2007

From 383 entries, here are the winners of the 2007 Raymond Carver Short Story Contest:

1st Place, $1000 Prize
AC Koch - "Agashi"

2nd Place, $500 Prize
Julia Gordon-Bramer - "Summit"

3rd Place, $250 Prize
Liz Skillman - "One Hundred Santas"

In addition to the top three prizes, the editor is awarding two authors the "Editor's Choice Award" for their stories.  They will each receive a $50 prize.

Editor's Choice Awards
Marc Phillips - "Different Than Any Day So Far"

Kami Westhoff - "The Ways You Are Gone"

All five stories are published in the 2007 Winter issue.

The Shortlist

The following stories were part of the "shortlist" and were strong contenders for the final prizes:

Lauren Faulkberry - "The Fire Eater"
Deivis Garcia - "Word is Bond"
Andrew Howard - "The Pull, The Weight"
Michael Schiavone - "The Kind You Can't Take Aspirin For"
Midge Raymond - "Lost Art"
Sally Bellerose - "The Summer of '68"
Steve Young - "Wasps"
James Sievert - "The Man Who Would Sing"

Congratulations to all the finalists and winners, and thank you to everyone who participated! 

About the Judge

Ben Fountain, winner of the 2007 PEN/Hemingway Award, judged the entries to receive the top three prizes of $1000, $500, and $250.

Ben Fountain's fiction has appeared in Zoetrope, Harper's, and The Paris Review.  He is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize and two Pushcart Prizes.  His short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, earned him the 2007 PEN/Hemingway Award for distinguished first book of fiction.

Carve Magazine thanks Ben Fountain for serving as the 2007 judge!