Wordstock is pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd Wordstock Short Fiction Competition. The final judge for this year’s competition was Ursula K. Le Guin.

First Prize

“Calendar Girl Arrested, Freed”
by Kurt Rheinheimer of Roanoke, Virginia

Second Prize

“The Sunbather”
by Brendan Kerr of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Third Prize

“Buried Dinner”
by Gregory Loselle

Finalists

“Zagharoot” by Linda Barnhart of Charming Forge, Pennsylvania
“Looks Like Newsprint” by Danya Bush of Park City, Utah
“My Father Moves Through Time Like a Dirigible” by Gregg Cusick of Durham, North Carolina
“You Must Remember This” by Norton Girault of Norfolk, Virginia
“Voices of the Doomed” by James Gish, Jr.
“The Albatross” by Jendi Reiter of Northampton, Massachusetts
“The Way Home” by Lones Seiber of Morristown, Tennessee

Mr. Rheinheimer’s story a first prize of $1,000 and publication in the December 2008 issue of Portland Monthly magazine. All 10 finalists’ stories have been published in the Wordstock Ten, an anthology that will is available at Portland-area bookstores and online through the website of the anthology’s publisher, William, James & Co. Every writer who enters the competition will receive a copy of the anthology.

Congratulations to the winners!