| GeminiMAGAZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 2nd PLACE: $100 HONORABLE MENTION (3) ENTRY FEE: $4 DEADLINE: March 31, 2012 All Five Finalists Will Be Published in The June 2012 Issue of Gemini No restrictions on content, style, genre or length. Flashes, novel excerpts, experimental, mainstream, literary, noir, romance—all types of short fiction are welcome. Simply send your best unpublished work by email or snail mail. We publish both new and established writers. Everyone gets a chance. (See previous results below.) TO ENTER BY EMAIL: 1. Click "Donate" and pay the $4 entry fee. ("Security code" is on back of credit card; if you didn't receive confirmation number, transaction was not processed.) 2. Paste confirmation number and previously unpublished story into body of email and send to: contest@gemini-magazine.com NO attachments. Do not include bio—just your story and contact info. Enter as many stories as you like; $4 fee for each individual story. Total up entry fees into one payment: 2 stories = $8 3 stories = $12 4 stories = $16 5 stories = $20 TO ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL: 1. Mail entry with $4 check or money order, payable to Gemini Magazine, to: Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest P.O. Box 1485 Onset, MA 02558 USA (Include $4 for each additional entry; include SASE for reply.) postmark deadline: March 31, 2012 __________________________________________________ RESULTS OF THE 2011 GeminiMAGAZINE FLASH FICTION CONTEST Cheers to the Grand Prize winner! "Drinks on the Doctor" by Xavier McCaffrey ($1,000 prize) Second Place: "Death in Nairobi" by Agatha Verdadero ($100 prize) Honorable Mentions: "A Sip of Blackberry" by Todd Benware "Suspicious Package" by Laura Loomis "The Tip" by Corey Ginsberg "The Bridesmaid" by Heather Sappenfield "A Knife or a Blade?" by Geoffrey Uhl Notable Stories: "What Happens Now" by Liz Ference "Damn Lucky Sometimes" by Sultana Banulescu "Morning in San Pedro" by Dee Hubbard "I Want to Show You the World" by Evelyn Krieger "A Sibling's Rival" by Denise Heinze "Seven Years Old" by Shruti Choudhary "Stolen" by Michelle Pretorius "An Interview with J.D. Salinger" by Edward Lee "The Bathroom of My Ex-Lover's Wife" by Kathleen Spivak "Bus Fight in Surrey" by Sam Wiebe "Self Portrait in Red Chalk" by Danielle LeDuc "Trees That Bear Fruit" by Pete Clark So many captivating stories! Thanks to everyone who entered, to the fiction readers and interns, and to those who offered moral support. The next Flash Fiction Contest will open in April or May. —David Bright, Editor __________________________________________________ RESULTS OF THE 2011 Gemini Magazine SHORT STORY CONTEST We received over 1,000 entries to the Short Story Contest this year. Many exceptional stories of all types, and plenty of reading enjoyment. The Grand Prize winner is “My Beautiful, Brash, Beastly Belfast” by Seamus Scanlon ($1,000 prize) Second Place: “Little Chang” by Paul Hellweg ($100 prize) Honorable Mentions: “Eyes Wide Open” by Colleen Quinn “Cecilio Breaks the Law” by Mary E. Nelson “The Stone Carver” by Ann Marie Samson Notable Stories: “Soul Exchange” by Ashok Hegde “Plegia” by Adam Phillips “Virtuoso” by Sandy Kovack “Respect the Weed” by George Harrar “Mud Season” by Mara Buck “Red Eye Express” by Michael Pearce “The Fourth Monkey” by Kathryn Shaver “Literacy” by Kathleen Spivack “Roadside” by David Mohan “967 Steps” by Austin Kentebe “Harry’s Way East” by Kit Redeker “Kismet” by E.B. Hantzis “Rose Colored Glasses” by Kate Mariana Brown “Little Games” by David Depner In addition there were many more memorable stories not listed here. A heartfelt THANK YOU to all who participated and to our hardworking interns and fiction readers for their help on this contest. Read about them here. Look for our next Short Story Contest in late December. —David Bright, Editor __________________________________________________ RESULTS OF THE 2010 Gemini Magazine FLASH FICTION CONTEST 1ST PLACE ($1,000 Prize): S.J. Cahill "Lines of Force" 2ND PLACE ($100 Prize): Micah Herzog Stack "The Synchronous City" HONORABLE MENTION: Elizabeth Barton "Three Minutes" Maija Rhee Devine "The Translator" Kelley Gregg "Flowers" Gloria Nixon-John "Ironing" Here's why it took so long to publish the results: around 800 entries, about twice as many as last year's Flash Fiction Contest. We were literally shocked at the quality of so many of the entries. Everyone gets a chance at Gemini: this marks the first fiction publication for three of the six finalists, including first and second place. Noteworthy stories included "Caretaking," by Amina Gautier; "Reading a Book, Watching Other People Cry," by Corey Eastwood; "Independence Day," by Janice Croom; "One Side of the Vase," by Bonnie West, and "The Essentials," by Catherine Oliver. There were many others. I'm exhausted but definitely enriched! A heartfelt thank you to all who participated. And thanks to Philip Bernhardt and Nancy Atkinson for reading, judging, discussing and then reading some more. —David Bright, Editor P.S. Look for the 2011 Short Story Contest around late December. __________________________________________________ RESULTS OF THE 2010 Gemini Magazine SHORT STORY CONTEST 1ST PLACE ($1,000 Prize): Hallie Rundle, "Asphalt Sky" 2ND PLACE ($100 Prize): Evelyn Krieger, "Twenty-Ten" HONORABLE MENTION: Paul Barton, "Walking Down the Road" Denise Heinze, "Trick" David Darracott, "Claire's Rabbits" We received so many good stories we could easily have chosen another stellar set of five. Thanks to all who participated! __________________________________________________ And the Winner of THE FIRST ANNUAL (2009) Gemini Magazine FLASH FICTION CONTEST.... Beverly Akerman ($100) for "PIE" Honorable Mention: V.R. Shankar, "THE PERCUSSIONIST" Audrey Webb, "STALL" Kate Maruyama, "the weight of things" Melindy Wynn-Bourne, "LEFT" Jessica Wortsman, "SNIP, SNIP" Hearty congratulations to the above finalists! We received nearly 400 entries. Loads of good ones but couldn't print em all. A sincere THANK YOU to all who participated. Thanks also to Phil Bernhardt for invaluable assistance with judging, Nancy Atkinson for reading ("the weight of things" gave her goose bumps) and Debbie Sirois for technical support. Five of the six finalists are women. Four of the finalists are from outside the U.S. Three are from Canada and two have never before been published. That's the spirit of Gemini Magazine—no boundaries, no rules, everyone gets a chance. While running this contest was a lot of work, it was also tremendously exciting. Let's do it again next year! —David Bright, Editor |
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