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 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.