Short Story Winning Entries
First Place
The Handbag
First Place in the Letter Review Prize for Short Stories
New Fiction by Clare Payne
June 29th, 2023
Second Place
Hell
Second Place in the Letter Review Prize for Short Stories
New Fiction by Ciaran Buckley
June 29th, 2023
Third Place
The Mine
Third Place in the Letter Review Prize for Short Stories
New Fiction by Mark Grant
June 29th, 2023
Short Story Shortlist (in no particular order):
- Ciaran Buckley – Hell
- Dr. Irene Felipe – Positive
- Mark Grant – The Mine
- Emily Zasada – The Memory Chamber
- D. B. Gardner – Every Whistle Paints a Picture
- Miles Marinello – Reflections
- Clare Payne – The Handbag
Short Story Longlist (in no particular order):
- Hardy Griffin – In Frankfurt
- Maureen Grosvenor – Uncle Edgar
- Henry Carlos Koike-Sieira – The 4 Train
- Ciaran Buckley – Hell
- David Renton – HORSA
- Dr. Irene Felipe – Positive
- Ade Cory – A Quiet Word
- Allan Hudson – Voyage of Hope
- Mark Grant – The Mine
- Nicola Wiggins – Rhyme Time
- Chad V. Broughman – Countdown to retirement
- Emily Zasada – The Memory Chamber
- Dennis Martin – McCauley’s Rising
- D. B. Gardner – Every Whistle Paints a Picture
- Miles Marinello – Reflections
- Clare Payne – The Handbag
- Sarah Sousa – Library of Things
- Margaret Emerson – The Black Egg
- Nola Rose Killpack – Green House