Stories That Need to Be Told: 

The Contest
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Deadline: August 9, 2024

(Book Lovers' Day)

2024 Grand Prize Winner

I love you. I promise by Mike Rosen

Merit Winners

Passion: Floaters by Ross Berger

Humor: The Blink of an Eye by Terry Hartley

Love: Hugging Alder by Laura E. Garrard

Depth: Flinching by Cass Peterson

Bonus: Patrick Gets Schooled by Patrick Watts

2024 Honorable Mentions/Contributors

​A Day for Dying by Morgan Smith
A Marriage by Donald Wildman
A Slow Spiral by Jordyn Lillibridge
Because by Pat McCutcheon
Borders by Ellen Francese
Don’t Tell Your Mom by Mark Cole
For Jim by Karen Quickley
​For Nex Benedict by Ren Wilding
For You by Victor Oliva
Go On Ahead by Suzanna C. de Baca
​Good Form by Ben Carter Olcott
​In the Cocoon by Aruna Gurumurthy
​Inspiration Point by Michael Bronson
​July Fourth by Sallie Bingham
​Melancholy Is the Nurse of Frenzy by R.C. Goodwin
Remembering the Farm by Bill Smoot
Retraction by Taylor Akiko Shoda
​The Midnight Special by Hayden Park
This Morning by Joseph J. Ridgway
Towel Collector by Mario René Padilla

2024 Semifinalists

​A Day for Dying by Morgan Smith

A Journey of Resilience by Saif Saleem​

A Marriage by Donald Wildman

A Morning with Philip Glass by Patrick Watts

​​A Slow Spiral by Jordyn Lillibridge

A Turn of the Page by John Arthur Neal

Ado, Looking Back by Alex King

Alive in the Mississippi River Valley by Marge Barrett

Another Thing by Angelyn Ray

Ballad of Cher Ami by Claire Hsu Accomando

Because by Pat McCutcheon

Because My Surname Is Not Survivor by Elly Katz 

Bigger Than a Crateful of Dynamite by Lynne Burnett

Blue Suit by Erin Pringle

Borders by Ellen Francese

Bound by Faults by Lizbeth Bárcena​

By Any Other Name by Ken Wetherington

Calving by Mary Beth Witherup

Cave Painting by Victoria E. Cosmo

Caryl Chessman and the Student Strike of 1970 by Ed Bearden
Cave Painting by Victoria E. Cosmo
Chicken by Junxin Tang
Confessions of a Grieving Mind by Amelie Flagler
​​Cosmic Messenger by Janet Stilson
 creep by daylight by Caitlin Buhr
​Darrell by Paul Lojeski
​David Wojnarovicz Was Born Seven
​Weeks Before I Was by Lesley Farlow
Dear Joe–a Broken Frame Story by T.M. Aringdale​
Dearest Leonardo, I Found Your Puzzle by Douglas M. Zimmerman
​Don’t Tell Your Mom by Mark Cole

Doomed! By Geoffrey K. Graves
​Dust on the Path by Mandi “Monster” Hidalgo
​Elegy to a Cancer Altar by Laura E. Garrard

Exciting Times at Galway Library by John Mort​

firetrap, intimate by Alex King

​First Christmas Away from Home by Jesse Powell

Flinching by Cass Peterson

Floaters by Ross Berger

For Jim by Karen Quickley 
​For Nex Benedict by Ren Wilding
For You by Victor Oliva
Gehenna by Ann O’Mara Heyward​
​Getting My Hands Dirty by Karen Gregory
​Ginger by Junxin Tang
​Give Me a Girl at an Impressionable Age and She Is
Mine for Life by Nancy A. Nelson
​Go On Ahead by Suzanna C. de Baca
​Godforsaken by Shivani Bharti
​Good Form by Ben Carter Olcott
​Grandpa’s Mind by Chris “The Poetic Genius” Green
​He Used to Love to Sing by Susan Dambroff
​Hey Boy! by Damian C. Beach
​Honor Thy Mother by John M. Corbett
How [Not] to Visit a Japanese Hot Spring by Kat Joplin
​How a Co-Worker’s Death Led to the Discovery of My Parents’ 1969 Airplane Crash Site by Trisha Prosser
​How Fast Do Birds Fly? By J. Fox Bedford
​Hugging Alder by Laura E. Garrard
​I Know Your Pain by by AT Coleman
​I Love You. I Promise by Mike Rosen
​In the Cocoon by Aruna Gurumurthy
​Incognito by Robert J. Begiebing
​Inspiration Point by Michael Bronson
​Jaws by Leila Kulpas
​July Fourth by Sallie Bingham
​Last Patient by Karen L. Miller
​Life in Color by Morgan Grace Milburn
​Like Father by Ethan Jacobs
​Little Angels of God by Mark Lyn Campbell
​Lost and Found by Rachel Weaver
​Mania by Peter Gallons
​Me Neither by Cornelia Nixon
​Melancholy Is the Nurse of Frenzy by R.C. Goodwin
​memory by Sarah Holmes
​Okayer Now by Erik Keevan
​Ordinary Demons: 1959 by Linda Sweet
​Other Events Occurring in About Nine Months' Time by Caroline Wright
​Out of Blind Devotion by Elly Katz 
​Party Time by Benjamin Green
​Passionate Hot Stuff by Kim Dorfman
​Patrick Gets Schooled by Patrick Watts
​Postscript to a Life in Ruins by Linda Caradine
​Randy Incarnate Births a Conscience by Scott Winkler
​Reality Show by Charles Wheelan
​Remembering the Farm by Bill Smoot
Retraction by Taylor Akiko Shoda
​Rites of Passage: Requiem by Pierce Scranton
​Sam by Sandra Worsham
​Sapper Crew Seven by A.P. Haro
​See You at Sunset by Barb Layman
​Sewn into My Skin by Bruce Loeffler
​Slouching Towards SPOMA by Richard D. Key
​Smokescreen by Philip Rösel Baker
​Soaring into Flight by Susan Battye
​Sole Survivor by Arthur M. Doweyko
​Speed Dialing by Karen Lauritzen
Sport by L.J. Hippler​
​Standing in the Fall by Shuchorita Bose
​Stories from the Outskirts by M.H. Reilly
​Teacher by Susan Dambroff
​Tell Me Names by Timothy Jay Smith
​The Academy by Charles Wheelan
​The Almost Daughter by Shawna Green
​The Battle of Waterloo by John Whittier Treat
​The Beast by Elliott Reyheart
​The Berlin Flower Shop by Michael Ross
​The Birthday Boy by Peter Gregg Slater
​The Blink of an Eye by Terry Hartley
​The Chairman by Frances Lynch
​The Clock on the Wall by Cedar Foss
​The Dance by Arthur M. Doweyko
​The Darkening by R.C. Goodwin
​The Enfolding Space by Bill Zaget
​The Five Stages of Grief by Cristina Keaton
​The Gaze in Tulum by Cecilia Brown
​The Kitten Room by Victoria Brennan Fowler
​The Lake at Geestmerembacht by Mara Noel White
​The Lost Cause by R.C. Goodwin
​The Midnight Special by Hayden Park
​The Monster’s Girlfriend by R.C. Goodwin
​The Night I Remembered How to Fly by Eric St. Pierre
​The Orphan Train by Mike Jackson
​The Pimp Walk by L.C. Gutierrez
​The Preacher’s Wife by Olga Maslova
​The Real Gift by Dee Burton
​The Screw-Up by Charley Roberts
​The Second Cousin by Ross Berger
​The Several Sins of Heidi Spencer by Summer Hammond
The Story I Can't Tell by Tanya Ko-Hong
​The World’s Biggest Religion by Thomas Darlington
​​This Morning by Joseph J. Ridgway
Three Days in a Psych Ward by Erik Keevan
​Timothy Doherty by Caroline Wolf Mansour
To Forget by Sophia Campbell
Towel Collector by Mario René Padilla
​Trans Archeologist by Ren Wilding
​Under A Purple Sky by Morgan Smith
Unholy Trinity by Terry Davis
​Uprooted by Steve Grinstead
​Vagaries by Stephen George
​Waiting by Suzanne Travis
​Walking with the Wolf by Ellen Francese
What I Would Say by Kathryn Ridall
​When Two Different Stories Fit the Same Facts by Thomas Darlington
​Windshield Wipers by Mona Angéline
​WORL Orlando’s News Station by John F. Rifenberg
​Yoga Hip by Ed McManis
Young Stupid Smart by James Tollen
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​CONTEST RULES & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Category
There is only one category: the Story. There is truth in any story, and the reason you choose to tell a particular story may be the most important story of all. But, before we get too philosophical, here's the point: submissions should tell a story. It doesn't matter if you consider it fiction, nonfiction, or poetry—if it tells a story, it fits. 

​Prizes
Grand Prize: $1,000 and a 2-year ($100) gift certificate to Duotrope.
Five additional prizes of $200 will be given for stories that excel in the merits of Humor, Passion, Depth, and (any form of) Love. An additional $200 prize will be awarded in a wild card category, to be determined by the entries. We'll call this one the Bonus category. Additionally, winners and Honorable Mentions will be published in and receive a free copy of the annual Stories That Need to Be Told anthology.

Word Limits
Prose: 10,000 words
​Poetry: 5 pages per poem (note:one poem per entry fee)

Entry Fee
$20 per entry. That includes $20 per poem (because every entry has the potential to win the same cash prizes). There is no limit on the number of times you may enter. If you withdraw your entry as noted below, the entry fee is nonrefundable.

Deadline
August 9, 2024 (by midnight, Pacific time or, really, as long as the Submission Fairy puts it under our pillow, er, in our inbox, by morning). If you are mailing your payment, entries must be emailed by the deadline and payment should be postmarked by the next day.

Submissions are accepted all year for the next deadline. Note, however, that all entries are read as a group after the deadline, so only submit early if you are okay with waiting until the deadline to hear back.

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Judging Process & Announcing the Winners
Judging takes place in two rounds. The entries are all read once and given a yes or a no. Because we don't have space limits on this round, our first round of yeses (a.k.a. the semifinalists) can be fairly long. (On average, this usually works out to be approximately the top 30%-33% of entries, and approximately the top 10% are selected for publication.) We will notify entrants when the semifinalists have been posted on the website. From the semifinalists, our cash prize winners are selected, as well as the contributors (a.k.a. Honorable Mentions). Contributors are contacted directly to obtain permission before pieces are published. Once the winner and contributors have been confirmed, they will be posted on the website, approximately two weeks before the release date. 

The Anthology
The estimated release date of the Stories That Need to Be Told anthology is October 15, 2024. 

Reprints and Simultaneous Submissions
​​Entries for these contests must be previously unpublished material, including online, and you must own the copyright. Simultaneous submissions are okay, but if your work is accepted elsewhere it is up to you to notify us. In the event you withdraw your submission, the entry fee is nonrefundable. 

Eligibility
Friends, family, and past or current clients of TulipTree's founder are not eligible to enter TulipTree contests.

Legal Stuff
By entering the contest you are stating and agreeing that (1) the work is your own original work, (2) no one else owns the rights to publish said work, and (3) if you are one of the winners of a cash prize, you grant TulipTree Publishing, LLC (TulipTree) the right to publish said work, unless you withdraw your work prior to TulipTree's announcement of winners.  

TulipTree does not retain rights to your work after we publish it.

How to Format Your Entry - Put Your Contact Info on Your Entry!

• Entries should be in .doc or .docx format (Mac Pages is okay, too, and PDFs are acceptable for poetry only). The title of the document should be the title of your story.
  

• Prose entries should be in standard industry format: 12 pt Times New Roman, double-spaced, 1-inch margins.
  

• Poetry format should be 12 pt TNR, but line spacing and margins are open style.
  

• Please include your name, mailing address, email address, and title on the first pageof your story (no separate cover sheet needed). 
  

Putting Your Contact Info on Your Entry and Using a Pen Name

• Please put your contact info on your entry. As these are logged manually, help ensure you get credit for your work by including your contact info on your entry. 
• If you have a pen name, please indicate it on your entry, either with your contact info or as a by-line ("[Title of Story] by [Pen Name]").
  
• The name on your entry will be what gets posted online if you are a semifinalist, so a by-line is also helpful if you want your name presented in a different way (middle name/no middle name, initials, pen name, etc.).
• Thank you for putting your contact info on your entry.

How to Enter - Put Your Contact Info on Your Entry!

1. Purchase your entry fee via PayPal below or mail your payment (cash or money order only) to TulipTree Publishing, PO Box 133, Seymour, MO 65746. Please note in your submission email that you are paying by mail. Note that even if you mail in your payment, you should still email your submission. 
   

2. Email your entry as an attachment to jennifer@tuliptreepub.com. You will receive a confirmation email when your entry has been received and logged into our system.* ​

 * Three things: (1) Note that these are entered by hand so if you don't get an email confirmation instantly, don't freak out—we're (probably) getting to it. (2) If it's been more than a day or two and you still haven't gotten a confirmation, maybe start freaking out because we either didn't get your entry, our emails are going to your spam folder, or our emails are blocked by your email provider. As we do our crucial communicating through email (i.e., letting you know if you won and confirming your work is still available), you'll want to make sure we're getting through. (3) If your email is through aol, Verizon, or Yahoo, you probably won't get any emails from @tuliptreepub.com because they only play with the popular kids. Therefore, your announcements may come from our alternate email address of TulipTreePub@gmail.com. In fact, even if you have a different email provider, announcements might still come from TulipTreePub@gmail.com.

​Please note that entries must be emailed as attachments (see step 2 above). There will not be an upload page that appears after payment.

Also note there are some compatibility issues with Chrome, so if the fancy buttons on the left do not function properly, you can try the old Buy Now button on the right instead.

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​​PAST WINNERS

2023

GRAND PRIZE: ​​Gerald: A Memoir by Arlo Z Graves

MERIT PRIZES
LOVE: Music in Absentia by Diane Rudov
              and Grass Jelly by Isabel Li
HUMOR: ​The Rise of MC Menorah by Daniel Sennis
DEPTH: ​Mayflies by Benjamin Hawley
PASSION: ​A Man’s Yard by Robert Michael Oliver
BONUS: ​Phantom Pain by Victoria Crane

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
A Story My Mother Will Never Hear by Valentina Gnup
Always Thought My Life as a Documentary/What Would
They Say by Demetrius Buckley
Anatomy of a Glacier by Cecilia Maddison
​Capturing Mengele by Barry R. Ziman
Childhood by Shawn Bell​
Confessions of a Barfly by Heather C. Jarvis
Contact High by ​Thomas Darlington​
Family Portrait by Maddie Lock
Hoary Homage by Mandi “Monster” Hidalgo
​​Intercession by John Arthur Neal
​January Wedding by Amy Brunson
Library War by Christopher Santiago
​Longs Pass by Doug Emory
love letter to a weed by Jack Giaour
Maps by Faith Shearin
McPherson Kids by Logan Rose
Passover by Gina Soo Golden
Puzzle Man by Clare Olivares
Recompose by Lee Woodman
Ripe Tomatoes by Mario René Padilla
The Commies by Doug Bost
The Most Valuable Player by Jeremy Stelzner
What I Did Right by Miriam Murray

2022
GRAND PRIZE: Liv and Let Liv by Julie Esther Fisher

MERIT PRIZES
PASSION:  Midnight by Marissa Tian
​DEPTH:  Dear Dad by Darian Geddis
HUMOR:  Seeing Things by Noah Cohen-Greenberg
LOVE:  Emotional Support Pig: A Love Story by Matt Landig
BONUS: ​​ Do You Remember, Sarah? by Matt Herzfeld 

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
A Memory by Nicole Van Zandt
A Stone at Bexar by ​James Harmon Clinton
Between Living and Dreaming by Morgan Smith
Burnt Sienna: A Love Story by Hazel Hitchins
Firefight by Kelly Skaggs
​​Kleiner in the Woods by Ross Berger
Kochma by Diane Allerdyce
On Wings of Song by Mel Konner
(op)pressed by Yennie Jun
Pam Is Freezing by Ryan Murphy
Pennsylvania by Stevie doCarmo
Pretty Fingers by Laurel DiGangi​
Surface-to-Surface, Surface-to-Air by Bill Glose
The End of Something by J.C. Scott​
​The Flying Bicycle Guy by Clynne Morgan Tilton
The Man Side of the Bed by Teresa Burns Gunther​
The Old Man by the Side of the Road by J. Stephen Rush
​​The Sedan of Existence by Andrew Ellis
There’s No Place Like Home by Yolanda G. Wysocki
To (President) IKE by Mary Ann Crowe
Walk It Off by Don Carter

2021

GRAND PRIZE: Don’t You Sweetheart Me by Heather Debling

MERIT PRIZES
HUMOR:  ​Smooth as Silk by Don Carter
LOVE: The Daughter by Monic Ductan
PASSION: The Door by Christianna Soumakis
DEPTH: ​The Other Woman by Tristan Marajh
BONUS: Evie A.I. by Ross Berger

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS​
An Affable Man by Dustin Grinnell
A Requiem in Orange by Nina Marceny
Conka by John Briscoe
Fat-Pickers by Richard Levine
​Fishing by Mary Hutchings Reed
Functionally Fine by Jimi Johnson
Gary the Lion by H.N. Wood
​Intangible Effects by Lynne Ruelaine Stokes
​my body is by Alysa Levi-D’Ancona
My Father’s Sex Doll by Hillary Flynn
My Year as a Chemical Eunuch by Hal Ackerman
Never Forget by Ruth Mota
Obit of a Stranger by Jill Cunningham
​​On My Way to Coffee at 7:00 AM During
Covid-19 by Elaine Zimmerman
​Orange Slices by Eileen Zhang
Origins by Janet Gotkin​
Recycled by K. Di Prima​
Red Light/Black Zone by Renée Ozburn​
Requiem for Five Trees by A.M. Riddle​
September 10. The Danish by Bernard Horn
​Sleep by Liz Kelner Pozen
The Boy and the Cat by Jane Yi
​The New Northwestern Personality and Aptitude
Test by Shawn Soward Bell​
The Prisoner by Lynette Benton
The Third Rule of Fight Club by Brook van der Linde
Time for Love by Joseph J. Ridgway
​Tornado by Carrie Vestal Gilman
​Wilma Tells About Louie by Marjorie Saiser

2020
GRAND PRIZE: Red Bluff by Michael Pearce

MERIT PRIZES
LOVE:  Bruised by Ron L. Dowell
HUMOR:  My Life of Crime by Jim Gish
DEPTH:  Muzzles by Doug Marrin
PASSION:  Scales by Mario René Padilla
BONUS: ​ Wilful Damages by Alan Whelan

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
​​A Midsummer 2020 Night’s Dream by Laura Holman
Blue Boy by Theo Johnston
​​​Bolsonaro Eats Too Much Cheese by Andrew W. Jones
​Fearful Child by Kimberly A. Werner
Football with Leatherman by Ross Berger
Green in My Face by Oak Morse
Learning to Count by Elizabeth Argelia Leonard
Like the Sun in Winter by Lesley Bannatyne
Lost and Found by Arthur M. Doweyko
On Sawyer Mountain by Erica G. Craig
Required Debauchery by Thomas Darlington
Short Synopsis of a Life by Marina Datthyn
Stuck on a Stranded Dog by Howard Isaac Williams
Synchronicity by Geoffrey K. Graves
Tarzan in Decline by Richard D. Key
​Test Flight by Emily Nichol
The Bells of St. James by Holly C. Tabor
​​The Brown Bag by Karen Gregory
​The Dog Days of College by ​Jacob Wratten
The Dog in the Desert by Stephanie Anderson
​The Glass Blower by R.C. Goodwin
​​The Whole Artichoke, Stem and All by Sharon E. Svendsen
​The Whole Story of the Girl Who Talked to Fish by Meli Broderick Eaton
Yusuf’s Wedding Celebration by Rosie Cohan

2019​
GRAND PRIZE:  Messenger of God by Morgan Smith

MERIT PRIZES
HUMOR:  Now I Can Do Anything I Have to Do by William Snyder Jr.
LOVE:  Penelope for His Thoughts by Lorraine Devon Wilke
DEPTH:  Neanderthals by Michael Keane
PASSION:  Ask and Ye Shall Receive by Michele E. Reisinger
BONUS:  Whistle Stop ​by KT Sparks

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
​A Mix Tape Odyssey by Doug Bost
About Apples by Margarite Landry
Angels in the Dark by Jane Shoenfeld
Arranged Love by Joseph Ridgway
Assisted Living by Benjamin Keyworth
Curtainwall by Brenna Williams
Fire by Faith Shearin
Frog Hunt by Mario René Padilla
My Body Is 2 Bodies by Jay Eddy
My Mother’s Lesson by Karen Gregory
Old Time Religion by Mark Chesnut
Seven by Lisa M. Novak
Shock Treatment by Malcolm R. Campbell
Sundowning by Audrey DiPlacido
The Detective by Olivia Nalder
The Good Samaritan by Doug Hagley
The Spider God by Cailyn Brown
Tourists by Lyle Stiles
Underdogs by Robert J. Begiebing
Vestiges by Morell E.  Mullins

2018

GRAND PRIZE:  Just So by Lish Troha

MERIT PRIZES 
PASSION:  Pablo Neruda and the Caffeinated Madness of Love by Chris Morgan
​DEPTH:  Jimmy's Fish Market by Pearly D. Keller
​HUMOR:   Eunice Buys a Doll by Jim Gish
LOVE:  A Good and Simple Meal by M. B. McLatchey
BONUS:  A Thousand Kisses Deep by Deborah L. Levine

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
A Vague Recollection by Erica Stisser
​A Woman of a Certain Hue by Shanteé Felix
At the Falling-Off Point by Roxy Runyan
Bead by Bead by EA Luetkemeyer
Chasing Dragons by Lynette Benton
​Confrontation and Cojones by Mario René  Padilla
Country Poor by Katrina Hawley
​Coven by Samantha Barron
Fetching the Payroll by P. Jo Anne Burgh
Fruit Punch by Jake Teeny
Get Off Track by Timothy Scahill
Hello and Goodbye by Robert Pope
Hope Walker by Jamer
Interview with Kalief Browder by Alex Greenberg
​Life on the Road without Any Brakes by Don Carter
Nonspeaking by Isabelle Jay
One-Eyed in Juarez by Morgan Smith
Pre-Glow of the Neo-Apocalypse by Genevra Levinson
Rubbing the Chips by Pat Anthony
​Soviet Skatepark by Jonan Pilet
Stretch Marks by Simone Martel
Swim by Eric Roe
The Things My Afro Knows by AE Wynter
The Toll by Simone Kern
Toes Touching Sand by Courtney Lee Hall
Turn Right at the Tree House by Avy Harris
Vignette between Now and Morning by Kai Mawougbe
​Where to Be by C. Witzling

2017 
GRAND PRIZE:  Mary's Story by Georgia Baddley

MERIT PRIZES
PASSION:  Le Château Possoniere by Mario René Padilla
​DEPTH:  No Superhero by Lisa Poff
​HUMOR:  Beats by Jon Shorr
LOVE:  Annotated Love Letter by Alexander Joseph
​BONUS:  Run Amok by Laura Eddy

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
​A Bus Poem, Cameron Moore
A Monster’s Eulogy, Rekha Rangan
An Inconvenient Death, Gabriella Buckner
Daddy's Tears, Jacob Paul Patchen
Dangerous Fish Days, Robert Hambling Davis
Dear Demeter, Audrey Larkin
Disrupting History, Mariya Taher
Eight Steps Down, Steven Fromm
Freddy, Julie Dearborn
Getting Our Flickers, Nick Swartz
Heroes, Calvin Hennick
I Told You Not to Move, Allison Flom
Jay, Will Schick
Lovers Last Journey, Bob Blake
Naturally, Mika Hunter
Pobrecito, Nina Joy Silver
Strato-Christmas '66, Jimmy Searles
The Corner of My Heart, Victoria Sylvander 

2016
GRAND PRIZE:  Mending by Enid Harlow

MERIT PRIZES
HUMOR:  Alumni by Michael Fischer
PASSION:  Mr. Thoughtful by Christopher Spencer
​LOVE:  A Very Special Occasion by Ana Maria Owusu
DEPTH:  Ictal Life (A Song for Epilepsy) by Brandon Ellis

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS
A Baseball Lesson by Mark J. Rogovin
A Beer in Bastille by Kenneth John Holt
A Place You Love by Lones Seiber
Alumni by Michael Fischer
An Adulterous Meeting by Jeremy King
Brave by Stephanie L. Harper
Bunny Swung the Axe at Charlie by Harry Beach
Chucky’s in Tucson by Brant Vickers
Closing the Door by Marianna Crane
Confession by Patricia Hawley
Dreams and Other Sleights of Hand by Michelle Perez
How to Live the Rest of Your Life in 100 Days by Elias Renaud
It Seems Like It Should by Kerime B. Toksu
Keeper of the Gate by Mario René Padilla
My Father Wants I Should Know by Jean Ende
Solitary Grace by Beka Tuitasi 
The Cure by Cynthia Walker
The Randall Knife by Morgan Smith
Ties That Bind by Michael Twist
Tumors Humors by Beverley Catlett
When I Find You Close by Amy S. Lerman

 2015
1st place: Africa Weeping by Jerry Eckert, posthumous
2nd place: Love Underground by Andrew Jack Foster 
3rd place: These Are the Things by Chris Connolly 

HONORABLE MENTIONS/CONTRIBUTORS

Labor Day by  Darla Klein 
Meant to Be by Monica Vickers 
This Is for Keeps by Molly Steen 
So Many Rivers by Sandra McGarry 
Peas and Queues by Richard Key ​
My Dad, Sandy, and the Tri-Pacer by ​​William J. McIlwain 
​Kinky and Gruen by Diane Simkin 

You can find the 2015 stories in the Winter issue of TulipTree Review.

 firetrap, intimate 

 Karen Quickley 

 Tanya Ko-Hong 

 Kathryn Ridall 

Scroll down to see all of our past winners.

This contest is sponsored by Duotrope. 

Enter to be a part of this year's anthology!  The 2017 collection won a CIPA Evvy Award, and the 2016 and 2019 anthologies were 
​finalists for a Colorado Book Award.

Stories change us.