Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition

2010 CONTEST WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The internationally respected Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, now in its 30th year, supports and encourages the efforts of emerging writers of short fiction.

Our 2010 competition received 1,653 entries from the United States and throughout the world. Its final judge was Lorian Hemingway, whose books include the critically acclaimed memoir "Walk on Water."

The awards announcement took place Friday, July 23, during a reception hosted by Tom Oosterhaudt and his mother, Mary Ann Worth, owners of the beautiful Casa Antigua, Ernest Hemingway’s first Key West residence.

Supporters of the competition’s literary events are Casa Antigua and Wyland Galleries of Key West.

The competition presented a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, $500 third prize, and 44 honorable mentions.

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

                                                   FIRST PLACE

                      Gregg Cusick of Durham, North Carolina, for “Gutted”

                                                  SECOND PLACE

              Kate Zahnleiter of Queensland, Australia, for “The Cloud Creature”

                                                   THIRD PLACE

                  John Medeiros of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for “Losing Dylan”

                                            HONORABLE MENTIONS

(listed in no particular order)

Jane Connors of St Peters, Australia, for “Too Much Red My Favourite Colour”

Caroline Roberts of  Knoxville, Tennessee, for “A Sweater’s True Story”

Douglas Bruton of West Linton, Scotland, for “Harriet and Sparks and Mayflies”

Pushkal Juneja of  Noida , India, for “The Wall”

Amy Hillgren Peterson of Fostoria, Iowa, for "Namesake"

Pranav S. Joshi of Singapore, for “Permanent Distance”

Matt Schnarr of Fallbrook, California, for “The Infinite Lines of Thornton Brown”

Annemarie Neary of London, England, for “A Little Hell”

Dwight Holing of Orinda, California, for “Salt”

Julie Wu of Belmont, Massachusetts, for "Daughter Lost"

Laurie Ann Cedilnik of Houston, Texas, for “EWR”

Brianna Strange of Brooklyn, NY, for "To Be: A Verb Unsurpassable in Accounts of Existential Crises"

Natalia Sarkissian of Milan, Italy, for “SOUP”

Jewelene Barrile of Brunswick. Australia, for “Hope”

Mark Daniel Hicar of  Nashville, Tennessee, for “Getting Used to It”

Kate Amatruda of Novato, California, for “Suburbia”

Angie Farrow of Palmerston, North New Zealand, for “Acceleration”

Anna El-Eini of Washington D.C., for “OF A BROKEN-HEARTED RIVER”

Paul D. Marks of Santa Clarita, California, for “ENDLESS VACATION”

Mark Howell of Key West, Florida, for “Some Strange Thing”

Kimila Bowling of Bloomfield, Missouri, for “Tan Shoes and Pink Shoelaces”

Kendal Hay of Shreveport, Louisiana, for “Mayflies in Spring”

Sarah Reed Callender of Seattle, Washington, for “Between The Sun and the Oranges”

Marie Hermet of Sevres, France, for “Catch A Tiger by the Toe”

Louise Hawes of Pittsboro, North Carolina, for “Ancient History”

Laura Lewis of Dunedin, New Zealand, for "Reading Turkish Coffee"

Ndanyuzwe Gaston of Brussels Belgium, for “Poor Man’s Freedom”

Chanel V. Rossi of Aurora, Ohio, for “Hold On to Nothing”

L. Edwin Greer of New York, New York, for “Ebb Tide”

Michael Pearce of Oakland, California, for “Dragon Arm”

C.D. Cashman of Concord, Massachusetts, for “Dear Professor Anglehart”

Jon Simonds of The United States, for "Two Gallants"

Joann W. Dunn of Marietta, Georgia, for “A Row of Lime Trees”

Jan B. Parker of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, for “Mayme”

M.D. Mallicoat of Gerrardstown, West Virginia, for “Piano Boys”

Elayne Roman of West Caldwell, New Jersey, for “Small Change”

Kaye Park Hinckley of Dothan, Alabama, for “Moon Dance”

Justine Siener of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, for “Ivrogne”

Barbara Ann Sapp of Paris, France, for “Malaga Sweet, Malaga Dry”

Lones Seiber of Morristown, Tennessee, for “Fields Where Glory Does Not Stay”

Danielle Rae Bryant of Middletown, Maryland, for “Good Girl”

Adam Stanley of Rome, Georgia, for “Hope Chest”

Alex Carrick of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for “The Size of the Skip”

M. Esther Sherman of Crestline, California, for “Me, Myself, Still Un-cool”

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- 2008 LORIAN HEMINGWAY SHORT STORY COMPETITION WINNERS -

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"

  - 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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