Winter 2025 Story Contest Winners

Narrative congratulates the winners and finalists.

WINNERS

EMILY BALES
Greetings from the Desert, a story


KATE CAYLEY
Wives, a story


DEBRA MARQUART
How Fish Learned to Sing, a nonfiction excerpt


FINALISTS

Rebecca Bernard
In Plato’s Cave No. 1, a story

Mark Di Ionno
Never, Ever Underestimate
     the Ukrainians, reportage

Carol Dines
Fathers and Sons, a story

Tim Erwin
The Fall Line, a story

Victoria Gong
Lady, a story

Brent King
Finding Absolution in the Flow, a story

Patricia Sammon
Brother Wolf, a story

Andrew Steiner
Paysages, a story

Jackie Thomas-Kennedy
Have You Met Esther, a novel excerpt


And Don’t Miss:

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

The Seventeenth Annual Poetry Contest, with $3,300 in prizes.
Entry Deadline: July 18, 2025.


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