CRAFT Flash Fiction Contest 2019
2019 CRAFT Flash Fiction Contest
Guest Judge: Benjamin Percy
Thank you to all the writers who sent stories to our first flash fiction contest! We are delighted to publish the winning entries in April. Congratulations to the winners, finalists, and honorable mentions!
Winners
“Epilogue,” by Carol M. Quinn
“Girls’ Weekend,” by Steven Simoncic
“How to Return Your Child to School,” by Hillary Smith
Editors’ Choice Round Selections
“Inheritance,” by Madeline Anthes
“Coyote the Younger,” by Stephen Aubrey
“Old Girl,” by Virginia Reeves
“What They Didn’t Teach Us,” by Luke Whisnant
Finalists
Heather Aronson: “What You Know”
A.A. Balaskovits: “Mama Had a Baby and Her Head Popped Off”
A.A. Balaskovits: “Mama Had a Baby and Her Head Popped Off”
Kristin Bonilla: “Shy, Solitary Animals”
J.Anne DeStaic: “House, in Order”
Trent England: “The Four Seasons”
Trent England: “The Four Seasons”
Matt Hall: “Apocalypse Now?”
Kira Homsher: “Delete the Ladder”
Melanie J. Malinowski: “Pregnancy Test”
Veronica Montes: “Stone Cold Fox”
Martha Payne: “Citrus”
Andrés Reconco: “This Is How It Happens”
Lynn Schmeidler: “\ ˈlī \”
Michelle Wright: “Lost”
Stephanie Yu: “The Gorgons”
Honorable Mention
Madeline Anthes: “What We Bury”
Aramis Calderon: “Butterfly”
Aimee DeGroat: “Before the Split”
Nancy Scott Hanway: “Spite”
Jennifer Julian: “Cat’s Cradle”
Lyndsie Manusos: “Concerning the Power Cord”
Terrie Petree: “Traffic”
Carol M. Quinn: “Changeling”
Luis Garcia Romero: “Cloud People”
Katy Sewall: “Ione and the Boy”
Karen Smyte: “Fugitives, 1980”
Luke Whisnant: “After the Assassination”
Michelle Wright: “From Where They Come”