Glimmer Train's
Best Start
Top 50 Finalists

And the finalists, listed in alphabetical order:
Cynthia Helen Beecher for "Threading the Needle"
Jay Burgess for "For Good"
Christine Calson for "The Bend"
H.V. Chao for "Jewel of the North"
Dan Chiasson for "Salt and Dust"
Chris Allen Clark for "Thirteen Dogs and Nine Horses"
Kathy Conde for "The Road Back"
Steven Faulkner for "Looking for Pablo Riz"
Jeffrey Freiert for "Home Break"
Sean Garrity for "Sunday Dogs"
William Gaythwaite for "Condolences"
Kathleen Glassburn for "Picnics"
Nicholas Jarvis for "Epicenter"
Deborah Johnston for "Leaving"
Hillary Kaylor for "For What It's Worth"
Jennifer Knox for "Misstep"
Laura Lisabeth for "Wide Open Spaces"
Ronald Lloyd for "Jack's Dad"
Jean Marquis for "Victor Kim"
Jennifer Marshall for "Ruhinda's Dreams"
Keith Meatto for "Wherever We May Be"
Penelope Mermall for "Clam Beach, 1982"
Carolyn Mikulencak for "Vacation"
Andra Moldav for "Elena"
Hannah Morris for "Andalucia"
Linda Muir for "Inventory Of Loss"
Thomas Mundt for "You Crazy"
Devin Murphy for "The Linkage of Bone"
Sara Nelson for "In a Big House"
Joshua Norman for "Trying Not to Think About Time"
Patrick Parr for "Shadow of the Rising Sun"
Ben Pfosi for "Assisted Living"
Val Phillips for "Sanctuary"
Genesis Pina for "Making Ends Meet"
Stephanie Rael for "Stealing Third"
Rajesh Reddy for "When God Made Monsters"
Priscilla Robinson for "Broken"
Benita Rubio for "Kentucky Motor Service"
Nick Sansone for "Where We Stand"
Eliza Schrader for "Las Condes"
Adrienne So for "The Wedding Doll"
Debra Stone for "Growing Up"
Sheila Sundar for "The Abducted Women"
Darby Tench for "My Parents"
Efua Traoré for "Perfect Footprints in the Sand"
Scott Tucker for "End-of-the-World Beach"
Nneka Umeham for "Separate Walls"
Daniel VanTassel for "The Case of The Man Who Was Looking Down"
Adam Waterreus for "Arabic Ode"
Andrew Wickenden for "T.K.O"
Sue Williams for "The Winged Hendersons of Welton-on-Sea"