2011 Results

Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition
2011 Contest Winners Announced

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

FIRST PLACE

Darci Bysouth of Edinburgh, Scotland for “Hold”

SECOND PLACE

Jennifer R. Adams of Birchunville, PA for “Girl on a Balcony”

THIRD PLACE

John T. Biggs of Oklahoma City, OK for “Soul Kisses”

HONORABLE MENTIONS

(listed in no particular order)

• Megan Doyle Corcoran of Wellington, New Zealand, for “Only the Scars Are Right”
• Fran Haley of Zebulon, N.C for “Anomaly”
• Karen Turner of Morington, Australia for “Crazy Cat Lady”
• Vicki Riley of St. Cloud, FL, for “De Nada”
• Elaine Murphy of  Vancouver, B.C., for “November 25th”
• Douglas Bruton of Scotland, for “Godforsaken Stone Gilbert”
• Kari Baumbach of Edina, MN, for “Lepidoptery”
• Tom Deegan of Tipperary, Ireland, for “Magpies”
• Leah Kaminsky of Austin, TX, for “And How the Algae Twines”
• Megan Ainsworth of Florence, MS, for “Lucky’s”
• Mahalia Solanges of Lauderhill, FL, for “Vague in Conversation”
• Matthew Merkl, M.D. of Holmdel, N.J., for “CLAY”
• Kay Cruse of Menomonie, WI, for “The Bunker”
• Waimea Williams of Kaneohe, Hawaii, for “What You Find and What You Keep”
• Jeffrey L. Schneider of Ellenville, N.Y., for “A Pair of Soup”
• Todd Flynn of  Ainsworth, Nebraska, for “The Roofer Marking Time”
• Paul Michel of Seattle, WA, for “Big Night”
• Olesya O. Maximenko of Moscow, Russia, for “Purple”
• 19) Ames John Gigounas of Brooklyn, N.Y., for “Water”
• Hal Ackerman of Los Angeles, CA, for “Leash”
• Alex Carrick of Toronto Ontario, Canada, for “Caboose Follies”
• Ladee Hubbard of New Orleans, Louisiana, for “There He Go”
• Dana Fitz Gale of Missoula, MT, for “Schooling”
• Athena Abrams of Boulder, CO, for “The Thirteen-Lined Ground Squirrel”
• Ayodi Chrispinus Handa of Goodnews Mission, Nairobi, Kenya, for “The Blind Love”
• Kate Zahnleiter of Queensland, Australia, for “Lullaby for the Living”
• Abdul Adan of St. Louis, MO, for “SAMAN”
• Eileen Sutton of New York, N.Y., for “Dear Mr. Doctorow”
• Dwaine Rieves of Washington, D.C., for “The Eager Eagle”
• Sarah Bowman of Port Townsend, WA, for “The Lords of Life”
• Lesley Truffle of Victoria, Australia, for “The Secret Game”
• Steve Fayer of Boston, MA, for “The Diver’s Game”
• Margaret Lawrence of Culpepper, VA, for “But Not to the Swift”
• Douglas Bruton of Scotland, for “The Bed Lucy Made, and She Lies in It”
• Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid of Georgetown, MA, for “Snip It”
• David E. Lee of Gerrardstown of Jacksonville, FL, for “Dreams Come True”
• Vickie Weaver of Haverstown, IN, for “The Shootist”
• Benjamin Doty of St. Paul, MN, for “Trains”
• Kyria Amtsfeld of Berlin, Germany, for “Ra’s ahl gul”
• Jordan E. Rosenfeld of Morgan Hill, CA, for “Final Billing”
• David Holloway of St. Louis, MO, for “A Head in My Garden”
• Adam Stanley of Rome, GA, for “Eucharist”
• Laura Borden of Merseyside, UK, for “Ðogwood”
• John-Paul Cirelli of New Port Richey, FL, for “Pasteboard Masks”
• Helen Sedwick of Santa Rosa, CA, for “Bourbon and Pipesmoke”