The Common Review is proud to announce the winners of the first annual Short Story Prize !
First Prize and publication in the summer 2010 issue: “Free,” by M. Garrett Bauman
Second Prize: “The Edge,” by José Skinner
Third Prize: “The Office,” by Barbara Arno Modrack
Honorable Mentions: “Bangalore,” by L. Charles Fiore, Jr., and “A Penny, A Pound,” by Princess Perry
All prize winners, plus two Honorable Mentions, will receive a free copy of The Great Books Foundation Short Story Omnibus and a one-year subscription to The Common Review.
Judges for the contest were novelist Achy Obejas, former Poetry magazine editor Joseph Parisi, and Chicago journalist Danny Postel. All three are members of The Common Review’s editorial advisory board.
A big thanks to all those who sent in submissions and made our first annual Short Story Prize a success!
