Past Prize Winners:
September 2009
The winning story for the Sixth Glass Woman Prize
was Louise Beech's story "Notes
From The Night." Louise Beech received US$700.
Runner up Prize Winners were Sarah Evans’ story “How Not To Be Unfaithful,” Tammi Pratt’s story “The Future Is A Coffin,” Sarah Chauncey’s story “Coming Out Straight,” and Barbara Crane’s story “The Raft Of The Medusa.” Sarah Evans and Tammi Pratt each received US$100 and Sarah Chauncey and Barbara Crane each received US$50.
The eight top contenders for the Sixth Glass Woman Prize were Jane Banning’s story “Holes,” Sharon Knauer’s story “White Gloves And Saturday Ice Cream” (forthcoming in Room Magazine, 2010), Tracie McBride’s story “Last Chance To See,” Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz’ story “Getting Paid,” Josie Sigler’s story “World History,” Sherri Turner’s story “Shuffling The Tiles,” Dallas Woodburn’s story “Three Sundays At The Grove,” and Miriam Zoll’s story “Confetti Love.”
I received 472 entries for the Sixth Glass Woman Prize. Readers helping me with making the selections were: Beverly Akerman, Risa Badeo, Jane Banning, Jessica Barrow, Tavi Black, Ludmilla Bollow, Alvina Carcary, Ching-In Chen, Kristina Darling, Folakemi Emem-Akpan, Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller, Gracie Hill, Gabrielle Hovendon, Myra King, Sharon Knauer, Maude Larke, Kirsty Logan, Tracie McBride, Linda McLaughlin, Sasha Martinez, Suzanne Elaine Nelson, Fatima M Noronha, Katrina Robinson, Kim Robinson, Raquel D. Bailey, Sara E. Rowe, Lisa Rusczyk, Heather Sappenfield, Lynne Spreen, Nancy Stebbins, Sarah Wood, Jen Wyrauch, and Melissa Yuan-Innes.
March 2009
The winning story for the Fifth Glass Woman Prize was L.K. Clark's
story "Sacred
Explosion." L.K. Clark received US$700.
Runner up Prize Winners were Folakemi Emem-Akpan' story "Househelp," Kirsty Logan’s story "The Man From The Circus," and Pat Devlin's story "Piece Man." Folakemi Emem-Akpan and Kirsto Logan received US$100 each, and Pat Devlin received US$50.
The nine top contenders for the Fifth Glass Woman Prize were Kristin Baldwin Seeman's story "Gold, The Currency Of Survival," Risa Basdeo's story "An Eye For An Eye," Michelle Cacho-Negrete's story "Roses At The End Of Summer," Paige Doughty's story "Lightening," Greta Igl's story "The Wayside," Rachel Kempf's story "Love Letter," Arianna Layton's story "Nearly Nine," Lydia Reid's story "The Cottage," and Jessica Tomkinson's story "If."
I received 392 entries for the Fifth Glass Woman Prize. Readers helping me with making the selections were: Beverley Barry, Sarah Bartosek, Annabelle Berrios, Tavi Black, Deborah K. Bundy, Ranjabali Chaudhuri, Elise Clark, Libby Cudmore, Gerri Davis, Cathy Doheny, Folakemi Emem-Akpan, Shaula Evans, Lydia Fazio Theys, Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller, Amy Hanridge, Jeanne Johnson, Subhashree Kishore, Arianna Layton, Gabi MacEwan, Dorla Moorehouse, Anna-May Nagle, Suzanne Elaine Nelson, Kim Robinson, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Nancy Smith, June Sorensen, Persephone Vandegrift, Janice Wiley-Dorn, and Mercedes M. Yardley.
September 2008
The winning story for the
Fourth Glass Woman Prize
was Anya Groner's
story “Bruises and the Blue Sky Crashing.”
The story
was not available for publication, pending publication elsewhere. Anya
Groner received US$650.
Runner up Prize Winners were Joan Foley Baier’s story “The Barn,” and Lindsey Schauer’s story “The Night’s Morning After.” Please follow the links to read these two stories. Joan Foley Baier and Lindsey Schauer received US$100 each.
The ten top contenders for the Fourth Glass Woman Prize were Tavi Black’s story “Notes from a Female Roadie,” Courtney Burback’s story “Three,” Michelle Cacho-Negrete’s story “In The Lions’ Den,” Tobey Irish’s essay “Batman, Women, and The Culture of Fear,” Vanessa Hua’s story “Harte Lake,” Jeanne Johnson’s story “Annie,” Jessica Kaiser’s story “Reflection,” Laura Loomis’ story “Margaret’s Confession,” Kristie Lorette’s story “A Soldier’s Wife,” and Abbey White’s story “Hail Mary.” Several authors have generously agreed to let me publish their excellent writing. Please follow the links above.
I received 492 entries for the Fourth Glass Woman Prize.
March 2008
The winner of the Third Glass Woman Prize was
Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz's story The Story of My Life (So Far). Gwendolyn
Joyce Mintz received US$550. There were 261 entries for the Third
Glass Woman Prize. Please read the winning story at
The Story of My Life (So Far) in the online magazine FRiGG. The story
was also previously published in Cacophony. To learn more about the
author, please read this excellent
interview of her by Kelly Spitzer.
The top twelve contenders for the Third Glass Woman Prize were Mercy Adhiambo’s story “The Rich River;” Beverly Akerman’s story “Like Jeremy Irons” (posted with the kind permission of author and the original publisher); Lisa Clark’s story “Facing Death;” Betty Dobson’s story “The Girl With The Six-Inch Venus;” Sarah Evans’ story “Getting Off At Dalton;” Jacqueline Nicole Harris’ story “Sweet Tea;” Karen Karlitz’ story “Story Of Ellen;” Andie Kyle’s story “I Am The Scarecrow;” Myrna Beth Lambert’s story “Do They Dance In Heaven?;” Geri Lipschultz’ story “You Tell A Man Your Story;” Jendi Reiter’s story “The Albatross;” and Megan Williams’ story “College Material.” Several authors have generously agreed to let me publish their haunting stories. Please follow the links to read their stories.
Please also read the following delightful news item about two times top contender Mercy Adhiambo whose experience with the Glass Woman Prize proves that you don't have to win in order to be a winner.
September 2007
The winner of the Second Glass Woman Prize
was Mary Saracino's story "Vicky's Secret."
Mary Saracino received US$380. There were 364 entries for the Second Glass Woman Prize. Please read
the winning story at
Vicky's Secret. It is also published in the March 2008 edition of Moondance,
www.moondance.org.
The twelve top contenders for the Second Glass Woman Prize were Mercy Adhiambo's
story "The Untold Story;" Unoma N. Azuah's story "Season of Scorch;" Kelly Barnhill's
essay "I Star In My Own Made for T.V. Movie;" Kim Baughn's story " The Truth About
Adam And Eve;" Lisa Clark's story "The Beauty of Acid;" Patricia Jones'
story "You Have
The Right To Remain Silent;" Lorie Kolak's story "Shall I Compare Thee To A Bank
Account;" Myrna Beth Lambert's story "Journey's End;" Laura Loomis'
story "Tested;"
Barbara Pinsof's story "Nelson;" Mary Rae's story "Lemontree;" and Marci Stillerman's
story
"Swimming Lessons." Six of the
authors generously agreed to let me publish their stories. Please
follow the links on the highlighted story titles above to read these six amazing
stories. I would also like to thank Kim Robinson for the inspiration to
publish some of the excellent submissions I received besides the story I
ultimately selected for the prize.
March
2007
Recipient of the First Glass Woman Prize was Nanette Rayman
Rivera for her non-fiction prose, "Only the Homeless Find the Divine."
Nanette Rayman Rivera received US$500. Please read her winning entry at
Only the Homeless Find the Divine.
Two finalists were Carol Hoenig for "Snow Angels and Somersaults" and Lisa Rapone Sprague for "The Cat Lady's Daughter." Both authors were invited to let their stories be considered for a future edition of Moondance, www.moondance.org. "Snow Angels and Somersaults" is published at http://www.moondance.org/2007/winter/fiction/snow.html. "The Cat Lady's Daughter" appears in Moondance in the Winter 2008/2009 issue.