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your best unpublished work by email or snail mail.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 Paste confirmation number and previously unpublished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

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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
THE THIRD ANNUAL
GeminiMAGAZINE
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