Million Writers Award short list

Don't forget the public vote for the storySouth Million Writers Award ends at 11:59 pm Eastern time on May 31, 2010. To vote, go here.

When I posted the ten stories people are voting on, I didn't have time to post my expanded short list of stories. These are the stories from the 2009 Million Writers Award notable stories which caught my eye but didn't quite make my top ten. Thanks to the several people who reminded me about posting these selections.

Million Writers Award short list

Anderbo
http://www.anderbo.com/

• "Alabamer Pianers" by Robert Warner
  http://www.anderbo.com/anderbo1/afiction-043.html

Barrelhouse
http://www.barrelhousemag.com

• "An Open Letter to Fans of Southplains Football" by Stephan Clark
  http://www.barrelhousemag.com/word/?p=901

Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
http://www.asiancha.com/

• "Improv" by Drew Calvert
  http://www.asiancha.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=496&Itemid=221

Chiaroscuro (ChiZine): Treatments of Light and Shade in Words
http://chizine.com

• "The Angel of Fremont Street" by Shira Lipkin
  http://chizine.com/angel_of_fremont_street.htm

Eclectica Magazine
http://www.eclectica.org

• "Semolinian Equinox" by Svetlana Lavochkina
  http://www.eclectica.org/v13n1/lavochkina.html

The Edge of Propinquity
http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net

• "Inspirations" by Seanan McGuire
  http://www.edgeofpropinquity.net/library.asp?id=256

Fantasy Magazine
http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/

• "In Dreams Tangible" by Su-Yee Lin
  http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/10/in-dreams-tangible/
• "Light On The Water" by Genevieve Valentine
  http://www.fantasy-magazine.com/2009/10/light-on-the-water/

A Fly in Amber
http://www.aflyinamber.net/

• "A World in Rubber, Soft and Malleable" by Aaron Polson
  http://www.aflyinamber.net/?p=480

Front Porch Journal
http://www.frontporchjournal.com

• "Try Mailing This to Alpha Centauri" by Aaron Gilbreath
  http://www.frontporchjournal.com/issue110_fiction_gilbreath.asp

Guernica Magazine
http://www.guernicamag.com

• "The Genius Meetings" by Elizabeth Crane
  http://www.guernicamag.com/fiction/1194/geniusmeetings/

JMWW
http://jmww.150m.com

• "Maki's Dead" by Kevin Spaide
  http://jmww.150m.com/Spaide.html

Joyland
http://www.joyland.ca

• "Sissy" by Zoe Whittall
  http://www.joyland.ca/stories/toronto/sissy

Necessary Fiction
http://www.necessaryfiction.com

• "Things I Know About Fairy Tales" by Roxane Gay
  http://www.necessaryfiction.com/stories/roxane-gay-things-i-know-about-fairy-tales-

Plots with Guns
http://www.plotswithguns.com

• "Ill Nature" by Kyle Minor, Plots With Guns:
  http://plotswithguns.com/6minor.htm

Prick of the Spindle
http://www.prickofthespindle.com/

• "What Darla Does When the Tooth Fairy Dies" by Ann Rosenquist Fee
  http://www.prickofthespindle.com/fiction/3.2/fee/what_darla_does.htm

SFReader.com
http://sfreader.com

• "On a Clear Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy" by Desmond Warzel
  http://sfreader.com/contest-2008-1.asp

storySouth
http://www.storysouth.com

• "The Cancer Diet" by Daniel Wallace
  http://storysouth.com/2009/03/the-cancer-diet.html

Strange Horizons
http://www.strangehorizons.com

• "Nira and I" by Shweta Narayan
  http://www.strangehorizons.com/2009/20090316/nira-and-i-f.shtml
• "The Shangri-La Affair" by Lavie Tidhar
  http://strangehorizons.com/2009/20090119/shangri_la-f.shtml

Thoughtcrime Experiments
http://thoughtcrime.crummy.com

• "Friar Garden, Mister Samuel, and the Jilly Jally Butter Mints" by Carole Lanham
  http://thoughtcrime.crummy.com/2009/Mints.html

Toasted Cheese
http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/

• "Stowaways" by Kimberley Idol
  http://tclj.toasted-cheese.com/2009/9-4/idol.htm

Comments

[Cate Gardner]

Very happy to see Aaron Polson's story there, it makes for an excellent read.