Fiction Winners

“The Ostrava Line” by Liam Kelsey

June 4, 2022

Contest winner for The Long River Review Graduate Award (2022) “What would you like to know about yourself?” This was what my neighbor asked me when I...

Constance By Jeremiah Dennehy (2017)

July 9, 2017

The Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Fiction, Third Place (2017) I don’t take the school bus, I don’t drive, and because mom doesn’t get home from...

Erythrophobia By Jameson Croteau (2017)

July 8, 2017

From out in the outfield dirt, the crack of the bat was the only indicator a ball was rising up before dive bombing, back through the crepuscular sky...

Crumbling Walls By Kristina Reardon (2017)

July 6, 2017

Long River Graduate Writing Award, Winner (2017) “Petra, she say there be bones,” my grandmother told me, pointing beyond me to the old castle on top...

Angus By Sten Spinella (2017)

July 5, 2017

The Jennie Hackman Memorial Prize for Fiction, Second Place (2017) The girl I was seeing had this dog, a real fluffy fucker, whose name was Angus. It...

An Important Distinction
by Sten Spinella (2016)

June 24, 2016

This piece won third place in the Jennie Hackman Memorial Award for Short Fiction. When mom named me “Elan” she said it was to set me apart from the...

Tiny
by Emma Capron (2016)

June 24, 2016

She hears Jamie rustle in the bed beside her. He is deep within the throes of peaceful slumber, his breathing deep and regular. Tonight is the first...

Four Rules for Professional Thievery
by Tyler Valzania (2016)

June 24, 2016

“Okay this first rule is the most important of all so listen up,” he said as he transferred a grease-stained wrench from his hands to mine. “The world...

They Didn’t Mean To
by Carleton Whaley (2016)

June 24, 2016

The Old Man had a perpetual hunch to his shoulders, which was only accentuated as he chuckled at the cat sitting across from him. His shoulders rose...