Glimmer Train's
Best Start
Top 50 Finalists

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:
Kathy Ahn for "In My Father's House"
Chidi Asoluka for "Thirsty"
Kathryne A. Belby for "The Last Sense Remaining"
J. Bowers for "The Heart of the Earth Is Flat"
Charlie Brooks for "Gods and Roses"
Christen Buckler for "Sweet Bread"
Takken Bush for "From Down the Street"
Paulo Campos for "The Junk Artist"
Linda Chase for "Keeping Cool"
Barbara Crowley for "Girl to the River"
Kirk Curnutt for "River of January"
Lucy Dennison for "Calliope Sings"
Desiree Dighton for "In the Cemetery Where Jim Morrison Is Buried"
Martin Dodd for "The Freeing of Max Tirple"
Eva Eliav for "Small People"
Lisa Eno for "Words From Other Jobs"
Daniel Finneran for "The Stethoscopes"
Rey-Philip Genaldo for "Skeletons Waltz"
Maggie Hill for "Please Don't Let Me Be Crazy"
Judy Hood for "The World is Wide, Letters Home"
Beth Kander for "Unshelved"
Dara Kanin for "Dance Teacher"
Fan Li for "Cojimar"
Vivian Liao for "The Kitchen Master"
Laurie Loewenstein for "The Necessary Incision"
Li Lovett for "Counting to One Hundred"
RF Marazas for "Lightening"
Tara McDaniel for "The H Train"
Pat O'Connor for "Creeping"
Marjorie Osman for "Three Saints"
Hannah Pass for "Pieces of Animal"
Melissa Pavlik for "My Boyfriend's Friends Ask Me to Salsa"
Hilary Plum for "Excerpt from This Territory, A Kiss"
Diane Quin for "A Storybook Life"
Ian Ross for "The Moons of Frog Merion"
Joanne Rossman for "Coffee Break"
Elena Sanchez for "Grievances"
Richard Shehane for "In Country"
Myra Sherman for "1962"
J. Kevin Shushtari for "The Capo Caregiver"
Elizabeth Skoski for "Newborn Things"
Laura Steele for "Pacanda"
Rebeccah Von Schlieffen for "Juanita"
Jesse Waters for "It Could Be Said"
Susan Webb for "Figments/Brooke"
Michael Wendling for "Ohio"
Jessica Wierzbinski for "What You Hold Bound"
Laura Winther for "The Milledges"
Eugenia Yu for "Hyacinth"
Danna Zeller for "An Evening With The Hanovers"