Spring 2017 Story Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.


FIRST PLACE

TERRANCE MANNING JR.
The Rotten Ones (memoir)


SECOND PLACE

KAI CARLSON-WEE
Midnight Sun (photo essay)


THIRD PLACE

VIVIAN CARMICHAEL
Shards (short short story)


FINALISTS

Xujun Eberlein
In Which No Sex Takes Place (memoir)

Justina Elias
A Deep, Sweet Hurt  (essay)

Cai Emmons
Her Boys  (short story)

TJ Gerlach
Double A  (short story)

Corey Van Landingham
Antebellum  (essay)

Mimi Lok
Last of Her Name  (short story)

Richard Newton
Firebreak  (short story)

Maureen Onuigbo
Adamu and the Fab Four  (short story)

Samantha Talley
Hell Is Empty  (novel excerpt)

James Tibbitt
The Hoodlum  (short story)


And Don’t Miss:

The Winter 2025 Story Contest, with $5,000 in prizes.
Entry Deadline: March 31, 2025.