Contests: Raymond Carver | Esoteric Awards

ARCHIVES: 2008 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest

Many thanks to judge Cristina Henriquez for her time and efforts in choosing the top three winners.

The winning stories and the two Editor’s Choice stories are available to read in the Fall 2008 issue.

First prize - $1,000
“The Last Hours of Pompeii” by Marc Nieson in Pittsburgh, PA

Second prize - $750
“Mourning the Departed” by L. Annette Binder in Los Angeles, CA

Third prize - $500
“Used to Be” by Elizabeth Baines in Didsbury, Manchester, UK

Two Editor’s Choice prizes - $250 each
“Limits” by Sung J. Woo in Washington, NJ
“Cooling” by Julie Eill in Alexandria, VA

Shortlist
Margaret Rodenberg - “Mrs. Morrisette”
Michael Schiavone - “No One Comes Up Here By Accident”
Michael Schiavone - “For Those Who Have Also Dared”
Paul Vidich - “Home Theater”
Amelia Beamer - “The Cat, Kicking”

2008 Guest Judge: Cristina Henriquez

Cristina Henriquez, author of Come Together, Fall ApartCristina Henriquez is the author of Come Together, Fall Apart, a collection of short stories and a novella.  Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Glimmer Train, Ploughshares, TriQuarterly, and AGNI.  She was featured in Virginia Quarterly Review as one of “Fiction’s New Luminaries.”  She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and is a graduate of the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.  More information is available at her website.