This competition is held twice a year and is open to all writers for stories about family. Susan burmeister brown short stories torture techniques of north americans, by lee montgomery chance, by peter ho davies when the wind blows the water gray, by clayton luz a season by the shore, by laura groff the tunnel, or the news. Glimmer train wants timeless stories from new voices. We happily anticipate reading like mad over the next few months.
The top 10 reasons i may have rejected your short story. While the journal received over 40,000 submissions per year, only about 40 stories are published a rate of 0. Cheri johnson guralnick whenever one of those little wolves came in on the same pitch as another, the first wolf lifted or dropped its voice to make it sound as if the pack were growing all the time. Glimmer train is, after nearly three decades, pulling out of the station for good. I dont want to leave the other publication hanging. Glimmer train has been discovering, publishing, and paying emerging writers since 1990.
My short story collection lonely beasts has been included in the list of finalists for this. One of the most respected shortstory journals in print, glimmer train actively championed emerging writers since its inception in. Glimmer train has been discovering, publishing, and paying emerging writers since 1990 one of the most respected shortstory journals in print, us based glimmer train is represented in recent editions of the pushcart prize. Glimmer train presents literary short stories by awardwinning and upcoming writers. We recently asked the folks at glimmer train stories, who hold twelve fiction contests a year, to let us know what they look for in a story submission. Glimmer train stories adds to the readers knowledge. Everything you read will fill your head with new information, and youll never know when it might be useful.
This handsome triannual continues to actively champion emerging writers. Glimmer trains july 2012 very short fiction award 1stplace. Pear king holly dale bern for send us the snake charmer. It is also the name of my freelance business in which i help people share their stories through words and images. The other publication wants to publish my piece, but i really want to get the rejection from gt before i confirm. Glimmer train has just chosen the winning stories for their april family matters competition. Literary short stories by established and emerging writersexcerpts. Glimmer trains quarterly short story competition offers publication and big cash prizes the competition, which is open to all writers, is for short stories up to 3,000 words that have not appeared in any print publication. Im not willing to pay for a subscription to duotrope, but from poking around, other writers have said duotrope lists glimmer trains acceptance rate at.
You will not find much biographical information around the web about susan burmeisterbrown. As a short story writer, one of the realities that you must accept is that your story is one of hundreds or thousands that a journal editor will read. Some of the documents on this web site are pdf documents. Second nature glimmer train stories should i remove it.
Best of the small presses, new stories from the midwest, the peno. Swansondavis, and susan and linda are the current editors of glimmer train, one of the top literary journals in the country. I do not want any money for my story not that i could anyway, i just want to be able to feel free to post my. I only cry with emoticons was released as an audio story that i read on the podcast storytellers telling stories. Open only to writers whose fiction has not appeared, nor is scheduled to appear, in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. Of the 100 distinguished short stories listed in the recent edition of best american short stories, 10 first appeared in glimmer train stories, more than in any other publication, including the new yorker. Literary short stories by established and emerging writers excerpts. She cofounded glimmer train with her sister linda b. The program installs the second nature screen saver update which is designed to keep the software updated as well as installs additional free images, wallpapers and various additional collections. Literary magazines like glimmer train often have acceptance rates of under one percent so when i asked linda swansondavies, who founded the journal with her sister in 1990, to chat with me about glimmer train and how to get published in literary magazines, i honestly wasn. We are pleased to say that, of those six, two were those authors first stories accepted for publication. Building blocks featuring ron carlson, chitra banerjee divakaruni, siri hustvedt, andrea barrett, doris lessing, and pam durban. Edelstein for nails top 25, listed in alphabetical order.
I mentioned in a previous post that glimmer train wants stories from places other than america. One of the most respected shortstory journals in print, glimmer train stories is represented in recent editions of the pushcart pr ize, o. Darby larson i think there was a story by ron currie in one of the issues. Glimmer train has just chosen the winning stories for their november short story award for new writers. Two sisters have produced this literary magazine since 1990 and they delight in publishing emerging writers first stories, while also sharing interesting details about the authors lives including photos. This competition is held three times a year and is open to all writers whose fiction has not appeared in a print publication with a circulation greater than. Get expert insight in beginnings, chapter 9 of the glimmer train guide to writing fiction, volume 1. Glimmer train and zoetrope hold their contests to make money off of. We started the fall 2014 magazine with the arabic boy, continued with the iranian immigrant, and now have a story. Stanley delgado rachel uwada clifford marian palaia douglas kiklowicz erika krouse victoria alejandra garayalde arthur russell robin halevy peter parsons christa romanosky sindya bhanoo alex stein karen malley ed allen emily lackey. We know how much goes into writing a story you care about, and it is our great pleasure to read your work.
These sister editors have built a literary magazines of outstanding stories from the best writers in the country. In a recent best american short stories, of the top 100 distinguished short stories, six appeared in glimmer train stories, second only to the new yorker. I work as a photo stylist, feature writer, content producer, interior decorator, and. The glimmer train guide to writing fiction, volume 1. Glimmer train literary magazine is harder to get into than harvard. Jump to navigation jump to search each quarterly issue presents about 220 pages of literary fictioneight to twelve brand new stories by luminaries and fresh new voices making their way into print. Josh swiller for suddenly, the apocalypse 2ndplace. I am new to publishing and wanted to publish a short story of mine. Fiction fsf glimmer train 032 fall 1999 pdf download. What strikes me about this issue in particular however is how i have become simply enraptured by the characters that populate those short stories i enjoyed the most. Founded in 1990 by susan burmeisterbrown and linda swansondavies, sisters and current coeditors, glimmer train has triannually championed emerging writers. Geoff wyss saints and martyrs don was still using speed stick then, the cinnamon kind, and his morning smell always made me think of medieval times. Henry, new stories from the south, new stories from the midwest, and best american short stories anthologies.
Column by susan defreitas march 6, 2014 11 comments. Top25 in glimmer trains julyaugust 2017 fiction open. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Glimmer train press competition in short story award. United states of writing is an initiative to expand our core programs to better serve writers coast to coast. Literary short stories by established and emerging writers. Word counts 1,50020,000 and genres range from family matters, to open fiction, to short story award for.
Henry prize stories, new stories from the south, best of the west, and best american short stories. One of the most respected shortstory journals in print, glimmer train actively championed emerging writers since its inception in 1990, trying to set the bar for treating writers with respect, and to present significant short fiction in a handsome physical publication that would persist in the real world the magazine is represented in recent editions of the pushcart. Notable among journals with significant, wide reading. Gregory spatz writes about the experience of playing music with more truth and beauty than it has ever been written about before. Glimmer train was founded in 1990 by linda swansondavies and her sister, susan burmeisterbrown, in portland, oregon.
The next family matters competition will take place in october. Glimmer train literary magazine accepting submissions. How hard is it to get published in the glimmer train. You can purchase the final print edition here, download the free pdf here.
Peter ho davies, clayton luz, lauren groff, lee montgomery. The glimmer train is the place where my affinity for people, places, style, and creativity collide in a hub of inspiration. Spring 2000, issue 34 beneath the earth of her karen e. One of the most respected short story journals in print, glimmer train actively championed emerging writers since its inception in 1990, trying to set the bar for treating writers with respect, and to present significant short fiction in a handsome physical publication that would persist in the real world. When submitting a story to glimmer train or any other online publisher, is your story guaranteed to be published online. So many stories weve read since we started in 1990. Glimmer trains july 2012 very short fiction award 1st. To open pdf files you will need adobe acrobat reader installed on your computer. Karen outen inside the universe of his parentsunless he came to know that, unless he came to that new shore just beyond him, that place where he might understand the two of them, then the rest of the world would never make sense. One of the best literary journals in the country, glimmer train was founded in 1990 by editors linda swansondaveis and susan burmeisterbrown.
Nadire mater siobhan dowd all the boys and men and sons and grandsons jeff becker the essential thing, forgotten wormser richard bausch. Chad schuster for a warning to the cycling community 3rdplace. However, among the submissions that rose to the top in the last round of stories i read, there was one that just very. Cyr four bites andrew sean greer the salute to the sun ron nyren silenced voices. Literary short stories by established and emerging writer. Fiction contests held every month with various themes. Glimmer train seems to always please overall, and usually i feel like an issue has a good mixture of types of stories. Glimmer train was an american short story literary journal. The more knowledge you have, the better equipped to solve the problems you have faced. Glimmer train stories is a windows screen saver and wallpaper manager distributed by second nature. Glimmer train short story award for new writers the writer. Forty percent of all the stories presented in the last year were their authors first stories accepted for print publication. I thought itd be a good idea to catch up on some of my short story reading backlog of lit journals, especially at a time when i myself am submitting and seeking that magic key.
In a recent best american short stories, of the top 100 distinguished short stories, six appeared in glimmer train stories, second only to the. Glimmer train stories is an amazing publication filled with wonderful, unique, and powerful short stories about love, life, death, loss, and the power of family. Glimmer train mixes original stories by worldfamous authors like joyce carol oates with those of neverpublished newcomers in a package thats as carefully arranged as a bouquet of flowers. I did a simultaneous submission to glimmer train and another publication.