2007 Raymond Carver Contest
From over 350 entries...
Results
1st Place - $1000: “Agashi” by AC Koch
2nd Place - $500: “Summit” by Julia Gordon-Bramer
3rd Place - $250: “One Hundred Santas” by Liz Skillman
Editor’s Choice - $50: “Different Than Any Day So Far” by Marc Phillips
Editor's Choice - $50: “The Ways You Are Gone” by Kami Westhoff
Honorable Mentions
“The Fire Eater” by Lauren Faulkberry
“Word is Bond” by Deivis Garcia
“The Pull, The Weight” by Andrew Howard
“The Kind You Can’t Take Aspirin For” by Michael Schiavone
“Lost Art” by Midge Raymond
“The Summer of ‘68” by Sally Bellerose
“Wasps” by Steve Young
“The Man Who Would Sing” by James Sievert
Guest Judge: ben fountain
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.