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The Hemingway Resource Center Short Story Contest> Winning Entries

We've now archived our past winning entries.  Click on the titles below to read all of the great stories! 

Our Last Winner! > Rhythm of Alone by Sonia Augusthy

Ahmed was watching the news but he really wasn’t. He was also reading the newspaper that was delivered weekly from New York, written entirely in Bengali. The news there was more familiar to him. Sometimes he even recognized the names. He liked to tell people about his past. In truth, he liked to hear himself speak, which is astonishing considering his stutter. Ahmed saw their eyes widen in respect and disbelief when he told them his father was the head of the army. So close to the President, he had played games at the royal palace.

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Past Winners:

Suzy Gets the Peaches by Caroline Kepnes (Fall/Winter 2003-04)

Sliver by Nicki Reno   (Spring/Summer 2003)

A Week of Decades by S. Matheny (Fall/Winter 2002-03)

Squirrel by Carolyn Miller (Spring-Summer 2002)

Yankee Doodle Daddy by Leanne Cloudman (Fall-Winter 2001-02)

Less Far To Fall by Mark Falkin (Spring 2001)

Questioning Michael Waller by John Sherman (Winter 2001)

Still by Michael J. E. Hanson (Fall 2000)

The Meglodon Curse by Tom Sanders (Summer 2000)

Waiting At The Railway Station by Randall Teal (Spring 2000)

Mr. Dearborn's Big Vacation by Philip Loyd (Winter 2000)

The Couch by Georgia Browne (Fall 1999)

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