, Realty Mortgage, the Harry S. Truman Little White House Museum, Southernmost Hotel and Resorts, and GEICO.

Each year, the competition presents a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, $500 third prize, and numerous honorable mentions.

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

2007 Winners

2006 Winners

2005 Winners

2004 Winners

2003 Winners

2002 Winners

2001 Winners

2000 Winners

- 2007 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Bruce Overby of Los Altos, California, for "Bookmarks"

Second Place

G.L. Osborne of Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia, for
"We Were at the Edge of a Gorge"


Third Place

Cecily Anders of Houston, Texas, for "Thump"

Honorable Mentions

Jordan E. Rosenfeld of Morgan Hill, California, for "Shut-ins"
Mike Jones of Webster, Texas, for "Who We Left in Amarillo"
Marjorie E. Brody of Schertz, Texas, for "In the Underside"
Tracey Lion-Cachet of New York, New York, for "Noticed"
Caroline Roberts of Knoxville, Tennessee, for "The Dream Carriers"
Melissa Jackson Brister of Panama City, Florida, for "Sandcastles"
Oji Godwin of London, the United Kingdom, for "Guilt"
Eugene Hwang of Norwood, New Jersey, for "Counterclockwise"
Nancy McKinley of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for "Goat Meat"
G.L. Osborne of Caulfield South, Victoria, Australia, for "The Feeder"
Amina Gautier of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for "A Cup of My Time"
Joseph J. Franco of Staten Island, New York, for "Betty's Dead"
Stephen A. Baker of Pleasant Hill, California, for "First Love"
Todd Powell of Duvall, Washington, for "Burn Pile"
Kelley Walker Perry of Fairland, Indiana, for "Lake Effect"

Charles Brashear of Corvallis, Oregon, for "The Enemy"
Scott Winokur of Berkeley, California, for "An Occurrence at Bernal Dwellings"
Rosalie Metro of Ithaca, New York, for "The Autobiography of Joseph Sameltewski"
L.B. Gschwandtner of Stafford, Virginia, for "Piney's Way"
Ann Fox of Northport, New York, for
"Indian Hero Almost Meets End at Little Bighorn"

John Kimbrough of Beaverton, Oregon, for "Going Home for Christmas"

 

 

- 2006 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Beth McMurray of San Mateo, California, for "Mascot"

Second Place

Amaali Lokuge of Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, for "Phoenix"

Third Place

Matthew C. Johnson of Clarkston, Georgia, for "An Altogether Polite Desperation"

Honorable Mentions

Bryan Godfrey of Girard, Pennsylvania, for "Citizens of Atlantis"
Jim Bartels of La Jolla, California, for "Olympics"
Jeni Schwagerman of Lee's Summit, Missouri, for "Objects of Prayer"
Judith Manchester of Rutland, Vermont, for "Old Lily"
T. C. Hand of Lexington, Kentucky, for "Soar"
Steve Wade of Pula, Cagliari, Sardinia, for "The Cringer"
Laurel Ostrow of St. Paul, Minnesota, for "Too Many Cats: 1963"
MaryLee McNeal of Palo Alto, California, for "In The Night"
Shirleko Dai of Berkeley, California, for "All of Us"
Philippa Kelly of Berkeley, California, for "The Captain of the Ship"
Lisa Allen of Atlanta, Georgia, for "Daddy's Milk"
Kay Miller of Park City, Utah, for "Getaway"
Carol Wobig of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for "The Haircut"
Eileen Bordy of San Carlos, California, for "The Sauna"
Joanne Peterson of Port Townsend, Washington, for "A Gamble"
Pierre Hauser of New York City, New York, for "Girlyman"
Richard J. Savastio of Key West, Florida, for "Jake and Henna"

 

 

- 2005 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Naomi Benaron of Tucson, Arizona, for “The Chemical Nature of Things”

Second Place

Rich Savastio of Key West, Florida, for “Sushi’s Armada/Kevin’s
Typewriter Too”

Third Place

Lana Kyle of Sevierville, Tennessee, for “Five Frames”

Honorable Mentions

George M. Daily of Douglas, Michigan, for “The Reformation of Louis Telini”

Arlene Sanders of Flint Hill, Virginia, for “The Arrival”

Mal G. King of Santa Paula, California, for “This Intense State of Witness”

Gilda A. Herrera of San Antonio, Texas, for “My Brother Chose a Lighthouse”

Anan Singh of Oslo, Norway, for “Belie Ram”

V. Elaine Bowers of Confluence, Pennsylvania, for “Shadows in the Mist”

Adrian Cole of Maynard, Massachusetts, for “Indian Night”

Melinda Field Perlman of Greenview, California, for “The Ledge”

Suzanne LaFetra of Berkeley, California, for “Catch and Release”

Jeanne Colette Morel of Seattle, Washington, for “Life Without”

Gerald Kamens of Arlington, Virginia, for “Friends”

Jason Lee Brown of Sullivan, Illinois, for “Rooster”

Eric Carter of Bloomington, Illinois, for “Memory is a Mixed Blessing”

H.W. Bernard, Jr., of Roswell, Georgia, for “Oregon Grinder”

Raymond Morrison of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, for “Steady Rain”

 

 

- 2004 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Heidi Durrow of Los Angeles, California, for “’Light-Skinned-ed’ Girl”

Second Place

Patrick Roscoe of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, for “Beggars”

Third Place

Leslie C. Youngblood of Greensboro, North Carolina, for “Poor Girl’s Palace”

Honorable Mentions

James Lee of Encinitas, California, for “Bury My Body Lord I Don’t Care Where”

Mary Beth Caschetta of Provincetown, Massachusetts, for “Lifelines”

Gayle Gillette Hummel of Cincinnati, Ohio, for “Will the Doctor Have an Egg?”

Christine D. Allen-Yazzie, of Syracuse, Utah, for “Getting in Touch with Nature”

Cynan Jones of Ceredigion, Wales, for “The Rabbit”

Sariah Dorbin of Los Angeles, California, for “The Fall”

Corinne Nawells of Dunedin, Florida, for “My Life”

Aruna Jethwani of Kalyani Nagar, Pune, India, for “Bridge on River Krishna”

Jane Seaford of Westmorland, Christchurch, New Zealand, for “The Latecomer”

Michael Fahy of St. Charles, Minnesota, for “Three Hots and a Cot”

Robyn Detterline of Portage, Indiana, for “For Good”

Gregg Cusick of Raleigh, North Carolina, for “Without Vowels”

Brad Andrews of Lynnwood, Washington, for “The Moat”

Michael J. Franich of Milton, Washington, for “High Tide in Old Town”

Melissa H. Kerby of Richmond, Virginia, for “The Prize”

Amina Gautier of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for “Girl of Wisdom, Girl of Fifteen”

Dan Sullivan of Lexington Park, Maryland, for “Fair-Haired Boy Gone Grey”

 

 

- 2003 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Anne Earney of St. Louis, Missouri, for “The End of the Cycle”

Second Place

Joseph Starr of Denver, Colorado, for “Every Inch a Wolf”

Third Place

Jonathan Sanchez of Charleston, South Carolina, for “Heroin Story”

Honorable Mentions

Mary Stepp of Carbondale, Illinois, for “Red Clouds Breaking"

Mark Schafron of Gardner, Massachusetts, for “One Trip Across”

Emily Polk of Berkeley, California, for “The Day Daddy Got Mama Out of the Tree”

James W. Wray, Jr., of Ramona, California, for “Bread Crumbs From the Master’s Table”

Ruth A. Barrett of Stratford, Ontario, Canada, for “Six-Pack Thompson”

Elizabeth Gittens of Warren, Massachusetts, for “Through the Trees”

Jay Prefontaine of Charleston, Illinois, for “Small Engine Repair”

Laurel Ostrow of St. Paul, Minnesota, for “Tilling Light”

Dana Cann of Bethesda, Maryland, for “Crash Claims One on Pass”

Mal King of Santa Paula, California, for “Frogs and Front Porch Philosophy”

Stephanie Garber of Worthington, Ohio, for “The Pernicious Hour”

Thomas Locicero of East Islip, New York, for “Genealogy”

Lorraine Kemp of Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, for “Speechless”

T. Zachary Cotler of Healdsburg, California, for “Last Son”

Praveen Asthana of San Jose, California, for “Caravan of Flawed Women”

Steve Hermanos of San Francisco, California, for “Perfect Control”

Jessica Mae Pavlas of Westlake, Ohio, for “Young Woman”

Kelly Jo Weiner of Lino Lakes, Minnesota, for “The Lawd and George Hadley”

Martin Lindauer of Daly City, California, for “The Book Lover”

 

- 2002 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Susan Jackson Rodgers of Manhattan, Kansas, for “Bodies”

Second Place

Chelsea Laine of Dallas, Texas, for “Simon Says, I Rebuke You”

Third Place

Leslie C. Youngblood of Chamblee, Georgia, for “My Henry”

Honorable Mentions

Jen Hirt of Moscow, Idaho, for “Coldframes”

Scott Yarbrough of Charleston, South Carolina, for “Silver Star”

Vanessa Tribastone of Cambridge, Massachusetts, for “White Knuckles”

Jane K. Stuppin of Sebastopol, California, for “Yolanda”

Paul Mihas of Carrboro, North Carolina, for “Reading Matthew”

Nickole Brown of Louisville, Kentucky, for “Laughing With You”

Marcus Grimm of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for “Water Torture”

Mary Lee Malcolm of McLean, Virginia, for “Where My Ghosts Live”

Frank Early of Flagstaff, Arizona, for “Big Two-Fisted Heart”

Edward M. Cohen of West Park, New York, for “Theme and Variations”

Lucy Ferriss of West Hartford, Connecticut, for “Over the Cliff”

Ric Jahna of Tampa, Florida, for “09-13-02”

David Harris Ebenbach of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for “Fighting”

Myron L. Stokes of Fairborn, Ohio, for “Monkey Road”

 

 

- 2001 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Kate Small of Kirkland, Washington, for “Mira Instead”

Second Place

Greg Tebbano of Saratoga Springs, New York, for “Only Children”

Third Place

Neale McDevitt of Montreal, Canada, for “The Lighthouse Keeper” 

Kermit “Shine” Forbes Award

The late G. Joseph Roach of Key West, Florida

Honorable Mentions

Joseph M. Giordano of Prague, Czechoslovakia, and Chicago, Illinois, for “Right”

Tory McCagg of Providence, Rhode Island, for “Chain Material”

Christopher Dungey of Lapeer, Michigan, for “Mother’s Day”

Peter Paul Smith of Hopkins, Minnesota, for “After All”

Elysia Whisler of Manassas, Virginia, for “Susquehanna Girls”

Nancy Middleton of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for “Charity”

Richard Alan Rykard of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for “Another Run”

Jessica Treglia of Irvine, California, for “October”

Anne Leigh Parrish of Seattle, Washington, for “What Do You Want Most in the Whole World?”

Erika Mikkalo of Chicago, Illinois, for “Peek-A-Boo”

Neale McDevitt of Montreal, Canada, for “Dark Girl”

Linda M. Young of Sylva, North Carolina, for “Minos”

Chris Harold of Libertyville, Illinois, for “Big Game”

Elizabeth Weld of Charleston, South Carolina, for “Between You”

James J. White of New York, New York, for “Irish Bar Mitzvah”

Peter Jay Herrmann of Scottsdale, Arizona, for “The Dog Food Lesson”

Sharon Walsh of San Diego, California, for “Cake”

 

- 2000 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

First Place

Dale Dapkins of Key West, Florida, for “Church of the Bunny" 

Second Place

Laura Wilson of Libertyville, Illinois, for “Secrets”

Third Place

Louis Berger of New York, New York, for “Smoke Screen”

Kermit “Shine” Forbes Award

Penny Griffith of Carlisle, Pennsylvania

 Honorable Mentions

Paul Brock of Durham, North Carolina, for “Lucky Bullet”

Susan Choy of Chanhassen, Minnesota, for “The Fish Bride”

Jocelyn Jane Cox of Tuckahoe, New York, for “Evil Business”

Gregg Cusick of Durham, North Carolina, for “Photos I’m Not In”

Steve Fayer of Boston, Massachusetts, for “The Hi-Flyer”

R. L. Foster of Lafayette, Indiana, for “The Bee Keeper”

Michael J.E. Hanson of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for “Still”

Sondra Kelly-Green of Lincoln City, Oregon, for “Crashing”

Angelina Menezes of Passaic, New Jersey, for “The Road to Home”

Gabriella Mirollo of New York, New York, for “Hide in Plain Sight”

Jon Way of Yonkers, New York, for “White”

Julie Zapoli of Columbia, South Carolina, for “Emerging”

 
    
 

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