2025 OPEN SHORT STORY COMPETITION
PRIZE-WINNING STORIES
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FIRST, SECOND, AND FOURTH PLACE*
Editor’s Note: Third-place winner Mary Ethna Black declined publication of her entry
First Place: "What's Left," by Corinne Young
Second Place: "The Knucklebone," by E.A. Oman
Fourth Place: "Here I Am, Here I Am," by Tosin Balogun
FINALISTS:
Top Tier Finalists:
Nick Bernat, Lorraine Lui, Kate Howe, Kaique Antonio, Jay McKenzie, Maddie Logemann, Jaime Gill, Marie Frances, Mary Ethna Black, Sanjida Kay, Corrie Haldane, Tosin Balogun.
Other Finalists:
Katrina Moinet, Joana Mateus, Aggie Novak, Wendy Markel, Poornima Manco, J. Neville, Jordan Beckett, Martin Tulton, Paris Rosemont, Mary Ethna Black, Nicholas Watts, Ann Marie Struck, Marc Revere, Jaime Gill, Laura Cox, Erin Vasta, Ray Tilma, Cecilia Maddison, Geoff Mead, Ed McConnell, Lisa H. Owens, Kerry Ryan, Laura Besley, Matt Ewens, Lyss Buchthal, Dennis McNamara, Richard Attree, Rebecca Shapland, Shevlin Sebastian, Lin Whitehouse, Simon Clarke, Hannah Spencer, Annalisa Crawford, Christopher James Steely, Pete Armstrong, Moira Ashley, Tracy Fells, Victoria Stewart, Anestis M, Debbie Rainer.