[lwa]The winning stories were chosen by the judges Ramona Ausubel, Benjamin Rosenbaum and Nathaniel Rich.
The Lake Is a Long Way From Here by Joelle Schumacher
1st place ($5000)
2nd place ($1900)
3rd place ($950)
4th place ($620)
Tumbling Towards Absurdity by Linor Kats
5th place ($320)
43 Pearls by Melissa Eskue Ousley
6th place ($125)
Safe zone. by Deakla Keydar
7th place ($125)
My Own Private Brexit by Karen Sztajnberg
8th place ($125)
The Castle in the Woods by Isabella Connor
9th place ($125)
Kiora by Fran-Claire Kenney
10th place
The Jinx by Christopher James Finley
11th place
How to Pass by Louise Crimmins Piantedosi
12th place
Apocalypse Now by Justine Hofherr
13th place
Andrew The Last by Arthur M. Doweyko
14th place
Pas de deux by Melissa Elena Reiner
15th place
“He called it a what?” by Geoffrey K. Graves
16th place
Not So Grand by Shelby Kinney-Lang
17th place
Coffee Shop Romance by Dana Windsor
18th place
Life Revised by Rebecca Gaunt
19th place
Maggie by Jake DeBolt
20th place
