A Very Short Story Contest—2014

A Very Short Story Contest—2014

Winner

Remnants of beard peppered her sink. He left nothing else.

A. Crossley Spencer

Summerfield, North Carolina

Finalists

In the ocean, she couldn't tell if she was crying.

Krysten Leonard

Johnson City, Tennessee

Love Story

Their eyes met.

Chubby.

Short.


They looked away.

Cerina Aragones

Los Angeles, California

My father treated women like dresses. That was his end.

Danisha Bethune

Temple Terrace, Florida

What the mime didn't say spoke volumes to the jury.

Becky Muth

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Michael wrote subversive verses. One poem too far. Assassins bullets.

Yasmin Morais

Gaithersburg, Maryland

America banned booze. Here, the bulls ran. Women drank drunk.

Tami Absi

Yellow Springs, Ohio

The contest is closed.

Winner

Remnants of beard peppered her sink. He left nothing else.

A. Crossley Spencer

Summerfield, North Carolina

Finalists

In the ocean, she couldn't tell if she was crying.

Krysten Leonard

Johnson City, Tennessee

Love Story

Their eyes met.

Chubby.

Short.


They looked away.

Cerina Aragones

Los Angeles, California

My father treated women like dresses. That was his end.

Danisha Bethune

Temple Terrace, Florida

What the mime didn't say spoke volumes to the jury.

Becky Muth

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Michael wrote subversive verses. One poem too far. Assassins bullets.

Yasmin Morais

Gaithersburg, Maryland

America banned booze. Here, the bulls ran. Women drank drunk.

Tami Absi

Yellow Springs, Ohio